How Were Neolithic Ditches Filled In? Deposition Study of Two Enclosures from Bohemia
| Autor: | Jaroslav Řídký, Petr Květina, Petr Limburský, Radka Šumberová, Markéta Končelová |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology geography geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology Ditch 06 humanities and the arts 15. Life on land 01 natural sciences Archaeology Natural (archaeology) Deposition (geology) Long period 0601 history and archaeology Pottery 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Archaeology. 17:579-601 |
| ISSN: | 1741-2722 1461-9571 |
| DOI: | 10.1179/1461957114y.0000000063 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study is to analyse the correlation between finds and ditches, the duration of ditch fills, and the manner of the demise of Late Neolithic rondels (Kreisgrabenanlagen) in the Czech Republic. Two comparable long-term projects are discussed here: Kolín (central Bohemia) and Vchynice (north-west Bohemia). Qualitative, quantitative, and spatial analyses of the different categories of finds (pottery fragments, lithics, daub, and faunal remains) from the ditch fills show that only finds from the bottom layers of the ditches were contemporary with the primary function of the rondels. However, the bottom layers often only contained a few artefacts. The richest parts of the ditches, the middle and upper layers, from both sites illustrated similar characteristics: after the rondels lost their primary function, the ditches were filled by both natural and cultural agents over a long period. As a consequence, some previous, and widely accepted, interpretations of the relationship between individual areas of rondels and their relationship with surrounding features, as well as the relationship of the finds from ditch fills to rondel function and chronology, need to be revisited. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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