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Marble as a Material for the Production of Bracelets in Neolithic Central Europe Marble bracelets are a characteristic artefact of the Stroked Pottery culture (5100/5000-4500/4400 BC) in Central Bohemia, and they also occur in the same period in the sphere of the Rössen culture around the River Saale in Germany. These finds began to attract interest in the 19th century and the issue of the origin of their material had been considered resolved for several decades. However, a new mineralogical study has shown that the main source of material was located elsewhere and that the overall number of sources used was higher. The article presents the results of the study of the actual artefacts and the results of a terrain survey of the most promising natural sources of the material in the Czech Republic. The combination of the two approaches led to the discovery of the main potential source., Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, Bd. 52 Nr. 1 (2022): Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt

This paper summarizes current knowledge of the distribution of obsidian in prehistoric Bohemia (Czech Republic). In terms of this raw material’s distribution, Bohemia is a peripheral area, and it is also the westernmost part of its regular archaeological occurrence. Because of its rarity within the specified area, it is possible to identify this material quite easily even in earlier archaeological literature, and together with new discoveries, to create a coherent picture of its distribution. So far, only two locations in Bohemia have been described where the processing of raw obsidian material is documented. Both these sites are located in the eastern part of the study area; in terms of location these are the closest sites to the anticipated sources. The sites are dated to a later stage of the Stroked Pottery culture. Because no such processing sites are known from other periods, we believe it was mainly the distribution of entire blanks and pre-prepared cores that took place at that time. Furthermore, our study discusses the original sources of obsidian in terms of the region that is being monitored. In accordance with the aims of our investigation, the selected obsidian artefacts were subjected to geochemical analysis to identify their origins. The peak of the distribution is the period of the Stroked Pottery culture (4900–4500/4400 cal BC). The basic outcome of the geochemical analysis is the identification of at least two sources of raw material in the Carpathian source area.

The Structure and the Chronology of Stroked Pottery Culture Settlements in Eastern Bohemia; This work covers the period of the Stroked Pottery Culture (5100/5000 - 4500/4400 cal BC) in a spatial context that in accordance with the current territorial administrative division corresponds to the Pardubice and the Hradec Králové Regions (Central Europe, Czech Republic). It describes and compares the forms and the composition of the two adjacent areas of Neolithic settlements. Attention is focused primarily on the Hradec Králové area, where two main sites are being studied, i.e. Jaroměř and Plotiště nad Labem. Through analysis of the archaeological material and contextualisation of the results within the wider framework of the Eastern part and subsequently also the entire area of Bohemia it is seeking to identify the hierarchical structure of the settlement. On the basis of the documents of remote distribution it also seeks to identify within this structure any evidence of the presence of groups or individuals with exceptional social status.

The present work describes the results of processing the excavations obtained during the research of habitation at a Stroke-ornamented ware culture in Jaroměř (Náchod county). The inner chronology of the habitation was studied using spatial relation analysis and the study of the ceramic collection. Through the study of the stone tools, the habitation was set within the wider distribution relationships of the region and it was also possible to observe the manufacturing activity in the researched location. With the help of the ceramic remains, three residential phases were identified which correspond with the shift between the older and the younger degree of culture. This chronology also corresponds with the changing building tradition of the houses of the habitation. The existence of an independent manufacturing region was not proved. The present study looks at the form of the pottery at an important time when the Lengyel influence started to permeate from Moravia to Bohemia. Keywords neolithic - eastern Bohemia - Stroke-ornamented ware culture - site - pottery Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com)

This thesis inquires into conditions in the southern part of the Hradec Králové neolitic settlement. Based on dating of the archeological material from the Libišany register (Pardubice district) almost continuous settlement activity was detected, from the Ib/c degree Linear Pottery Culture up to degree IV of the Stroke-Ornament Ware Culture, with the only discordance in the III degree of the Linear Pottery Culture. The studied territory represents a steady area in the neolitic settlement network in eastern Bohemia. Its lacation on the edge of an uninhabited enclave of Pardubice district assumes that the surrounding uninhabited areas were used for agricultural purposes, which is supported by findings of stone tools in the landscape outside of the settlements. It also might have been used as a base for further colonization of previously uninhabited areas during climate changes. The integration of the studied territory into the super-regional distribution network is illustrated by findings of stone materials from Krakov region and from Jizera region. Local material of baked clay from Kunětická hora was also frequently used.