J 2024

On foot, by boat: Distribution methods of raw materials suitable for lithics in Central Europe in c. 4900-3400 BCE

TRAMPOTA, František and Antonín PŘICHYSTAL

Basic information

Original name

On foot, by boat: Distribution methods of raw materials suitable for lithics in Central Europe in c. 4900-3400 BCE

Name in Czech

Pěšky, na člunu: distribuční metody kamenných surovin ve střední Evropě v období 4900-3400 před n. l.

Authors

TRAMPOTA, František (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Antonín PŘICHYSTAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Lithic Studies, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, 2024, 2055-0472

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60102 Archaeology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.000 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

UT WoS

001162999700007

Keywords (in Czech)

suroviny; kameny; neolit; střední Evropa; distribuce

Keywords in English

raw materials; lithics; Neolithic; Central Europe; distribution

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 2/8/2024 14:16, prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc.

Abstract

V originále

Thanks to long-term efforts to identify the stone raw materials of Neolithic lithics, a dataset of the proportional raw material composition at Neolithic settlements for the eastern part of Bohemia and the Morava River Basin in Central Europe has been created, which can be analysed in the period c. 4900-3400 BCE The focus of this study is on four issues: (1) the chronological evolution of the mode of distribution of the raw materials of lithics and its relation to settlement dynamics; (2) the relationship between the rate of imported raw materials and settlement density; (3) the importance of navigable rivers for the long-distance transport of raw materials; and (4) a comparison of the spatial distribution of stone raw materials and ‘archaeological cultures’. In terms of chronological variations in distributional structures, it is clear that population size was an important factor affecting extra-regional distribution, particularly when compared with settlement numbers and radiocarbon density. In contrast, settlement density was not a determinant of the occurrence of imported raw materials. Navigable rivers are an important factor in the transport of goods, which is represented in the archaeological record by stone raw materials. The most evident relationship between imported raw materials and navigable rivers is in c. 4800-4500 BCE. At the end of the period under study, the construction of fortified hillforts is a significant social phenomenon, which, despite the problematic find circumstances of lithics, suggests a change in the distribution pattern. The presence of archaeological cultures (ceramic style) cannot be an explanatory factor for the changes in the distribution of stone raw materials, as the changes in internal and extra-regional distribution are not related to its changes.

Links

GA23-05334S, research and development project
Name: Metabazit typu Jizerské hory jako transkulturní spojovatel pravěkých komunit střední Evropy
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Metabasites of the Jizerské Hory (Jizera Mountain) Type as a Trans-Cultural Link Between Central European Prehistoric Communities