The article summarizes the current state of knowledge of bridges and river channels in the 9th century Mikulčice. It defines the basic themes of a new project, which is expected to synthesize unique large-scale excavations of filled -up river channels in Mikulčice. The excavations took place between 1966 and 1984 and yielded wooden structures and artefacts — uncommon for this region. The main focus of this article is the structural features and dating of three archaeologically documented wooden bridges. Two of the structural designs are specific to the local water features. Bridge designs include classical river structures used by Celts and Romans, as well as a design similar to lake bridges known from regions settled by north-western Slays. The most well preserved bridge (No. 1) allows dendrochronolo gical dating and detailed reconstruction. Many questions remain unanswered regarding bridges, archaeological and palaeoecological reconstructions offilled-up oxbows., Lumír Poláček., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
The article summarises the results of Samian ware analyses. They were discovered beneath the Pavlov hills (southern Moravia) and originate from a Germanic settlement and from a Roman military base camp on the Hradisko Hill near Mušov. The variety of Samian ware permits a good reconstruction of the development of Germanic settlement in this area, between the second half of the 2nd century and the first third of the 3rd century AD, which was influenced by the presence of Roman military troops on the Hradisko Hill near Mušov, during the time of the MarcomannicWars., Soňa Klanicová., 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
Looting of archeological sites using metal detectors poses the greatest problem for contemporary archeology. The scale of the resulting damage often lies beyond our imagination. This study brings to attention three new bronze hoards looted from “Tabulová hora” site, which were revealed to archeologists at the Regional Museum of Mikulov. These hoards together with unofficial information from looters themselves, and other such known cases, testify to the dramatic differences between the “known” and the “unknown” in the world of archeological metal artefacts. This paper suggests, that the estimate of about one hundred hoards looted from “Tabulová hora”, may not to be unrealistic., Aleš Navrátil., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
1_This article uses several examples to describe transformations of early medieval settlement structures-mostlyfrom pre-urban central agglomeration-to the communal town as it is reflected in archaeological finds. The attention was focused on three main questions: 1) What were the dynamics of the early medieval settlement? 2) Is thereany evidence for a communication network in the pre-urban period and after the town was founded? 3) What arethe changes in organisation of space and how does the pattern of a built-up area in this period appear? The sitesselected include-Prague, Chrudim and Hradec Králové in Bohemia, Brno in Moravia, Opava in the Czech partof the Upper Silesia, Wrocław in the Lower Silesia, Gdansk and Szczecin in the Polish part of Pomerania. Mostpre-urban centres experienced growth in the 12th century. The street network was still tentative although there was agreater tendency towards a stable street network. Polish towns which had well preserved timber structures experienceda development of complex homesteads from the 11th century at the latest. A system of rectangular lots emerged onlyin Prague and probably slightly later in Wroclaw. With regards to new elements in the architecture of timber dwellings,house foundations in the 13th century employed framed houses constructed using two main techniques: 1) posts setin the ground 2) posts set in foundation beams. The latter technique is exemplified by dwellings where a cellar ispresent underneath an overground floor. Stone houses were built in Prague as early as the 12th century., 2_ At other sites,construction of such dwellings dates back to the 13th century, in Gdansk even to the 14th century. This comparativestudy has revealed common patterns in the urbanisation of Central Europe during the transformations in the 12th and13th centuries, although the speed of diffusion of the various new trends differed between the various urban centres., Rudolf Procházka., and Obsahuje seznam literatury