This paper presents a defi nition of Mikuszowice chert. Fourteen types of Mikuszowice chert have been identifi ed. These results are useful for identifying fl int artifacts in the Outer Carpathians. Mikuszowice chert artifacts have been identifi ed in inventories dated to different time periods from the Upper Paleolithic to Early/Older Bronze Age. At present, 39 sites with Mikuszowice chert are known. The most important of these sites is a complex of 8 sites in Jaworze. The chert artifacts occur within 100 km of their source. The chert was collected during surface surveys or in primary and secondary deposits., Eugeniusz Foltyn, Leonard Jochemczyk., and Obsahuje pouzitou literaturu
The subject of this analysis is Bridge No. 1 in Mikulčice, which was discovered during a large-scale archaeological excavation of a former riverbed between the years 1966 and 1968 and revisited in 2012. Although it is the best preserved bridge in Mikulčice, reconstucting it faces a number of limitations. The aim of this article is to define in more detail such limitations as well as possibilities, drawing on previous attempt to reconstuct this bidge. During the processing of the find situation of Bridge No. 1 foru "key questions" regarding reconstruction have been formulated. Our resulting statement says that in the fiven circumstances we cannot exclude the existence of a number of substantial reconstructions of the bridge, or rather the existence of more bridges constucted over time in the same place. Because only the load-bearing parts of the bridge´s construction have been preserved, we know almost nothing about the part above water level. Here we can be inspored especially by mediaeval and modern era bridges in period representations or by bridges of similar constuction that are still standing. There remains the general quetion of the origin of the bridge´s consturction, which has analogies in a nuber of La téne and Roman localities in Western Europe. A possible explanation is that the Classical tradition of engineering may have been mediated by the provinces in the Danube region., Lumír Poláček, Gerard Wilke., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
The reported research in Malżyce, site no. 30, situated on one of the of the vast loess-covered elevations of the Małopolska Upland has brought valuable data on the Funnel Beaker (TRB) and the Corded Ware (CWC) cultures in West Małopolska. The central grave of the TRB barrow was accompanied by five chronologically younger graves of the CWC and three graves of the Early Bronze Age Mierzanowice culture. In the TRB grave two vessels and a flint trapezium were found. In its size and constructional traits the Malżyce TRB barrow is analogous to various CWC features of this type. But becouse of its dating – the TRB tumulus in Malżyce cannot be regarded as a valid argument for deriving CWC burial mounds from TRB structures., Krysztof Tunia, Piotr Włodarczak., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Later than in the wet of Europe, it was only in the course of the 12th century that the water wheel caught on in Bohemia and Moravia. At the same time hand-powered mills were still requently being used. Until the end of the 12th century most water mills as well as water courses were the property of princes, so permission to run an existing mil or to build a new one had to be granted. The location, design of and technology used in mediaeval mills in our vicinity have not been archaeologically researched. The hypotheritcal appearance of such mills and what equipment they had can be modelled based on the results of research abroad, since similar structures might also have been in use in mediaeval Bohemia and Moravia., Lucie Galusová, Martina Maříková., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Close to Kuřim, in the „Záhoří do klínů“ fi eld, a large settlement of the Linear Pottery culture was excavated, revealing several pits with Moravian Painted Pottery culture (MPP). This article focuses on one of these features (number 168), the only one to contain a large number of ceramic items. Analysis of the material shows that the pottery shares many common features with pottery from phase Ib MPP; however, there are also some differences, for example the specifi c shapes of knobs and the absence of incised decoration. It is probable that the Kuřim site is one of a small number of known sites dated to the fi nal phase of the old stage of the Culture with Moravian Painted Pottery (phase Ic)., Eliška Kazdová., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Popůvky near Brno is a well known Neolithic locality. Rescue excavations carried out by the Institute of Archaeological Heritage Preservation (ÚAPP Brno) have provided new material for study. The analysis of this material has provided new information relevant to the chronology of human occupation. The site has been investigated by carrying out surface prospecting over a long period. Analyses of the recently excavated material are presented with an emphasis on the Moravian Painted Ware culture settlement (O. Lečbychová), accumulations of surface fi nds with analyses of Šárec type Linear pottery settlement (M. Kuča) and analyses of a ground stone industry from the rescue excavation and surface fi nds (M. Vokáč)., Olga Lečbychová, Martin Kuča, Milan Vokáč., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
The aim of this work is to introduce the basic findings from three Lusatian culture sites discovered in the Opava region between 2009 and 2011. These sites located in Kylešovice, Neplachovice and Kobeřice revealed new areas settled by people of the Lusatian culture in a previously unexplored region. A small salvage excavation was carried out in 2009 on the cadastre of Kylešovice (outer suburb of Opava). In the northeastern part of Kylešovice on the corner of Vaníčkova and Ruská streets, four settlement features and one posthole were found. In 2011, on the cadastre of village Neplachovice, one sunken object with Lusatian culture artifacts was discovered with four postholes located nearby. The most extensive excavation took place on the cadastre of Kobeřice in 2013 as a part of the construction of “Technical and traffic infrastructure for 19 family houses in Horní Olšina locality”. Twelve sunken objects were discovered at this site. It is located in the southwestern part of Kobeřice on the “Horní Olšina” field to the west of road No. 467 from Štěpánkovice to Kobeřice., Jiří Juchelka., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Tématem příspěvku je nová analýza dostupných poznatků o hrobech K1 a K2 v lodi předrománské rotundy sv. Víta, které byly objeveny již v roce 1911 a připisovány několika přemyslovským knížatům. Provedena byla zejména revize antropologických poznatků, analýzy stabilních izotopů uhlíku (δ13C) a dusíku (δ15N), analýza DNA a radiouhlíkové datování. Získaná data nedávají dohromady konzistentní obraz. Archeologie vylučuje připsání ostatků knížeti Bořivoji I. († asi 888/889), antropologie pak knížeti Boleslavu I. († 972). Oba obory by dovolovaly připsat s určitou pravděpodobností kosterní ostatky knížeti Boleslavu II. († 999), tomu ale neodpovídá radiokarbonové datování. Navržena je možnost připsat ostatky písemně doloženému jménem neznámému synovi knížete Boleslava I., který zemřel před rokem 972. Analýza DNA z K2 připsala ostatky ženě, pravděpodobně tedy manželce osoby K1. and The subject of the article is a new analysis of available information on graves K1 and K2 in the nave of the pre-Romanesque St. Vitus Rotunda; discovered in 1911, the graves have been attributed to various Přemyslid princes. The main work involved a review of anthropological findings, analyses of stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes, a DNA analysis and radiocarbon dating. Taken together, obtained data do not provide a consistent image. Archaeology rules out the attribution of the remains to Prince Bořivoji I († c. 888/889), while anthropology eliminates the possibility of the burial of Boleslav I († 972). With a high degree of probability, both of these scientific disciplines would permit the identification of the individual as Prince Boleslav II († 999), but this possibility is then eliminated by radiocarbon dating. The author suggests the possibility of attributing the remains to a son of Prince Boleslav I, an individual whose name is not documented in written sources and who died before 972. A DNA analysis revealed that the remains in grave K2 belonged to a woman, i.e. probably the wife of the individual buried in grave K1.