Transport route and frontier. The importance of the Morava River in the Neolithic and Eneolithic

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Trampota, František
Transport route and frontier. The importance of the Morava River in the Neolithic and Eneolithic.
Central Europe TAG (Theoretical Archaeology Group) 2023. The Role of Rivers: Frontiers, mobility corridors, or central place ecosystems. Abstracts book. Bratislava: Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, 2023. s. 4-5. ISBN N.
[Central Europe Theoretical Archaeology Group 2023. 09.11.2023-10.11.2023, Bratislava]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: Morava River * Neolithic * Eneolithic
Obor OECD: Archaeology
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The paper deals with the significance of the Morava River as a transport route in the Neolithic and as a boundary line in the Early Eneolithic. Based on a comparison of the occurrence of local and imported lithic raw materials in the Neolithic, the influence of the Morava as a navigable river on the composition of stone raw materials can be well manifested. This should reflect not the distribution of lithics per se, but rather the trade route in general, where only stone tools preserve from the transported commodities. The opposite role was played by the river in the Early Eneolithic, when we do not see evidence of long distance transport in the archaeological record. However, the river has taken on a new role as a frontier settlement region, with the middle and southern reaches separating the settled area to the west and the empty area to the east of its course. This transformation probably took place after the settlement hiatus (c. 4000-3800 BC) and its different use is probably related to the activities of the new population.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0351380