Neolithic long barrows were built on the margins of settlement zones as revealed by elemental soil analysis at four sites in the Czech Republic

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11620%2F23%3A10474355" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11620/23:10474355 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/49777513:23330/23:43969999 RIV/00216208:11210/23:10474355

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=_WwO_6ioWM" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=_WwO_6ioWM</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105881" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jas.2023.105881</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Neolithic long barrows were built on the margins of settlement zones as revealed by elemental soil analysis at four sites in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Past human activities can be reflected in the elemental composition of contemporary soils. The paper is tackling the problem whether it is possible to distinguish prehistoric residential and ritual activities based on the elemental composition of soils. Specifically, the paper is addressing the question of whether Neolithic long barrows were built near habitation zones. An extensive set of 1085 soil samples was used, collected from four barrow sites of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the Czech Republic (and a prehistoric settlement as a reference site). Their elemental composition showed significant differences in the amount of P (phosphorus) and other anthropogenic elements (Ca, Cu, Mn, Zn) between the prehistoric habitation zone and the sites of long barrows. This difference was detected both in the A horizon (ploughed) and B horizon (sub-soil), thus, the additional conclusion of this study is that the ploughed A horizon, which is typically neglected by archaeologists, may also contain information about prehistoric land-use. The results of the geochemical analysis were confirmed by magnetometric surveys, recording, on the one hand, the absence of residential features in the vicinity of the barrows and, on the other hand, showing the presence of later funerary/ritual features. It was possible to conclude that the investigated barrows were built from local materials and that there were no human activities related to the accumulation of ash and waste in their surroundings at the time of construction, use or aban- donment, which suggests that they were built in separation from Neolithic habitation zones. They continued to influence land-use and the perception of the landscape for thousands of years.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Neolithic long barrows were built on the margins of settlement zones as revealed by elemental soil analysis at four sites in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

Past human activities can be reflected in the elemental composition of contemporary soils. The paper is tackling the problem whether it is possible to distinguish prehistoric residential and ritual activities based on the elemental composition of soils. Specifically, the paper is addressing the question of whether Neolithic long barrows were built near habitation zones. An extensive set of 1085 soil samples was used, collected from four barrow sites of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the Czech Republic (and a prehistoric settlement as a reference site). Their elemental composition showed significant differences in the amount of P (phosphorus) and other anthropogenic elements (Ca, Cu, Mn, Zn) between the prehistoric habitation zone and the sites of long barrows. This difference was detected both in the A horizon (ploughed) and B horizon (sub-soil), thus, the additional conclusion of this study is that the ploughed A horizon, which is typically neglected by archaeologists, may also contain information about prehistoric land-use. The results of the geochemical analysis were confirmed by magnetometric surveys, recording, on the one hand, the absence of residential features in the vicinity of the barrows and, on the other hand, showing the presence of later funerary/ritual features. It was possible to conclude that the investigated barrows were built from local materials and that there were no human activities related to the accumulation of ash and waste in their surroundings at the time of construction, use or aban- donment, which suggests that they were built in separation from Neolithic habitation zones. They continued to influence land-use and the perception of the landscape for thousands of years.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA21-25440S" target="_blank" >GA21-25440S: Eneolitické dlouhé mohyly v Čechách a rekonstrukce rituální krajiny pod Řípem</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Archaeological Science

ISSN

0305-4403

e-ISSN

1095-9238

Svazek periodika

2023

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

160

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

1-12

Kód UT WoS článku

001101347800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85174689024