Domesticated Water: Four Early Neolithic Wells in Moravia (CZ)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F21%3A73607805" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/21:73607805 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62690094:18460/21:50018594 RIV/48511005:_____/21:N0000030
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2020-0189/html" target="_blank" >https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2020-0189/html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0189" target="_blank" >10.1515/opar-2020-0189</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Domesticated Water: Four Early Neolithic Wells in Moravia (CZ)
Original language description
Water wells are the most unique finds from the Early Neolithic period in Central Europe. These features provide unusual insight into societies and their settlements, as well as into the water management process. This article presents the updated results of material analyses and excavations of Early Neolithic wells at Mohelnice, Brno-Bohunice and Uničov in Moravia, Czech Republic. We studied the possibilities of the spatial and temporal distribution of wells on the example of these settlements. The social relation between the large longhouses and the wells in their immediate neighbourhood has not been proven. On the contrary, they could have been communal wells, serving the inhabitants of the entire settlement. Moreover, it turned out that in the Moravian region, geomorphological conditions were a key factor for choosing the location to build a well. By comparing radiocarbon dates, we estimated the time span of the existence of wells with respect to each other and to the settlements. Sealing and repairs of the well constructions prove that the first farmers maintained the wells over a long period of time. Studies of the well’s vertical sections shed light on its usage and decline; intentional backfilling of the well seems to have been common. Water management covered an entire cycle of activities, including the making of wooden buckets, which were mainly used for the pulling of water from wells.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-11711S" target="_blank" >GA17-11711S: The origin of cultural landscape in Moravia: investigation of the unique Neolithic well from Uničov</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Open Archaeology
ISSN
2300-6560
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
7
Issue of the periodical within the volume
September
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
33
Pages from-to
"1105–1137"
UT code for WoS article
000707150100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85117454990