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In 2018, an agreement on a mutual course of actions and cooperation was signed by the University of South Bohemia and the town of Hluboká nad Vltavou on the restoration, presentation and further development of the immovable cultural monument Karlův hrádek u Purkarce. The management of the University entrusted the arrangement and implementation of the agreement to the Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, which submitted a project proposal called 'Karlův hrádek - a research and educational centre of archaeology at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice' in 2019. In accordance with the performance of archaeological monument care and the scientific/educational purpose of the University, regular archaeological excavations - in addition to other activities (field education, terrain prospecting and documentation, specialized material and spatial analyses, registering, preservation and documentation of finds, etc.) - should be carried out at the site. It could, at the level of both basic and applied research, become a permanent research-educational particularity of the Institute in the field of medieval archaeology. In 2019, detailed geodetic documentation of the castle was initiated and the first archaeological excavation was carried out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contribution contains a list and an evaluation of newly discovered metal artefacts from the Hallstatt (Ha C - Ha D 2/3 - LT A) and La Tène (LT B-D) periods originating from sites distributed almost all over South Bohemia. From the viewpoint of find types, these are predominantly isolated finds. In one case, a hoard or a related activity is likely. The other objects come from newly discovered and unregistered settlement and burial contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the article, new isolated Bronze Age metal finds are published which have been documented in the territory of South Bohemia over the last about five years and which have not been published anywhere else. These are 137 bronze or copper artefacts from 128 sites which are dateable to all chronological phases of the Bronze Age. Some of them are quite unique in South Bohemia, with analogies in other Central European regions. Several artefacts were subjected to spectral analysis in order to determine their chemical composition. A spearhead from Horažďovice was also subjected to traceological analysis. In addition to an enrichment of the typological spectrum of artefacts, these discoveries in some cases also proved human activities in regions regarded as uninhabited or only sporadically utilized. Thus the presented article clearly shows the importance and significance of documentation and rescue of these unique finds. Their interpretive value is lower than that of those made in settlement, funerary or hoard contexts, but they are definitely not without importance for our knowledge of prehistoric settlement and human activities in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contribution deals with the results of a rescue excavation which took place at Volyně, Strakonice District, in the summer of 2018. A small Iron Age feature was excavated in whose fill an incomplete ceramic figurine in the form of a prism was found, apart from potsherds. Analogous figurines are known from an important cultic site on Burkovák hill near Nemějice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents the find of a fragmented horse figurine made during an archaeological excavation in the village of Heřmaň, Písek District. On the basis of stratigraphic relationships and accompanying pottery, the find can be dated to the 13th or early 14th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the results of a new standard analysis of a poorly preserved assemblage of pottery and bones from two graves excavated in 1923. Based on the pottery fragments, the graves can cautiously be dated to the 10th century. The preserved remains belonged to two individuals. The degree of preservation of the skeleton is only 7.7 % in the case of the first individual. It was probably an adult, perhaps 17 to 35 years old. The sex was determined as female and the body height could not be calculated. The degree of preservation of the second individual is only 7.8 %. The age at death was estimated at 7-11 years. Based on study of archival maps and field prospecting, an attempt was made to determine a more precise location of the site. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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