Merovingian Settlements between Local and supra-regional Elites. A Landscape Archaeological Comparison of the Rhineland with its Neighbouring Regions. (04)

该分项目的重点是墨洛温王朝农村地区的权力和统治现象。项目第一阶段从莱茵兰获得的成果将在几项景观考古研究中与西北欧的成果进行比较。基于软实力和有限国家地位等模型，人们认为地方社区具有很强的自我组织能力。治理不仅被理解为最高领导人自上而下的控制过程，而且地方精英自愿融入超区域网络也被视为重要。

The subproject focuses on phenomena of power and domination in Merovingian rural areas. The results obtained in the first phase of the project from the Rhineland will be compared in several landscape archaeological studies with results from northwestern Europe. Based on models such as Soft Power and Limited Statehood, it is assumed that local communities have a great capacity for self-organisation. Governance is not only understood as a top-down process of control by supreme leaders, but the voluntary integration of local elites into supra-regional networks is also regarded as important.