New Plants at Prague Castle and Hradčany in the Early Modern Period: a History of Selected Species

Beneš, Jaromír; Čulíková, Věra; Kosňovská, Jitka; Frolík, Ján; Matiášek, Josef

doi:10.24916/iansa.2012.1.7

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“…The mixture of organic material, which has an insulation function of waste vault infill preserved in a perfect dry condition, was separated by traditional archaeobotanical methods (dry sieving, flotation, hand-picking). The numerous collections primarily of imported botanical species -sweet chestnut includeddemonstrated the high social status of Prague Castle at the end of the 16 th and 17 th centuries (Beneš et al 2012). The finding of 93 sweet chestnuts shell fragments represents only a few archaeobotanical records of the total in the Czech Republic.…”

Section: The Archaeological Context Of the Chestnut Finds Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first and the most numerous finds came from the waste vault infill of Vladislav Hall in Prague Castle in terms of the number of 93 nuts with the fragments dating to the end of the 16 th and 17 th centuries (Beneš et al 2012). The perfectly dry conditions of the waste infill provided excellent preservation of the chestnut peel even including tomentum (Figure 4).…”

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“…Despite the fact that archaeobotanical knowledge of the Modern Times still remains rare, it has had a significant impact on the ethnobotanical field. Archaeobotanical records, a rapid increase in imported plant products and the presence of neophytes is clearly visible in a number of archaeobotanical studies in the Czech Republic as well as in many historical studies dealing with trade and international movement of plants (Kočár et al 2007;Beneš et al 2012). Castanea sativa Mill.…”

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“…Castanea sativa Mill. is among the most important tree species that has clearly appeared in archaeobotanical collections from the 16 th century (Beneš et al 2012).…”

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The Origin, Archaeobotany and Ethnobotany of Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa Miller) in the Czech Republic

Kosňovská¹

2013

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“…Castanea sativa Mill. is among the most important tree species that has clearly appeared in archaeobotanical collections from the 16 th century (Beneš et al 2012).…”

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2013

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“…At Prague Castle the filled-in vaults under the floor of Vladislavský Hall, which contain waste from carpenters' workshops as well as kitchen waste and construction debris from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, have been studied (Kosňovská, 2011;Beneš et al, 2012). This material served to insulate the space under the hall's wooden floor.…”

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Waste Management and Attitudes Towards Cleanliness in Medieval Central Europe

Havliček

Pokorná

Zálešák

2017

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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The paper deals with the relationships between people and waste in the Middle Ages, primarily in urban environments in Central Europe. At the center of interest are the attitudes of the inhabitants of medieval cities towards cleanliness and a description of different waste management practices. This paper also describes an experiment using ashes to launder clothing as one possible use of a particular waste material.

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Plants and aromatics for embalming in Late Middle Ages and modern period: a synthesis of written sources and archaeobotanical data (France, Italy)

Corbineau

Ruas

Barbier-Pain

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Veget Hist Archaeobot

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International audienceOccasionally mentioned in written sources since the Early Middle Ages, embalming with evisceration spreads considerably and becomes quite usual practice for aristocratic elites from the late 13th century to the early 19th century. Apothecaries prepare aromatic powders including many plant organs and exudates supposed to preserve the body. Numerous encyclopaedias and treatises of medicine list these ingredients and show that the recipes are very diverse. Moreover, several studies of embalmed bodies have demonstrated the potential of archaeobotanical analyses coupling pollen and macro-remains for identifying this material. This paper aims to compile a synthesis of written and archaeological sources from France and Italy, and to assess the relevance of an interdisciplinary approach for a better understanding of this aristocratic burial practice. It demonstrates that both types of sources and approaches are strongly complementary and highlights their inherent advantages and methodological limitations. In order to understand which criteria were determinant in the composition of the embalming powders, their medicinal, odoriferous and symbolic properties are discussed. Finally, this work proposes some methodological perspectives and triggers new research avenues on the history of pharmacy in Late Medieval and modern Europe

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New Plants at Prague Castle and Hradčany in the Early Modern Period: a History of Selected Species

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

The Origin, Archaeobotany and Ethnobotany of Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa Miller) in the Czech Republic

The Origin, Archaeobotany and Ethnobotany of Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa Miller) in the Czech Republic

Waste Management and Attitudes Towards Cleanliness in Medieval Central Europe

Plants and aromatics for embalming in Late Middle Ages and modern period: a synthesis of written sources and archaeobotanical data (France, Italy)

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