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Possibilities of PC utilisation for archaeological pottery and potsherds reconstruction/evaluation
Svobodová, Ljuba
In 1995 the Archaeological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences decided to establish the so called descriptive laboratory. The main target was to apply new methods and use the advantages and features of PCs for research of ancient pottery and its potsherds in a close co-operation with the usual ceramics laboratory. Every ceramic piece is very carefully cleaned, weighted, measured (length and thickness) and labelled with unique identification code tag. All obtained data including the descriptive features are loaded in the computer. After that all the pieces are given to the ceramics laboratory to perform their usual traditional work. All the resulting reconstructed pottery or its parts are then documented graphically and mathematically by descriptive laboratory again.
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Pattern-welded sword from the grave No. 715, Mikulčice, and its metallographic examination
Hošek, Jiří ; Košta, J.
The investigated sword comes from Mikulčice Stronghold, which was one of the main power centres of the Gr. Moravian Empire created in the first third of the 9th century and abolished by invasion of Avars into Carpathian basin at the beginning of the 10th century. The weapon was lifted from the grave No. 715, in which also a knife, an axe, and remnants of spurs were found besides the sword. It is supposed, on the base of badly preserved skeleton, that the interred man died in age of 40-60. The sword is due to its general sturdy construction, a two-piece pommel, and a short guard, obviously related to the early-Carolingian types and could be roughly dated to the first half of the 9th century. The sword ranks rather among display weapons, because its pattern-welded blade, which was presumably never destined for frequent combat, was only iron in preserved cutting-edges, and any previous effective improvement by steel and subsequent heat treatment cannot be evidenced in the cutting lines.
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Některé prostorové aspekty rituálního chování na počátku doby bronzové
Kruťová, Magdalena ; Turek, J.
In the paper is examined continuity and change in the spatial relationships of cemeteries and other activity areas at the beginning of Bronze Age in Bohemia and Moravia. In comparison to the Bell Beaker period, the burial rites of the early Bronze Age generally became less orthodox and more variable. In spite of certain specifics in the early Bronze Age ritual behaviour, we can suppose that the structure of the symbolic systems of Únětice burial practices was a result of a continuous development within the late Eneolithic cultural sequence and was evidence of progressive social differentiation in the Central European Bronze Age.
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Restaurování a konzervace laténského meče
Ottenwelter, Estelle
The primary aim of this paper is to demonstrate an example of restoration of a La Téne Period sword. The secondary aim is to highlight the importance of firstly studying the artefact to determine the fabrication technology and also to examine the corrosion products strtigraphy so as to localise the original surface before commencing restoration. Finally, the benefits of collaboration between specialists to reveal the maximum archaeological information are explained in this sword restoration treatment.
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Iron bloom from Žďár nad Sázavou in the light of questions of phosphoric iron in medieval cutlery
Hošek, Jiří ; Malý, K. ; Zavyalov, V.
The examined bloom came from the North of Žďár nad Sázavou, formerly a 13th century medieval town abolished between 1262 and 1276. The bloom was uncovered in pit No.551 (pieces of slag and remnants of furnace were found besides the bloom) situated in the area with traces of metallurgical activities. Investigation of the object revealed that the bloom consisted of inhomogeneous phosphorus-rich metal which presumably was not intended for ordinary treatment. The bloom may be a result of unsuccessful smelting either a semiproduct of a material intended for special purposes. The phosphoric iron was used in production of luxury medieval knives for example. With regards to problems to evidence local luxury knife-making, the semiproducts with elevated phosphorus content could attest an appropriate background for a local luxury-knife production.
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