Rondels and interpretation of the patchy evidence across the rondel regions
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Rondels and interpretation of the patchy evidence across the rondel regions
Original language description
In the first half of the 5th millennium BC, circular ditched enclosures with internal wooden structures and outer banks, which we refer to as rondels, appear in Central Europe. Ditches and internal circular wooden structures are usually interrupted by two to four (exceptionally more) entrances. Rondels, which occur in several synchronous archaeological cultures, have exceptional potential for the study of socio-economic and power relations in prehistory, but their interpretation is ambiguous. Among other things, our chapter will present the current state of knowledge of Neolithic rondels in the Czech Republic. Rondels are interpreted as socio-ritual centres, sanctuaries, or even as temples. In our work, we will first follow several lines of evidence - plan shapes of rondels and the key question of their original form, their location in settlements, occurrence, and preservation of ceramic vessels, other archaeological and bioarchaeological finds on rondels settlements - in order to point out persistent problems explaining the purpose of these objects. The existing records obviously offer several possible interpretation models. Some of them, based on cross-cultural data, will be presented in the second part of the work.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Rondels revisited. Recent research on Neolithic circular enclosures in Central Europe 5000-4500 cal. BC
ISBN
978-3-89646-572-6
Number of pages of the result
17
Pages from-to
357-373
Number of pages of the book
424
Publisher name
Verlag Marie Leidorf
Place of publication
Rahden/Westf.
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