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[Display omitted] • Infilled gullies are valuable information sources on human–environment interaction. • Initial gullying in the region is associated with Late Neolithic land use. • The sediment infill reflects several cycles of the surface erosion and stabilisation. • Erosion phases relate to periods of the Bronze Age, Hallstatt and La Tène periods. The long-inhabited Central European lowlands have exposed to significant erosion since prehistoric times, primarily due to deforestation and agricultural practices, leading to colluvium formation and erosional features. Infilled erosional gullies, particularly near abandoned settlements, may offer insights into landscape changes and settlement evolution. Our multidisciplinary research at the Přerov-Předmostí archaeological megasite in Czechia integrates geoarchaeological methods, geophysics and extensive development-driven excavations. This site, located on the migratory corridor between the Pannonian and Poland plains, serves as a focal point for studying the interplay between human settlement, land-use development and environmental changes in this region. By combining geophysics and excavation, we investigate settlement and land-use patterns, correlating these with the environmental and pedosedimentary record of an infilled gully. The incision of the gully represents initial phase of erosion at this site. Formed before 2300 BC, it is among the oldest in the region, likely triggered by Late Neolithic land use. Our findings also indicate a cyclical erosion pattern linked to four primary settlement peaks: the Early Bronze Age (2300–1600/1500 BC), the Young/Late Bronze Age (1500–900 BC), the Hallstatt period (900–400 BC) and the La Tène period (400 BC–50 BC/1 AD). These periods of heightened settlement activity alternated with times of reduced or no population pressure, leading to stabilisation and subsequent pedogenesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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]

Pálava is a complex of prominent limestone hills in South Moravia, with extensive traces of prehistoric activities. This study presents the results of a long-term metal-detecting survey of the Pálava Hills and their surroundings. It focuses on findings dated to the Bronze Age and especially to the Urnfield period with 673 from the topsoil recovered artefacts. The study monitors the functional composition of the items within the dataset, as well as the spatial distribution of individual artefacts. The data from the surveys allow comparisons between the enclosed sites at the Stolová hora, Kotel, and Děvín hills, and the open satellite settlements in the hinterland. The results are also used for a comparison with other Moravian Bronze Age sites that have been surveyed with the same method. The study also includes a metallographic analysis of 177 objects. The results create a picture of an intensively used hillfort at Stolová hora, which in the Urnfield period represented a centrepiece of a broader agglomeration, and at some point, also probably of the whole region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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