71 Transactions of the VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava Civil Engineering Series, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2016 paper #10 Ondrej ŠEDO 1 , Radka KNÁPEK 2 BARBARIAN ARCHITECTURE IN MORAVIA DURING THE FIRST CENTURIES AD - BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTIONS AND GROUNDPLAN LAYOUT ůRCHITEKTURů BůRBůRģ Nů MORůVċ V PRVNÍCH STůLETÍCH NůŠEHO LETOPOČTU - STůVEBNÍ MůTERIÁLY, KONSTRUKCE ů PģDORYSNÉ DISPOZICE Abstract The article presents buildings representing architecture of the barbaric populations, which during the 1 st -3 rd century AD inhabited area of Moravia (Czech Republic) lying north of the Roman border on the Middle Danube. During archaeological excavations there were documented structures founded at the ground level, with pillars digged into the ground. There were used wooden structures with supporting elements in the form of stakes staffed in the ground, the walls were built using wicker and clay. There are known forms of large dimensions, but also small utility constructions. The surprising finding is fact, that when assessing the seemingly primitive recessed structures there were implemented measuring procedures requiring good knowledge of geometry and abillity to stake of right angles can be expected. Keywords Moravia, Roman period, Barbarians structures, building foundations, geometry 1 INTRODUCTION The architecture of the first century AD is represented by buildings that were built on the territories controlled by Rome. The world of barbarians living on the northern borders of the Roman Empire in ancient times is considered quite primitive, and the creators of the reliefs on the column of Marcus Aurelius (fig. 1), in the framework of depictions illustrating recent fightings of Marcomannic wars, not looking for details about the realities of the countries located on the north of the Danube used the shelters of shepherds from the mountain areas of the Apennine peninsula as a model for demonstrating the homes of local residents, see e.g. [19]. The architecture of barbarians inhabiting the territory of Western and Central Europe beyond the Roman borders is based on the older, prehistoric traditions and did not know the walling on mortar. As basic building materials wood and clay were used. The terrain archaeological excavations only on a small scale provide information about technological and construction aspects of buildings of that time. There are preserved only small remnants of those buildings in terrain. In the framework of archaeological research an interest is usually reduced to solving problems of typology relevant to time classifing objects, or the details are studied which can provide support for the determination of the former functions. 1 Mgr. Ondrej Šedo, PhD., Archaeological Prospecting Department, Institute of Archeology of the Czech Academy of Science, Brno, Čechyňská 363/1ř, 602 00 Brno, phone: (+420) 515 911 131, E-mail: ondrej.sedo@post.cz. 2 Mgr. Radka Knápek, Archaeological Prospecting Department, Institute of Archeology of the Czech Academy of Science, Brno, Čechyňská 363/1ř, 602 00 Brno, phone.: (+420) 605 801 276, E-mail: radka.knapek@gmail.com.