monographs

Other publications ARÚ AV ČR Praha and production of staff AV ČR Praha till yr. 2002

Žegklitz, Jaromír ed.: Studies in Post-Medieval Archaeology 2 – Material Culture From the End of the 15th Century and its Reflection in Archaeological, Written and Iconographic Sources.

Praha: Archaia Praha o.p.s., 2007. 412 pp. with figs and tabs. In English with Czech and German summaries.
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This volume covers the conference Forum Archaeologiae Post-Mediaevalis, held by Archaia Praha o. p. s. in March 2006, and it is a follow up of the first volume published by the Institute of Archaeology in 1990. As the subtitle itself (Material culture from the end of the 15th century and its reflection in archaeological, written and iconographic sources) suggests, the content of the volume is rather varied. The only entirely historically-oriented contribution pays heed to the possibilities of archive studies and its use in archaeology. The particular results of such studies are demonstrated in the contribution dealing with the excavations of an Early Modern bell foundry in Prague. Two other contributions are devoted to the excavations of manufacturing sites – the Modern period brickworks in Jaroměř and the Renaissance glassworks in Broumy. Further contributions focus on the results of excavations both of larger localities (courtyards of a Jesuit college in Kutná Hora, the house of the armoury scribe at Prague Castle, Late Medieval fortifications of the town of Hradec Králové, the deserted village of Horní Víska in West Bohemia, etc.), and of single features (a Renaissance cesspit from Malá Strana in Prague, a Late Medieval well in Rakovník). Another group of contributions consider single artefacts or larger collections of finds (glass, stove tiles, tobacco pipes, Anabaptist ceramics).

Orders:
Archaia Praha, o.p.s.
Truhlářská 20 110 00 Praha 1
tel. +420 605 082 963; e-mail: zegklitzarchaia.cz

Archaeologica Pragensia 18: archeologický sborník Muzea hlavního města Prahy věnovaný Zdeňku Dragounovi a Michalu Trymlovi k šedesátinám.

Muzeum hlavního města Prahy; Praha: Národní památkový ústav, ú. o.p. v hlavním městě Praze; Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, 2007. 364 pp. with figs., English summary ISBN 987-80-85394-52-8

The eighteenth volume of a periodical dealing with the archaeology of Prague, is dedicated to the anniversaries of the archaeologists Z. Dragoun and M. Tryml. Hence this volume is comprised not only of the usual medley of papers dealing with the archaeology of Prague, but also of topics closely associated with the activities of both researchers. These are focused on the archaeology of building construction and archaeology of medieval cities and include papers from Poland and Belorussia.

Orders:
Library, Institute of Archaeology of the AS CR
Letenská 4, 118 01 Praha 1
fax: + 420 257532288; e-mail: knihovnaarup.cas.cz
price: 11.- €

THE ONSET OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES IN BOHEMIA

Archaeological research at a large settlement site of the Prague-type culture at Roztoky

Martin Kuna, Naďa Profantová et al.
Prague ( Institute of Archaeology of the ASCR) 2005
593 pages, hardback, b/w figs. and photos in text, 32 colour plates, CD
ISBN 80-86124-51-7

The Onset of the Early Middle Ages in Bohemia summarizes the results of a series of archaeological excavations carried out on the northern edge of Prague in Roztoky during 1980–1989. Among other finds a large agglomeration of settlement features from the 6th and 7th centuries AD has been discovered here. These finds belong to the so called Prague Culture which is believed to represent the earliest Slavic populations in Central Europe . The unusually high number of early medieval houses and their location on the floor of a deep canyon-like valley is to much extent enigmatic. Hypothetically, this concentration of people may be explained by the site being located not only on the major long-distance route, but also at a ford across the river. During the following period all activities on the site terminated, one of the earliest medieval hill-forts was, however, built on the opposite side of the river. The principal authors are members of the Institute of Archaeology in Prague .

Orders:
Library, Institute of Archaeology of the AS CR
Letenská 4, 118 01 Praha 1
fax: + 420 257532288; e-mail: knihovnaarup.cas.cz
price: 20.- €