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The spatial analysis of non-ceramic refuse from the Neolithic site at Bylany, Czech Republic

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    0352623 - ARÚ 2011 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
    Květina, Petr
    The spatial analysis of non-ceramic refuse from the Neolithic site at Bylany, Czech Republic.
    European Journal of Archaeology. Roč. 13, č. 3 (2010), s. 336-367. ISSN 1461-9571. E-ISSN 1741-2722
    R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA800020701
    Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80020508
    Keywords : non-ceramic finds * Neolithic * settlement refuse
    Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
    http://eja.sagepub.com/content/13/3/336.full.pdf+html

    This article aims to provide an interpretation of the structure and spatial patterning of the non-ceramic refuse from the Neolithic site of Bylany. The spatial distribution and quantity of refuse are analysed with respect to space (in terms of proximity to Neolithic houses and the whole of the excavated settlement area) and time (the duration of settlement in six chronological stages). No deliberate pattern of refuse management was identified in the vicinity of the houses, but the refuse was found to have a tendency towards peripheral grouping within the settled area as a whole. Refuse quantity depends on the number of houses and settlement duration. The negative correlation between the mean density of non-ceramic artefacts per house and the number of houses in corresponding chronological stages may be explained by the interpretation that refuse was commonly deposited within abandoned houses, which would be consistent with ethnoarchaeological observations.
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