Dadosesani[a] was a
Slavic tribe that inhabited the area near the central
Bóbr river, between the modern location of the towns of
Szprotawa and
Głogów, in the area of modern southwestern
Poland.[1]
The location
The exact area that was inhabited by the tribe remains unknown. It was set in the area of the central
Bóbr river, in the northern part of
Lower Silesia, near the modern town of
Głogów.[2][3] The archeological studies had established, that in the area inhabited by the tribe functioned 31 smaller territories, 17 of which included
gords.[1] According to some sources, they bordered the
Zara tribe to the west, via
Bóbr river.[citation needed]
History
The
Bavarian Geographer had mentioned the tribe in his Descriptio civitatum et regionum ad septentrionalem plagam Danubii, published in the IX century. In said document, they were referred to as Dadosezani and Dadosesani, and according to it, they had 20
gords, and possibly visualized the
Bobrans tribe.[4]
^Hilczerówna Z., Urbańska-Łosińska A., Rozwój terenów osadniczych u schyłku starożytności i we wczesnym średniowieczu w południowej części województwa zielonogórskiego, In: Z. Kaczmarczyk, A. Wędzki: Studia nad początkami i rozplanowaniem miast nad środkową Odrą i dolną Wartą, vol. 2. Zielona Góra 1970, p 84.
^J. Lodowski, Dolny Śląsk na początku średniowiecza (VI-X w.). Podstawy osadnicze i gospodarcze, Wrocław, 1980, p. 118.
^L.A. Tyszkiewicz, Słowianie i Awarowie. Organiacja plemienna Słowian, Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. Wydawnictwo, 2009, p. 164, ISBN 978-83-04-05023-5, OCLC 750836214.