The text presents the results of the excavation of the early medieval burial ground, where more than 60 burials and one circular feature were identified. The find situation, the anthropological condition of remains and archaeological finds are described, and ecofacts are also analysed. Radiocarbon dating and nitrogen and carbon isotope analysis were conducted on selected specimens. The find assemblage corresponds to the location of the burial ground away from an elite centre, thus making it a good example of a common burial ground from the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries. Interesting elements were identified concerning how the deceased were handled as well as an anthropological description of the local population. The key advance is a comparison of the possibilities of dating the burial ground on the basis of traditional methods (based on a typological comparison of artefacts) and dating using the radiocarbon method, which enabled a significant refinement of the existing notion of the succession and age of activities at the studied site. It is reasonable to assume that the application of this approach at other sites would help clarify the data.
The main objective of the article is to present knowledge of newly discovered sites in the mountainous environment of Šumava (Bohemian
Forest). The fieldwork in 2011–2019 identified a total of 30 new sites that can be dated to the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
periods. The research of prehistoric settlement of the mountainous regions of Bohemia remained a neglected topic for many years.
The presence of hunters-gatherers in the mountains in the Mesolithic was documented by isolated finds from the Ore Mountains and
a far greater number from Šumava in south Bohemia. This study presents the result of research conducted in three identified locations:
in the floodplains of the Roklanský Stream, the Upper Vltava (Moldau) and the Křemelná Stream. The article documents that the network
of sites in this space is relatively dense. Although remnants of intact situations are documented in rare cases, the dating of the
majority of sites is based solely on lithic assemblages of varying size. Due to the fragmented condition of the obtained material, we
discuss the extent to which it is possible to set the survey results in the broader context of central European Mesolithic settlement
and present additional thoughts on the density, character and structure of the settlement of central European mountain ranges.
Late Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, lithics, mountain settlement, subsistence strategy, Šumava (Bohemian Forest)
Při analýze pohřebiště ze starší doby bronzové ve Vliněvsi (střední Čechy, okr. Mělník) byla zkoumána variabilita typů milodarů v hrobech různého pohlaví a věku. Krom jiného se ukázalo téměř výhradní zastoupení tyčinkových náramků v dětských hrobech. Rozborem všech dostupných nálezů tyčinkových náramků v hrobech únětické kultury v Čechách se tato vazba ukázala jako nenáhodná. Autoři diskutují hypotézu o spojení náramků s obdobím nedospělosti a s ním souvisejícími přechodovými rituály, případně ochrannou funkci těchto předmětů.
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