The Moravian-Silesian Prehistoric Branch of the Archaeological Institute AV ČR, Brno, v. v. i. has a long-term research interest in lithic chipped industries of the Late Stone Age and the Early Bronze Age in Moravia and Czech Silesia. Presently, a very important research focus is a lithic collection from the fortified Eneolithic hillfort Starý Zámek near Jevišovice. There are 474 knapped artifacts in the collection, including pieces collected from the surface and from excavations by J. Palliardi. One third of the artifacts are linked to cultural layers C, C2, C1 and B. Seventy pieces were published by Anna Medunová. At least 74 of the artifacts excavated by J. Palliardi have been recently identified in the collection deposited at the Moravian Museum. The assemblage includes a variety of endscrapers, blades, and borers as well as some cores. Tools of the Krummesser type from layer B and a bifacially retouched artifact (dagger or sickle fragment) from Bavarian tabular chert (Plattensilex) are of particular interest. Most artifacts were produced from local rocks (cherts of the Krumlovský les type and weathering products of serpentinite), although silicites from glacial sediments and chert of the Stránská skála type have also been identified. The presence of Bavarian Plattensilex (at least two artifacts) and rocks sourced from Poland (silicites from Cracow-Częstochowa Jurassic Upland and the spotted chert of the Świeciechów type). Two Palaeolithic artifacts are a surprising discovery. We cannot exclude the possibility that these pieces originate from an earlier period and were reused later., Lubomír Šebela, Antonín Přichystal, Alena Humpolová, Lubomír Prokeš., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
This study examines a polycultural site Hradiště u Louky located in southwestern Moravia. The main aim is to introduce a new archaeological and historical model based on data from the surface survey, metal detecting and probing. Mainly non-destructive methods were used in this research. A new settlement phase from Jevišovice culture was documented. The onset of Medieval settlement in the area most likely dates to post-Great Moravian and Late Hillfort periods. The most intensive anthropogenic activities date to the high Medieval period when a small castle fortified by a moat and a rampart was built. Archaeological artefacts from the younger phase of the Medieval settlement possess chronological features of the 2 nd half of the 13 th and the 1 st third of the 15 th century. Also, to clarify the sequence of the owners of the castle and possible causes of its demise, a revision of written accounts was performed., Jaroslav Bartík, Lenka Běhounková, Stanislav Vohryzek, Josef Jan Kovář, Hana Poláchová, Michaela Kokojanová, Hana Nohálová., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Článek představuje první jasně doložené (malé) žárové pohřebiště jevišovické kultury na Moravě v kontextu de facto neznámých pohřebních praktik dané kulturní formace. Dva urnové hroby s typickou keramikou zachytily výkopy inženýrských sítí blízko historického jádra města Brna (Polní ulice) v nevelké vzdálenosti od sebe. Hroby datujeme na základě rozboru keramických nádob do mladšího nebo pozdního období jevišovické kultury s jistými vazbami na region jihozápadního Slovenska. Analyzován je dosavadní obraz
pohřebního ritu nejen jevišovické kultury v rámci mladšího eneolitu. Výrazným znakem jsou menší skupinová pohřebiště s projevy biritualismu. Nálezově podobná je situace na jihozápadním Slovensku, rovněž v prostředí jevišovické formace. and The article presents the first clearly documented (small) Jevišovice culture cremation cemetery in Moravia in the context of the essentially unknown burial practices of the given cultural formation. Two urn graves with typical pottery were identified during the excavation of trenches for utility lines near the historical centre of Brno (Polní St.) in close proximity to one another. Based on an analysis of the pottery vessels, the graves are dated to the late or final phase of the Jevišovice culture with certain ties to the region of
southwest Slovakia. The article discusses the existing image of the burial rite of the Jevišovice culture and others in the Late Eneolithic. Small group cemeteries with apparent biritualism are a characteristic trait. A similar find situation was documented in southwest Slovakia likewise in the environment of the Jevišovice formation.