Finds of Kilns for Drying Malt in Archaeological Surveys in the Area of the „Malting District“ in Brno

Antonín Zůbek

Archeologia technica, vol. 30 (2019)
Pages: 68–73
Language: Czech
Type of article: scientific article
DOI: n/a

Abstract:
The contribution reports the find of two objects in the historical suburb of Brno, which can be interpreted as parts of kilns used for drying malt. They have been dated to the 2nd half of 13th and the 1st half of the 14th century, making them one of the oldest known devices of their kind from the late medieval age in the Czech and Polish lands. A substantial phenomenon of these suburbs was malting, making them occasionally referred to as ‘Malting suburbs’. The site where the objects were discovered can be linked to housing development delimited by the Malá street (platea Parva) from the West, and the Svratka river race channel from the South. According to archive material from the 14th century, the wealthy and prosperous maltsters had their undertakings in the sector.