0.1 Map. East Central Europe. Location of the principal sites mentioned in the text xvi
1.1 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Church No. 2. Area of excavation before starting work in 2006 2
1.2 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Church No. 2. Oblique shot of Great Moravian church debris and concrete foundations of recent building 5
1.3 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Church No. 2. Floor plan of the above ground, foundation and collapsed walls of the rotunda with highlighted structural elements 7
1.4 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Church No. 2. Two blocks of the collapsed walls of the apse recovered in situ, dimensions 30 × 43 cm and 48 × 46 cm 8
1.5 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Church No. 2. Reconstruction of the volumes and hypothetical cross-section of the building 9
1.6 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Overall plan of the cemetery in the vicinity of Church No. 2 10
1.7 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Grape-shaped and globular silver earrings from the graves in the church cemetery. Decorated by granulation 11
1.8 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Heavily gilded chased gombiks from the graves in the church cemetery 12
1.9 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Church No. 2. Locations of graves in the interior of the church nave 14
1.10 Pohansko near Břeclav – north-east suburb. Church No. 2. Grave H153. Slanted photograph 22
1.11 Pohansko near Břeclav – Reconstruction in drawing of burial H153 25
2.1 Centres of power in the Austrian Danube basin around 895/896 43
3.1 Mikulčice-Valy: dislocation of iron rhombic arrowheads of a composite bow 75
3.2 Mikulčice: bronze metal fitting (1–2), iron silver-inlaid buckle (6), iron cross-guard of a sabre (7); Staré Město: iron leaf-shaped arrowheads of a bow (3–4); Horní Kotvice: iron leaf-shaped arrowhead of a bow from grave No. 167 (5) 76
3.3 Staré Zámky in Brno-Líšeň: iron arrowheads of a composite bow (1–12) 83
3.4 Staré Zámky in Brno-Líšeň: iron arrowheads of a composite bow (1–19) 84
3.5 Unusual ceramic shapes in the Great Moravian cemeteries in the Olomouc agglomeration: Náměšť na Hané (1), Olomouc-Nemilany (2, 3, 5), Olomouc-Slavonín (4) 86
3.6 Stavenice: glass bead with fused-in decoration (1), iron sidepiece of a bit (3), iron bit with bronze sidepieces (5); Olomouc: engraving of a warrior (?) on a bone (2); Víno near Slezské Rudoltice: part of an iron bit (4) 88
4.1 The Mojmirid domain around 890: blue – hereditary possession, oblique lines – directly administered territories, horizontal lines – independent territories or under Mojmirid influence; 1 – Mikulčice-Valy; 2 – Staré Město-Uherské Hradiště; 3 – Pohansko u Břeclavi; 4 – Znojmo-Hradisko svatého Hypolita; 5 – Staré Zámky near Líšeň (Brno); 6 – Zelená Hora near Vyškov; 7 – Olomouc; 8 – Nitra; 9 – Děvín (Bratislava) 96
6.1 The cemetery of Grabelsdorf 134
6.2 The cemetery of Hohenberg 135
6.3 Sword and belt from Hohenberg 136
6.4 Millstatt, Wattle stone and Domitian’s tomb inscription 139
6.5 St. Peter am Bichl, Wattle stone and inscriptions in the church’s wall 143
6.6 Mariahof, Wattle stone 145
6.7 Maria Wörth, Peninsula and churches 148
7.1 1 – Church of the Virgin in Prague Castle: dark grey – remains of the first phase of the church and tombs with stone walls, light grey – second phase of the church and reconstruction of its southern part, black – presumed tomb of Spytihněv I and his wife. Small sacred buildings from the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century in Moravia: 2 – Sady near Uherské Hradiště; 3 – Mikulčice, 4th church; 4 – Mikulčice, 8th church; 5 – Pohansko near Břeclav, rotunda in SE suburb; 6 – Mikulčice, 7th church; 7 – Mikulčice, 10th church 182