Cave deposits as a sedimentary trap for the Marine Isotope Stage 3 environmental record: The case study of Pod Hradem, Czech Republic

Nejman, Ladislav; Lisá, Lenka; Doláková, Nela; Horáček, Ivan; Bajer, Aleš; Novák, Jan; Wright, Duncan; Sullivan, Marjorie; Wood, Rachel; Gargett, Robert H.; Pacher, Martina; Sázelová, Sandra; Fišáková, Miriam Nývltová; Rohovec, Jan; Králík, Miroslav

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.02.020

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“…In the last ten years, it has been applied in the Czech Republic in various archaeological contexts from prehistoric times (e.g. Nejman et al 2018;Lisá et al 2015) to the Middle Ages (Dejmal et al 2014;Lisá et al 2020a). At mining sites in our territory, it was only used in the study of the formation processes of the defunct settling pond near Česká Bělá (Vejrostová et al 2017).…”

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The transformation of burgher houses in medieval Moravia with respect to Bohemia and Silesia

2022

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The genesis and transformation of medieval towns are among the leading themes of medieval studies. This book presents many findings from rescue archaeological excavations in Moravia and the adjacent part of Silesia over the past 30 years. The authors present new and older finds and compare them with the two most researched cities in Central Europe – Prague and Wrocław. A completely new and interdisciplinary quality is brought by the study of floor treatments in micromorphological analyses, even within the European area. The book reflects widely discussed topics such as the typology of the oldest houses, their location on plots, the existence of above-ground parts and the transition to the brick house. The phenomenon of the medieval burgher's house is also one method of searching for a common Central European past, which is why the book is accessible in English to foreign archaeologists, historians and art historians.

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The transformation of burgher houses in medieval Moravia with respect to Bohemia and Silesia

2022

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“…The loess matrix is mainly homogenous and consists of small, weak to slightly firm peds which disperse readily on wet sieving to a mixture of silt and fine sand particles and some residual coarser sand-sized peds, which crush easily when squeezed in the hand. It is highly likely that, as at Pod Hradem (only 15 km to the north), the climate varied considerably during the depositional history of the sediments we have excavated (variably warm/humid, moderately cold, extremely cold -see Nejman et al 2018) yet this is not reflected in variations in the field characteristics of this loess matrix, at least in C16-C19.…”

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Preliminary report of the 2019 excavation at Švédův Stůl Cave in the Moravian Karst

Nejman

Hughes²,

Sullivan³

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Švédův Stůl Cave in the Moravian Karst has been excavated several times since Martin Kříž started the first excavation in 1886. Two parts of the site were re-excavated in 2019. The primary aim was to conduct classical as well as innovative and experimental sedimentological and geoarchaeological investigations of sediments from the discarded spoil heap outside the cave entrance (trench C–D). Intact sediments with a small number of lithic artefacts and a large number of animal bones were also excavated during the 2019 excavation (trench A–B) located under the trench excavated by Bohuslav Klíma’s team in the 1950s. An attempt is being made using pXRF, benchtop ED-XRF and ITRAX techniques to link some of the sedimentary material in the spoil heap (C–D) with the stratified sediments in trench A–B. Animal bones and lithic artefacts were found in both trenches. Numerous samples were collected for geoarchaeological, palaeoenvironmental and dating analyses and the results will be published in upcoming publications.

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“…Mikromorfologie v archeologickém kontextu je metodický nástroj používaný při multidisciplinárních archeologických vý zkumech, a to nejen v zahraničí (souhrnně Karkanas, Gold berg 2019;Macphail, Goldberg 2017;Nicosia, Stoops 2017, Goldberg, Macphail, 2006) ale i u nás (Dejmal et al 2014;Kuna et al 2012;2013;Lisá et al 2013;2018;2020a;2020b;Nejman et al 2018;Novák et al 2012;Parma et al 2015;2011). Podstatou této metody je mikrosko pické studium neporušených vzorků připravených do formy tenkých průřezů (výbrusů) a to nejlépe ve formátu 7 × 10 cm (tzv.…”

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“…Výplně pravěkých objektů z hlediska formačních procesů za použití mikromorfologie v archeologickém kontextu byly po měrně dobře zpracovány především na neolitických lokalitách (Matthew et al 2000;Karkanas, Efstratiou 2009;Shillito, Ryan 2013;Koromila et al 2018) v prostředí telů, kde dochází velmi vhodně k postupnému pohřbívání jednotlivých sídlištních úrovní. Na našem území byly výplně pravěkých objektů z hlediska formačních procesů zpracovávány poměrně málo (Tichý et al 2010) a pokud ano, tak šlo především o výplně příkopů (Goláňová et al 2020) a speciálně výplně neolitických rondelů (Lisá et al 2015;2013a) nebo o paleolitické situace (Lisá et al 2013b;, 2018Nejman et al 2018;Nerudová et al 2012;Škrdla et al 2009). Na příkladu pravěkého objektu, resp.…”

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Mikromorfologie v archeologickém kontextu jako nástroj pro interpretace vzniku výplní pravěkých objektů: případová studie z Tvrdonic, okr. Břeclav

Lisá

Trampota

2020

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Micromorphology in the archaeological context is a methodological tool of modern multidisciplinary archeology. It is basically a microscopic characterization of sediments in a direct context of archaeological situations with the aim of detecting formation processes, the knowledge of which is essential for further interpretations. This method was applied to the sediment fill of two features in a stratigraphic relationship from the locality Tvrdonice – “Pole od Týnecka”. Samples were taken from a La Tène recessed structure fill and an earlier Bronze Age pit that is superimposed below the La Tène feature. From a macroscopic and micromorphological point of view, it is evident that the fill of an Early Bronze Age feature consists of wind-blown sands in superposition with in situ or slightly displaced soil material. Micro-layers detected macroscopically are only related to object leveling. The layer of soil beneath the “floor” of the La Tène recessed building displays signs of long-term bioturbated soil, i.e. the La Tène building was founded in an existing depression. The active floor layer of the La Tène building is represented by alternating layers of lighter and darker laminae. While the darker laminae represent the trampled layer, the lighter laminae consist of recrystallized ash, which impregnates the trampled layer. On a social level, this finding can be interpreted as the creators of the La Tène recessed building choosing to minimize labour costs by using the recessed terrain and thus avoiding the excavation of the building floor. The utility area possessed a purposefully modified surface, which is related to ergonomic efficiency, but its function is unknown. The uppermost part of the fill is formed by backfill that does not show any signs of pedogenic influences, which indicates that the object was intentionally filled (leveled).

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Cave deposits as a sedimentary trap for the Marine Isotope Stage 3 environmental record: The case study of Pod Hradem, Czech Republic

Cited by 12 publications

References 84 publications

The transformation of burgher houses in medieval Moravia with respect to Bohemia and Silesia

The transformation of burgher houses in medieval Moravia with respect to Bohemia and Silesia

Preliminary report of the 2019 excavation at Švédův Stůl Cave in the Moravian Karst

Mikromorfologie v archeologickém kontextu jako nástroj pro interpretace vzniku výplní pravěkých objektů: případová studie z Tvrdonic, okr. Břeclav

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