Prague-type culture houses. Aspects of form, function and meaning

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Kuna, Martin - Profantová, Naďa
Prague-type culture houses. Aspects of form, function and meaning.
Histria antiqua. Roč. 20, č. 20 (2011), s. 415-429. ISSN 1331-4270
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP405/10/2289
Keywords : Early Middle Ages * Prague-type culture * Bohemia * Roztoky site * houses * stone oven * building tradition and symbolism * house abandonment and taphonomy
OECD category: Archaeology
Method of publishing: Open access
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An exceptionally large Prague-type culture (6th-7th centuries AD) site in Roztoky, Czech Republic, provided a rich assemblage of dwellings from the given period. Over 300 sunken houses were (in part or entirely) excavated. Although the soil conditions at the site did not permit the preservation of wooden structures, the evidence on other aspects of house construction, e.g. stone ovens and patterns of post holes in the house interior, is abundant. Recent excavations (2006-2010) also produced an enormous amount of ecofacts and soil samples that are currently being processed. With the use of them, geoarchaeological research makes it possible to model the way the houses were used, abandoned and destroyed, information that impacts our understanding of settlement behaviour at the site.
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