In 2012, rescue excavations were carried out in front of the front facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows in Denisova Street in Olomouc. The original Middle- and Late-Hillfort terrain was removed. Layers containing pottery dated mainly to the 10th century also turned up fragments of mortar, plaster, bricks and roofing, which indicates the presence of an Early Medieval church in close proximity. “Monk-and-nun” roof tiles of antique type probably come from an older Roman construction. Early Medieval occupation layers adjoined a ditch, a remain of the fortification between Předhradí and the town, which was established as early as Early Middle Ages and was used till the 14th century. Another remain of the original fortification of Předhradí is the find of stone romanesque masonry with north-south orientation. The excavations also uncovered remains of stone constructions of an original Minorite church.
Jedním z témat archeologické antropologie je studium vztahu člověka a artefaktu. Z tohoto hlediska je také možné studovat problematiku rekonstrukce středověkých opevnění. Výzkumu raně středověkých opevnění se věnovala řada badatelů, ale jen v některých případech interpretace dospěla až do stádia návrhu celkové kresebné rekonstrukce fortifikace. Z hlediska hájitelnosti těchto zařízení lze posuzovat rekonstrukce z pohledu vztahu hradby a lidského těla. Na některých kresebných rekonstrukcích podoby vrcholně a pozdně středověkých opevnění se na náspu objevují opevňovací prvky v podobě palisády. Ty nejsou spolehlivě doloženy a jejich existence by byla z hlediska obranyschopnosti kontraproduktivní. and One of the subjects of archaeological anthropology is the study of the relationship between man and artefacts. From this perspective it is also possible to study questions surrounding the reconstruction of medieval fortifications. A number of researchers have studied Early Medieval fortifications, but only in several instances has the interpretation reached the stage of drafting the overall graphic reconstruction of these fortifications. From the perspective of the defensibility of these structures, it is possible to assess the reconstruction from the point of view of the relationship of the walls and the human body. Fortifying elements in the form of palisades appear on the ramparts in several of the graphic reconstructions of the High and Late Middle Age fortifications. These are not reliably documented, and their existence from a defence perspective would be counterproductive.