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The southeni cukunl paltem* (maniły Fltoesabony-likcl transmitted north of | ihe arełł ot ibe C^puhiały odm than pottery such as objects madc of bronze I ar ęold.    gtass benłs and bonę checkpieccs — might be described as

prcsiięious and e\ekisive (prohahh c\ccpi for the bonę eheckpiecesl- The FC 1 ccmmumties creaaad >ocia] struennes maiked by sophisticated ranking fcrms, i.c. i stranftcaoon te.g katro« 2001: 15** IhO. 230—2321. Thcy were characterized by advaaced adrndoa 1 uatioa. the existeoce of instituuonalized elite (aristocracyk waninrs fit t> atso »«th menuorung that thcy used the horse for riding) and spe-cialued aiftsnm. The ikgne of dcseJopmcnt in defence constructions (proto-jtics\ advance\l metałłurgy widc scalę production of prestigious objects and a fnełoped c\chaRgr viem were truły tntpressing We all know of graves with nch gnw goods leg of błacksmithsf All thesc trans constitute the basie charac-tensno ofprało-State nrganiTanoa i

The TCC comwaiitło aetc radtcally diffcrent in all those aspeets. Thcy were tiarartrnrrrlEHHpkm androodenacranking forms (Makarowie/ 20031.Thi> is nabić in tbcir fum i n ntes marked by collccti\ ism and cgalitarianism (mass gsavcs coataan anraę.rt goodsi. poorty desełoped local metal lurgy. whieh would acain a highcr łc* cl ordy «Nh time. lack of tortitied scttlements. permanent settłe-mcm ta the łnghiands and uasuble one m the Iow lands, and the double-traćV. pro-ductMo eenumy, bowew. with a sigmticant role of absorbtng strategie* Pres* ttgiotis products madę of branże ar gołd as well as giass or amber bcads (prabahh (.kiw.it of aecklace* j nerę rarc and ~cxo6c“. Ytt the Trzcinice cschangc netwoii waj relnveły desełoped. and the TCC population eastly established connectkms •4kdufereat tratUs. i.e. with both sub-Ncotitłuc and hishly advanced commuiu-w The lanrnty have beea oCforad amber by TCC populations.

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Theory (e.g Schcrratt 19W1. Gencrally *pc.j betw ccr. the centrę i,the tontonc*' ineludmg

lAMnhtai the cenne (thu subject is dealt with in dctail in the w| Makaronie* jŚSJS 2«2- 2*k>; Ccebcrszuk 2001: 31-36; Kadrów 2001 22 M uh icjaM to the Farty-Bnauc SRforld-Systcm. the centro ts dclinc ■tamed mnt nlnch cinhin.Lii arans controlled b\ state-like organuaiio to (taun The* aerc marked 9 adtmrad labour division. specializcd Cł» łopo(cspectall* metalluigy 1. well deecloped cxclu '§|fR» pudwtd thóe were "prooesscd” Even pcecHM

tałtat onły prcSigtous importance. but some udlitanan vmlue as wdł. Thcy were iMModitic* of I spccific (cxchangeable) economic importance. in the cenne, cflfparaod bronze becamc commoditics and served as a means of eschangc Pctiphencs surrounding the centre were occupied by communities less po-nofif and cconomically dcvelopcd. Those regions supplied the centre wńh raw itenałsand impotled finał produets. Bronze objects had herc solely same prcs-MtHtftKttnce They were monopolized by the ruiing groups and were used 10 . -hhh* their power. The "peripheral" elite depended on the networfc ofeontaets v tihancct with the elite from the centre. The kuter chose pattners and coattol-itd Ae acccss to the exchangc system. Such unbalanced rdaoonships were the . n tran ol utlctaction < dependenci* i between the centre and peripheries.

The thtrd noot* in the Wtorki-Systems Theory is the concept of ma^mał zonę. ,h reter. to the regions of difTerent pace of the socio-ecooomk doełopmett tmaihc one discussed above. That zonę did not undergo any structurai transforma-ajk It derełoped without either signtftcant changes in the economic m&astracawe khpabomofnew technologtes The “processed" goods (mamb metałs) unport-ai fium the centre had a difTerent position herc, in generał, their apperaoeia the \ der wne ma> be treated in terms of otojcct transfer withoui accepting the whote cnwitic comcst connectcd with those objects (symbołism. ideoiogy). Vhrioos wducts of materiał cułture were used. to a much higher estent than in the penph-eries, not as vital ełements of the economic infrastnicture. bul as means buildina up vrsca*l (group) prestige. communicating the status and susuming various ranking kras Morow. such objects appeared in that zonę \eiy rareły. hence. they might jvt potcntially bccn accumulated (monopolized) in the hands of the kcal ełite. Msc groups śelcclively acccpted pattems (iom the cmtre-penpben region and TOufod the locał market of objects imitating prestigious produets.

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8 seems reasonablc to suppose that the essenoe of the retańonship between c TCC and the FC may be wełl esplained and understood by referrmg to the | ..TAtmrtne features of the worid system (Fig 10). The area ofdease PC set-aaeoC ałsoto the north of the Caipathians. w ould consmutc the centre (anoe A k 'mera Linie Poland with its permaneni “Trzciniec-like" settkroent would form : ptnpłienes (zonę Bi. while the remaining areas locatcd tunher to the north. on the Polish Lowlands. would be the marginal zonę (zonę C\ Hpjjbmsons stood behind the cstablishing of eon tac ts between FC and TCC' ^eahioaship started no latcr than after the settlśr.g of FC representames north f <heCarp«duans. F&zesabony communities in the Carpathian Foothills prcłwNy tsaml and ruganized trails of cschange. which led front the soutk to the loess i icgioos near Kraków Furthcr to the north. the “peopłe ot'the traiF were most M| the representames of the TCC. w ho fncocalły penetrated the w hole Iow-