Karel Nováček
MA in archaeology (Charles University in Prague, 1992), Ph.D. in the history of architecture and art (Czech Technical University in Prague, 2006). Currently a full-time professor (assoc. prof.) at Palacký University Olomouc. Specialized in medieval archaeology, particularly in the built environment, religion, landscape, urbanism, and social archaeology. Ongoing research projects in Iraqi Kurdistan (since 2006), North Iraq and the Czech Republic.
Principal projects:
- "Vita Activa" of a Benedictine monastery in the 12th–14th centuries: A case study of the social interactions in the Kladruby Abbey (Czech Science Foundation, 2004-2006);
- Arbil: Archaeology of the Urban Centre in Northern Mesopotamia (Czech Science Foundation, 2009-2010);
- A Model Restoration of the Premonstratensian Monastery at Teplá, a co-director of the archaeological part (2009-2015);
- The Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia - MULINEM (Czech Science Foundation, 2013–2015);
- Monuments of Mosul in Danger (Strategie AV21 Programme, 2015-18);
- The Monastic settlement as a socio-economic phenomenon in early Islamic Northern Mesopotamia (Czech Science Foundation, 2018 - 2020)
Cooperation in other projects:
- Mission Archéologique Francaise Qasr Shemamok, Kurdistan Irakien (Université Lyon II et CRNS Paris, proff. Olivier Rouault and Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault), 2012;
- Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (EPAS, prof. Jason Ur, Harvard University), since 2013;
- Mission Archéologique Francaise du Gouvernorat de Soulaimaniah (MAFGS, Dr Jessica Giraud, IFPO), 2014;
- Archaeological Survey of Koya (ASK, Dr Cinzia Pappi, Freie Universität Berlin), since 2016
Address: Palacký University Olomouc
Faculty of Arts
Department of History
Na hradě 5
771 47 Olomouc
Czech Republic
Principal projects:
- "Vita Activa" of a Benedictine monastery in the 12th–14th centuries: A case study of the social interactions in the Kladruby Abbey (Czech Science Foundation, 2004-2006);
- Arbil: Archaeology of the Urban Centre in Northern Mesopotamia (Czech Science Foundation, 2009-2010);
- A Model Restoration of the Premonstratensian Monastery at Teplá, a co-director of the archaeological part (2009-2015);
- The Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia - MULINEM (Czech Science Foundation, 2013–2015);
- Monuments of Mosul in Danger (Strategie AV21 Programme, 2015-18);
- The Monastic settlement as a socio-economic phenomenon in early Islamic Northern Mesopotamia (Czech Science Foundation, 2018 - 2020)
Cooperation in other projects:
- Mission Archéologique Francaise Qasr Shemamok, Kurdistan Irakien (Université Lyon II et CRNS Paris, proff. Olivier Rouault and Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault), 2012;
- Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (EPAS, prof. Jason Ur, Harvard University), since 2013;
- Mission Archéologique Francaise du Gouvernorat de Soulaimaniah (MAFGS, Dr Jessica Giraud, IFPO), 2014;
- Archaeological Survey of Koya (ASK, Dr Cinzia Pappi, Freie Universität Berlin), since 2016
Address: Palacký University Olomouc
Faculty of Arts
Department of History
Na hradě 5
771 47 Olomouc
Czech Republic
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Archaeology of Conflict / Archaeology in Conflict - Documenting Destruction of Cultural Heritage in the Middle-East and Central Asia
Edited by Julie Bessenay-Prolonge, Jean-Jacques Herr, Mathilde Mura
Full HD pdf freely available on : https://rdorient.hypotheses.org/1030
This collective monograph puts together archaeological and historical data available for the individual sites, including analyses of pottery obtained by surface survey. The materially rich final report of the three-year project is supplemented by an interpretative chapter that focuses on detailed topographical comparisons of the sites, their landscape contexts, and the dynamics of the urban system within the framework of studies on Near-Eastern Islamic-period cities.
Papers on Near Eastern Archaeology by Karel Nováček
Archaeology of Conflict / Archaeology in Conflict - Documenting Destruction of Cultural Heritage in the Middle-East and Central Asia
Edited by Julie Bessenay-Prolonge, Jean-Jacques Herr, Mathilde Mura
Full HD pdf freely available on : https://rdorient.hypotheses.org/1030
This collective monograph puts together archaeological and historical data available for the individual sites, including analyses of pottery obtained by surface survey. The materially rich final report of the three-year project is supplemented by an interpretative chapter that focuses on detailed topographical comparisons of the sites, their landscape contexts, and the dynamics of the urban system within the framework of studies on Near-Eastern Islamic-period cities.
několika institucí v USA, Velké Británii a Německu, které se zasazují o záchranu hmotného i duchovního dědictví v zemích Blízkého východu ohrožených aktuálními válečnými konflikty.
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The Brdy Highland comprises a specific landscape area situated between Central, West and South Bohemia, which was always marked by a very low density of settlement, more or less contiguous woodland and unsuitable conditions for agriculture. Whereas the natural values of this territory have been the subject of professional discussions and protection for a longer time already, the extraordinary value of Brdy as a historical cultural landscape has not yet been recognized and defined.
The study summarizes the current state of the archaeological research of Brdy (in the extent of the current Protected Landscape Park) and demonstrates using the examples of the main category of local archaeological monuments. Based on a comparison with similar, better investigated areas in Europe, it also attempts a theoretical definition of Brdy as a so-called uncultivated („marginal”) landscape (outland, utmark etc.).
to be a unique Pre-Romanesque building of the second half of 10th century. The aim of this study is to gather and analyse all of the direct or indirect information about the building. I intended to re-examine generally prevailing interpretation on the chronology and significance of this sacral building. At the same time was critically observed the development of knowledge on the feature during the 20th century and its incorporation into the theories on the beginning of the Early Medieval architecture in Bohemia.
stronghold, and which was in large measure abandoned again just after the foundation of the town New Pilsen.