In: Yamnaya Interactions. Proceedings of the International Workshop held in Helsinki, 25-26 April 2019, edited by V. Heyd, G. Kulcsár & B. Preda-Bălănică. The Yamnaya Impact of Prehistoric Europe 2 (Budapest: Archaeolingua) , 2021
The paper primarily addresses the beginnings of the Corded Ware culture (CW) in Bohemia (c. 2900/... more The paper primarily addresses the beginnings of the Corded Ware culture (CW) in Bohemia (c. 2900/2800–2500/2400 BC). To gain an understanding of the local archaeological context, the introduction describes the basic fi nd characteristics of the Bohemian CW and the history of research according to its relative and absolute chronology, assumed origin, subsistence, population size, types of mobility, etc., discussed by Bohemian scholars. The individual categories of typical fi nds are presented in detail, starting with artefacts of the so-called A-horizon (A-amphorae, A-beakers, A-battle axes), grave inventories containing bone belt clasps, to the aceramic graves of the Kalbsrieth type. This is supported by new grave fi nds, including the extraordinary grave assemblage from Obříství, and series of radiocarbon data.
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Europe’s Early Bronze Age – from the proto-Únětice phase to the “post-classical” phase of the UC. The high point of the mortuary activities occurred between 2000 and 1750 BC
(classical UC). Archaeometallurgical and archaeological studies of the finds (chisel, axe, dagger blades, pins, rich amber ornaments, sea shells, etc.) reflect cultural relationships ranging from the Baltic to the Alpine region. It is to be assumed that the people of Central Bohemia during the classical UC, due to their excellent geographic location in regard to traffic routes, profited from trade in metals and amber.
The monograph brings the complex multidisciplinary analysis of the whole archaeological and anthropological material from the cemetery including the bayesian modelling of the 14C-dates, strontium and oxygen isotopy, lead isotopy, phosphate soil analysis and many others.
Papers by Michal Ernée
Europe’s Early Bronze Age – from the proto-Únětice phase to the “post-classical” phase of the UC. The high point of the mortuary activities occurred between 2000 and 1750 BC
(classical UC). Archaeometallurgical and archaeological studies of the finds (chisel, axe, dagger blades, pins, rich amber ornaments, sea shells, etc.) reflect cultural relationships ranging from the Baltic to the Alpine region. It is to be assumed that the people of Central Bohemia during the classical UC, due to their excellent geographic location in regard to traffic routes, profited from trade in metals and amber.
The monograph brings the complex multidisciplinary analysis of the whole archaeological and anthropological material from the cemetery including the bayesian modelling of the 14C-dates, strontium and oxygen isotopy, lead isotopy, phosphate soil analysis and many others.
The session will concentrate on the Early Bronze Age (2200–1650 BC) roughly between the alpine lake dwellings, the southern alpine villages, the Únětice culture and the Tell building societies of the Carpathian Basin. One major focus is gaining knowledge about social stratification from a combined investigation of settlement structures (centralization, fortification, large-scale food storage etc.), burial practices and hoard find patterns to identify different types of hierarchies. New scientific methods (aDNA, isotope analyses, metal analyses etc.) can help to uncover so far hidden social patterns by adding more information about kinship, mobility and trade management and can thus explain the emergence, maintenance and extension of hierarchical structures.
Call for papers: Please submit your abstract at https://submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2019/. The submission deadline is 14 February 2019.