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Fluvial archives are a rich source of information about the environmental impact of the local industry in the past. This research is focused on Holocene fluvial sediments that were excavated in the area of Křenová Street in Brno, Czech Republic. The area was researched during the rescue archaeological excavations, which unearthed the defunct Svitava river channel and its banks together with wooden constructions and archaeological artifacts from the 13th to the 16th century. Three profiles were documented and lithostratigraphically described. Samples for the palaeoecological and chemical analyses and granulometry were taken from the excavated trench S11. The finding of the rivers´ point bar and the shape of the riverbed allowed us to determine that the river was meandering. Analysed pollen profile of the medieval riverbed shows species-rich vegetation in close proximity of the medieval town and progressing urbanization. Results from chemical analyses shows that the area was not significantly polluted. The source of most of the probable contamination were surrounding sumps, as is indicated by slightly elevated concentrations of phosphorus in the sediments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The deposit from the Late Bronze Age, uncovered in a vineyard after deep plowing in Velké Bílovice, was acquired in its entirety for the collections of the Regional Museum in Mikulov thanks to long-term cooperation with the public. It is a typical representative of the group of scrap hoard of the earlier period of the Urnfield Culture. Thanks to traseological analysis, an analysis of the composition of the raw material of the fragments, and an analysis of the dimensions of the artefacts, we can express our opinion based on a typical example for the wider interpretation potential of the whole of this regionally and chronologically specific group of deposits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A number of important loess sites have been discovered in the area of the Brno-Bohunice district. Most of them are related to archaeological research, and apart from Karel Valoch work, their palaeopedological record has not been studied in detail. A new loess section exposed by the recent construction works in Brno-Bohunice provides an opportunity for a comprehensive multiproxy evaluation of the Upper Pleistocene loess-palaeosol record. This work provides a complex information on palaeoenvironment and soil development using a combined approach, including micromorphological observations and physical, anthracological, malacological, and geochemical data along with radiocarbon dating. The excavated section Brno-Bohunice 2018 (49,1773775N; 16,5749161E), approximately 400 cm in thickness, was divided into ten lithostratigraphic units: loess (units 6 and 1), soil horizons (units 5, 4, 2c, 2b and 2a) and a colluvium (units 3c, 3b and 3a). The basal loess was probably deposited before the Last Glacial Period (MIS 6 or older). The overlying Bt horizon of luvisol was probably developed in the Eem Interglacial and the chernozem in the Early Glacial period (both in MIS 5). The loess-palaeosol sequence is followed by colluvial deposits of unknown age, plausibly resulting from both traction and, frost-related processes. Bw horizon of cambisol affected by secondary gleying process developed from the upper part of the colluvium. Radiocarbon dating (45,004-43,344 and 43,350-42,346 cal BP) indicates that this palaeosol belongs to some of MIS 3 interstadials, as does the overlaying reductaquic horizon of tundra gley. Both palaeosols were affected by freezing processes. The MIS 3 soil complex terminates by the uppermost regosol, which is covered by loess deposited in MIS 2 (27,302-26,463 cal BP). Our research has shown that the palaeosol development in the Brno-Bohunice area is more complex than expected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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