Quadrangular enclosures in the upper regions of the Bohemian and Bavarian Forests: Preliminary report

0581091 - ARÚ 2024 RIV CZ eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Dreslerová, Dagmar - Dyčka, Michal - Čišecký, Čeněk - Seleši, K. - Červenka, J. - Kodad, T.
Quadrangular enclosures in the upper regions of the Bohemian and Bavarian Forests: Preliminary report.
Silva Gabreta. Roč. 29, č. 1 (2023), s. 97-114. ISSN 1211-7420
Grant ostatní: AV ČR(CZ) StrategieAV21/28
Program: StrategieAV
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: Bohemian/Bavarian forests * quadrangular enclosures * historical forest nurseries and seedbeds * stone architecture
Obor OECD: Archaeology
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://www.npsumava.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/07_dresler_web.pdf

The upper regions of the Bohemian and Bavarian Forests are home to what appear to be some of the best-preserved natural ecosystems in Europe. Airborne laser scanning (LIDAR) methods have nonetheless revealed numerous surface relics of past human activity. Among the most recent discoveries is a series of quadrangular enclosures with various types of stone walls or stone earth banks that range from 20 m to 40 m wide. At altitudes of around 1100 m a.s.l., there are some 600 of these barely detectable and little-known features that have largely fallen out of the historical consciousness, partly as a result of the displacement of the German population after the Second World War, and partly because they are hardly recognizable in the terrain. Radiocarbon dating, an analysis of historical administrative, topographical and forestry maps, and observations regarding the present-day vegetation enable us to estimate the origin of the enclosures between the second half of the 17th century and the second half of the 19th century. Preliminary results suggest that some of them could have been forest nurseries and seedbeds, some of which could have been founded before the great forest disturbances of the 1860s and 1870s. They therefore represent a missing piece in the history of forest management in the Šumava region.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0350302