The beginnings of the mountaineer settlement in the Czech Republic. A case study from the Bohemian Forest

0437643 - ARÚ 2015 TR eng A - Abstrakt
Čuláková, Katarína - Eigner, J. - Řezáč, M.
The beginnings of the mountaineer settlement in the Czech Republic. A case study from the Bohemian Forest.
20th Annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. Abstracts of the oral and poster presentations. Istanbul: Archaeology & Art Publications, 2014 - (Yilmaz, Ö.). s. 371. ISBN 978-605-396-287-8.
[Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists /20./. 10.09.2014-14.09.2014, Istanbul]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: Mesolithic * mountaineer settlement * Bohemian Forest
Kód oboru RIV: AC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie
https://www.eaa2014istanbul.org/assets/indirilecekler/2014%20EAA%20abstracts.pdf

Information about human activity in mountaneous areas during prehistory are rather scarce. Most of the evidence comes from isolated finds and systematic prospection is focused on Medieval and Modern period. Thanks to the oscillation of water level in a dam, remains of a Mesolithic settlement were found in the lower parts of the Bohemian Forest Region. Our project links to this evidence and focuses on the upper parts of the Bohemian Forest Region and its history in the Mesolithic period. First a surface survey was conducted to choose the areas with high probability of settlement. Than test pitting was done, that was finally followed by a small excavation. Project continues with a survey of the surrounding areas. Main result of this project is an area with Mesolithic settlement; this settlement is situated near the water flow in length of about 2 km, in altitude of 1000 m above sea level. Except for this settled area, we found a few other remains of settlement, but not so intensive. The found Mesolithic settlement seems to date back to the end of the Early Mesolithic period. Raw materials come from Bavaria. Except for the Mesolithic settlement, remains of La Tene and a medieval settlement were found.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0241150