期刊名称:Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica : Natural Sciences in Archaeology
印刷版ISSN:1804-848X
出版年度:2014
卷号:V
期号:2
页码:099-118
出版社:Archaeological Centre Olomouc
摘要:The article presents the methodological approach used in the case of a Neolithic building complex, where the subject of investigation is the long tripartite house III from the Hrdlovka site in the Czech Republic. A method of chronological analysis is suggested and demonstrated. The site located in north- west Bohemia was excavated in the area of an open-cast mine between the years 1987 and 1990 as part of a rescue excavation. The house is an extraordinarily long building of a slightly trapezoid shape with a length of 47.5 m. Archaeological assemblages originating from sunken features around the building enabled the formulation of the relative chronology, based on data acquired from ceramic fragments decoration, supported by a multivariate analysis. An analysis of ceramics individuals, lithics and animal bones combined with radiocarbon data made several argumentation steps possible, attempting to shed some light on the house III chronological position with respect to the transitional Linear Pottery Culture/Stroked Pottery Culture (LBK IV/SBK I) period. The majority of the sunken features appertain to the house unit; however, certain sunken features in the chosen 5 perimeter were assigned as chronologically unrelated. Analysis of lithics recorded the use of local quartzite and northern Bohemian metabasite, while the investigation of animal bones detected a common structure of a domestic herd. Finally, the extraordinarily large house itself is discussed, representing an example of huge Neolithic architecture, which may have demonstrated prestige and power.