Early medieval archaeology in the Sudetes has often been limited to the issue of strongholds, the presence of communication routes and extraction of raw materials. In this zone, inhabited by the Ślężanie, Trzebowianie, Chorwaci, Bieżuńczanie or Milczanie, known from the written sources, little attention has been paid so far to the religious aspects accompanying the functioning of these communities. For years, the ongoing discussion on the cult role of Mount Ślęża has basically dominated this topic, omitting a number of side threads related to magical, funeral practices in the 8th-10th centuries in the area of the mountains, which in the 9th century constituted a buffer between Great Moravia and the population inhabiting the area of today's Silesia and Lusatia. Among the threads considered here, one should distinguish archaeological sites located in the Sudetes associated with funeral and magical practices (foundation offerings) and related to the phenomenology of the landscape.
