Europe’s prehistory oversaw dynamic and complex interactions of diverse societies, hitherto unexplored at detailed regional scales. Studying 271 human genomes dated ~4900 to 1600 BCE from the European heartland, Bohemia, we reveal unprecedented genetic changes and social processes. Major migrations&#x...

The focus of the research effort was the experimental testing of the methodology of metal and metal artefact production and the replication of archaeometallurgical processes in several controlled smelters. The goal was to experimentally fabricate bronze artifacts of various types and functio...

This work deals with volumes of Bell Beakers. The work is based on published findings from Bohemia and Moravia. The main focus is to try determine whether the volume of Bell Beaker reflect regional, gender and age differentiation of Bell Beaker Culture. The methodology is ...

The project titled “High medieval pottery as a part of movable cultural heritage” within the NAKI II programme (Support of Applied Research and Experimental Developments of National and Cultural Identity) encompasses the making of a specialised Map of pottery assemblages at the Universi...

The aim of this contribution is to evaluate a rescue excavation of 1993 which was carried out on the plot of house no. 138/11 in Radniční Street. During the excavation, important situations documenting the local settlement and spatial development from the town’s foundation in&...

The paper is dealing with medieval and early modern imports that were identified during processing of the hitherto known pottery assemblages from České Budějovice. The study of ceramic imports helps to solve the problems of contacts, relationships between producers and consumers, and ec...

The article presented the creation of an underwater archaeological of an underwater archaeological map and topographical analysis of the territory analysis of the territory of the present-day municipality of Santa Marinella, in the area which in historical times extended from Pyrgi to t...

During archaeological excavations in burial sites, sometimes stoned organic objects are found, in addition to human remains. Those objects might be of a different origin, depending on various factors influencing members of a community (i.e. diseases, trauma), which pro- vides information abo...

The variability of currently available remote sensing datasets raises the question of which specific processing methods should be used for feature detection and feature extraction in both large and small-scale overhead images. In some cases, particular analyses allow us to carry out fea...

The paper presents the results of the historical and archaeological research of the development and changes of the mining area around the Barbora pit and the prisoner camp Barbora / Vršek in the Jachymov region (Czechoslovakia)

In this article we present a summary of the current state of knowledge of the so-called agricultural monuments prehistory (the period from the Neolithic to the Roman period) from the microregion of the Jewish gorge basin. In more detail we will focus on localities from th...

The presence of lamellae (or bands) often promises an interesting sedimentary archive related to the occupation or abandonment history of a site. How exactly might such types of bands be interpreted, and how do their presence change the original primary features preserved within th...

In this paper, a novel miniaturized microstrip Wilkinson power divider (WPD) using squared resonators and open-ended stubs is designed, fabricated, and measured. The proposed divider is designed at 1.9 GHz, which suppresses 2nd, 3rd, and 4th harmonics with high attenuation levels. Moreover,&...

The contribution deals with the issue of dating the deserted villages of Prochod and Žďár in the Velechvín forest district, located not far from České Budějovice, on the basis of analysis of high and late medieval pottery which has been recovered through surface collection and...

This paper aims at discussing an exceptionally well dated assemblage of pre-Hussite weaponry in Bohemia which survived in Křivoklát Castle. This castle was one of the most important medieval defensive seats of the kings of Bohemia. Archaeological examinations of the so-called Vassal Hou...

During the excavation in the courtyard of the České Budějovice town hall in 1996–1997, a fragment of a vessel with an embossed relief in the form of a stylized female face was discovered. The fragment was originally considered as part of an anthropomorphic aquamanile. On ...

This contribution charts the sixty years of the systematic study of pottery of the high and late Middle Ages in Bohemia, and introduces the basic subjects and methods developed along with the progress of archaeology of the late Middle Ages. Medieval pottery involving the most&...

Exploratory and rescue archaeological research in the village of Libkovice (distr. of Most) in 1991–1999, which was demolished due to planned coal mining, also focused on the parish church of St. Nicholas built there in the 1890s. Excavations have revealed well preserved masonry of...