The site of Mohelno-Plevovce is located on a small plateau near the bottom of a deeply incised Jihlava River canyon. While this concealed position is protected by rocky slopes from the east, north and west, it is exposed to insolation from the south. The site is affected by erosional forces of fluctuating water levels caused by Dalešice pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant since the 1970‘s. The site was intermittently occupied by humans from the Late Upper Paleolithic to recent times as documented by repeated salvage excavations since 2013. Lengyel Culture occupation has already been identified in surface surveys, but corresponding cultural features were not excavated until the last two years. The excavation yielded characteristic material including pottery and stone industry, as well as charcoal which allowed dating and a detailed anthracological analysis. Relative chronology suggests the MMK-Ib phase, while radiocarbon dating places the occupation at the end of MMK-I / beginning of MMK-II phase. Anthracology analyses suggest an open canopy woodland forest as the dominant biome.
The Moravian Painted Ware Culture settlement in Slavíkovice “Ostánce“ represents one of the most elaborately excavated sites in the peripheral area of western Moravia. The microregion is situated in the foothills of the Czech-Moravian Highlands at a relatively high altitude. More than forty MPW Culture sites have been recorded, mostly corresponding to its younger phase. The current study presents the results of recent surface surveys as well as minor detective and rescue probing. Apart from the large number of finds, a radiocarbon date has assisted in placing the site within the absolute chronology framework of the Moravian MPW Culture (Kuča et al. 2012). A detailed analysis of the archaeological findings allowed comparisons to other similarly dated sites in the area of interest and with the other peripheral regions in south-western Moravia (Bartík 2014a, 22, fig. 6). An attempt at reconstructing the paleoclimate forms an integral part of this study., Jaroslav Bartík, Milan Vokáč, Martin Kuča, Alžběta Čerevková, Lubomír Prokeš, Miriam Nývltová Fišáková., and Obsahuje seznam literatury