Interpretation models of the distribution of Bavarian chert and Carpathian obsidian in the Neolithic of the Czech Republic

0447589 - ARÚ 2016 GB eng A - Abstract
Řídký, Jaroslav - Burgert, Pavel - Končelová, Markéta
Interpretation models of the distribution of Bavarian chert and Carpathian obsidian in the Neolithic of the Czech Republic.
21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow 2015, 2-5 September. Abstracts of the oral and poster presentations. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2015 - (Campbell, L.). s. 139. ISBN N.
[Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists /21./. 02.09.2015-05.09.2015, Glasgow]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA15-16963S
Institutional support: RVO:67985912
Keywords : Neolithic * distribution of Bavarian chert and Carpathian obsidian * chipped stone industry
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
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The aim of the poster is to present the distribution of two visually attractive raw sources, used for Neolithic chipped stone industry, that do not originate in the Czech Republic. These include namely the variety of Bavarian Jura cherts from the vicinity of Kelheim in German Bavaria, and the Carpathian Obsidian from the sources on the border of the southeast of Slovakia and the northeast of Hungary. Eastern Bohemia (Czech Republic) appears to be an area where the distribution circuits of the two raw sources mingled. At the same time, this area represents the furthest border in terms of the distribution of both of these raw sources in Czech prehistory. Although both raw sources can be found in different periods within the Czech Republic region, it is quite striking that their highest ration culminates during the Late Neolithic (about 5000-4400 cal. BC). In our opinion, it is possible to correlate such situation with the important social changes recognised during the first half of the fifth millennium BC (can be seen also in monumental enclosures, cemeteries etc.). The poster will present a wider interpretation of such long distance distribution.
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