{"id":22383,"date":"2018-04-24T12:51:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T10:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni.uhk.cz\/archeologie\/?p=22383"},"modified":"2024-02-26T14:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T12:27:53","slug":"letecka-archeologie-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni.uhk.cz\/archeologie\/?p=22383&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"AERIAL ARCHAEOLOGY"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the specialisations in research and education at the Department of Archaeology at the FF UHK is aerial archaeology. The Department's activities in the field of aerial archaeology are associated with the personality of J. Kov\u00e1rn\u00edk. He initiated a systematic aerial survey and aerial photographic documentation of archaeological sites (at his then workplace in the South Moravian Museum in Znojmo) as early as 1982, as the first professional in former Czechoslovakia and in the countries of Central and Southeastern Europe. The methodology of aerial survey is based on different kinds of crop marks, where any man-induced disturbance of the soil manifests itself in the appearance of the landscape. In this way, J. Kov\u00e1rn\u00edk discovered a number of important sites, such as the first camps of Roman troops in Moravia (Fig. 1) near the flooded village of Mu\u0161ov, Brno-Country District, in 1991. The discovery of a chain of strongholds used by Roman troops in southern Moravia (e.g. Charv\u00e1tsk\u00e1 Nov\u00e1 Ves, \u0160akvice, Mu\u0161ov and others) 90 km or more north of the Middle-Danubian limes was considered as one of the important discoveries of the 20th<\/sup> century. A phenomenon characteristic of the Late Neolithic period are sites with roughly circular, sometimes even multiple ditches, the so-called rondels (\u00f8 50-100-240 m and more) with entrances oriented approximately towards the cardinal points. These were places used for activities connected with the organisation of society and cult. Aerial prospecting has increased the number of rondels in Moravia (such as Vedrovice, Znojmo District, Ra\u0161ovice, Vy\u0161kov District; Milovice, B\u0159eclav District, etc.) and in eastern Bohemia (Semonice, N\u00e1chod District, Lochenice II: Fig. 2, Chlum, Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 District, etc.), as well as of irregular circular rondeloids of the Early Bronze Age (Lan\u017ehot, Vranovice, B\u0159eclav District, etc.). Other discoveries include oval or arch-shaped ditched fortifications of the \u00dan\u011btice culture (Kyjov, Karl\u00edn, Hodon\u00edn District, Mu\u0161ov IV, Brno-Country District, V\u00e1\u017eany nad Litavou: Fig. 3, Vy\u0161kov District, etc.), including multiple ones (Hru\u0161ovany n\/J, a diameter of 206 m). Many prehistoric to early historic settlements have been documented as well, including deserted medieval villages (T\u0159esice, Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 District), some of which were even fortified (Libice: Fig. 4 near B\u0159e\u017eany, Znojmo District), ground plans of houses (Kosice, Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 District, Jevi\u0161ovka, Rakvice, B\u0159eclav District; Bo\u017eice, Hru\u0161ovany n\/J, Kyjovice, Znojmo District, etc.), graves and cemeteries (Rakvice, B\u0159eclav District; Oblekovice near Znojmo). Some important tombs appeared as circular or square furrows (Mu\u0161ov, Strachot\u00edn: Fig. 5, B\u0159eclav District; Borotice, Znojmo District, etc.). As early as 1983, enclosed settlements dating from the beginning\u00a0 of the Neolithic near Vedrovice, Znojmo District, were documented. In the following years, other prehistoric (a rectangular ditched enclosure at Bo\u017eice, Derflice, Znojmo District) or historic fortifications were documented.<\/p>\n

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CONTACT
\ndoc. PhDr. Kov\u00e1rn\u00edk Jarom\u00edr<\/strong>, CSc.
\ne.<\/strong> jaromir.kovarnik@uhk.cz
\nt.<\/strong> +420 493 331 269<\/p>\n