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Use of pigments for covering and painting of ancient ceramics
Balda, Martin ; Tušlová, Petra (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the preparation and processing of pigments used for the production of slips and for the painting of ceramic vases in antiquity. The aim of the thesis is to provide a comprehensive summary of the knowledge of ancient pigments and to analyse the influence of materials, technological processes and pottery firing on these pigments. The first chapter of the thesis deals with the extraction and processing of ceramic clays and the creation of ceramic vessels. The second chapter deals with the firing process and firing structures. The third chapter summarizes all pigments appearing on ancient ceramics and divides them into pigments applied before firing (slips) and cold pigments applied after firing. The last three chapters deal with three major groups of ancient pottery and their representatives - black-gloss pottery (black-figure and red-figure pottery), red-gloss pottery (coral red and terra sigillata) and white lekythoi.
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Sedes imperii - political, economic and cultural centers of tetrarchy
Motlochová, Alžběta ; Tůmová, Helena (advisor) ; Tušlová, Petra (referee)
This thesis aims for the comparation of historical, economic and cultural factors that are related to the establishment of tetrarchy in the year 285 AD and to the constitution of sedes imperii as settlement cities for individual emperors, especially with regard to emperor Diocletian's private palace in Split. A part of the thesis includes the analysis of the economic background and buildings near the cities, such as villae rusticae, and their effects on the development of the cities and economic prosperity in a broad region. In other part, the thesis focuses on the ideology and typology of self-representation of the emperors from earlier tetrarchy, as well as on the contrasts between the official emperor's cult and the personality cult of each individual emperor in their settlement cities, the latter being represented for example by triumphal arches or private emperor mausoleums. In the final part of the thesis there is a schema of transformations of sedes imperii after the decline of the first tetrarchy and in the time of Constantine's dynasty that follows. Key words sedes imperii, economic background, tetrarchy, Diocletian's palace, villa rustica, imperial ideology, Thessaloniki, Nicomedia, Split
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Use of pigments for covering and painting of ancient ceramics
Balda, Martin ; Tušlová, Petra (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the processing and application of pigments on ceramic vases in antiquity. The aim of the thesis is to provide a comprehensive summary of the knowledge on ancient pigments and to analyse the influence of materials, technological processes, pottery firing and kiln structures on these pigments. The first chapter of the thesis deals with the extraction and processing of ceramic clays and the formation of ceramic vessels. The second chapter deals with the firing process and firing structures. The third chapter summarizes all pigments appearing on ancient ceramics and divides them into pigments applied before firing and cold pigments applied after firing. The last three chapters are devoted to three major groups of ancient pottery and their representatives-black-listed pottery (black-figure and red- figure pottery), red-listed pottery (coral red and terra sigillata), and white lekythoi. The work is based on monographs by world experts on ancient ceramics and also on articles summarizing the latest findings.
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Trebeništa: history of an archaeological excavation
Hrušková, Tereza ; Verčík, Marek (advisor) ; Tušlová, Petra (referee)
The thesis deals with the results, processing, and evaluation of archaeological excavations at the burial site of Trebeništa, located in the southwestern part of Northern Macedonia in the Lake Ohrid region. It aims to summarize and present the different interpretations of archaeological expeditions that have worked at the site and their assumptions, as well as to highlight and summarize further scholarly interpretations of the site after the phases of excavations. The aim of the paper is to characterize the methodological approaches in the interpretations of the archaeological material, the theoretical basis for its evaluation - especially the question of identity/ethnicity, the contextualization of the finds in the immediate and wider region, and its interpretation of the social status of those buried at the site. Key words archaic period - ancient Macedonia - necropolis - history of the research
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Systematical Field Survey in South Uzbekistan
Tušlová, Petra ; Stančo, Ladislav (advisor) ; Mařík, Jan (referee)
The following thesis summarizes two years investigation conducted in Sherabad District in South Uzbekistan. The research was focused on systematic field survey in immediate vicinity of tepas, artificial mounds created by centuries of a human inhabitation. Five different areas were examined in order to follow the settlement extant and chronology. The work was conducted by using satellite imageries in combination with topographical maps. The information collected on the fields were marked in PDA running GIS application and evaluated in computer. The results of the field prospection were verified by using complementary methods of the test pits and of the total pickups. Key words: Central Asia, South Uzbekistan, Sherabad District, topographical maps, satellite imagery, systematic field survey, test pits, total pickups, GIS application.
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Roman Province of Mauretania Tingitana and its Economic Potential
Havlíková, Hana ; Tušlová, Petra (advisor) ; Collins-Elliott, Stephen A. (referee)
Bc. Hana Havlíková Římská provincie Mauretania Tingitana a její ekonomický potenciál Abstract (ENG): The proposed thesis targets an economic potential of the Roman province Mauretania Tingitana (in present-day Morocco; ca. 42-298 CE). The economic potential can be described as an ability of entities operating within a given territory to stably generate a relatively high income in relation to international competition - within the Roman Empire or wider area. The aim is to present and evaluate both internal and external factors affecting the form of the economic potential. The province is presented in the context of its topography, history, local infrastructure, settlement patterns, and development, or natural conditions within the frame of the basic delimitation in terms of chronology and geography. This study is based on data of various nature, above all, the combination of archeological, epigraphical, and ancient literary sources. Considering the current state of research as is available to the author, it is possible to spot predominantly agricultural and food supply production orientation (e.g., fish products; grain and olive oil cultivation). However, despite archaeological evidence suggesting massive production capacity, we do not yet have direct evidence of agricultural exports to the Mediterranean. In...
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Roman fortifications in Western Desert in Egypt
Ford, Veronika ; Tušlová, Petra (advisor) ; Kysela, Jan (referee)
The work presents the Egyptian Western Desert, in its oases and caravan roads during Roman rule (1st -5th century AD). It focuses mainly on the collection of available written and archaeological data on Roman fortifications and puts it into context with other general information about the Western Desert. The interest is focused on the period 3rd -5th century AD, when the oases were fortified. The individual fortifications and fortification elements are described and set in the context of the whole oasis and events during Roman rule. Furthermore, the issue concerning the designation of these elements as fortification elements is clarified and they are compared not only among themselves, but also with other similar structures in Egyptian territory. At the same time, the work describes caravan roads connecting oases with each other to the Nile valley and the Mediterranean coast; outlines the relationship of fortification elements to these roads. The work thus creates a comprehensive picture of the Western Desert during Roman rule. Key words: Roman fortifications, Roman army, Egypt, Western desert, oases, caravan routes.
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Roman fortifications in Western Desert in Egypt
Ford, Veronika ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Tušlová, Petra (referee)
The work will focus mainly on the collection of available written and archaeological data on Roman fortifications and other fortification elements in the Western Desert in Egypt. The data will be organized with the help of a database program, in which will be recorded all available information about the desert fortifications dating from the end of the 3rd century to the beginning of the 5th century AD. Thanks to the creation of this database, it will be possible to compare individual fortifications in terms of construction technology, layout, position and orientation. The potential of the work itself is therefore in the collection, comparison, and evaluation of available information. At the same time, the database will be connected to a geographic information system (GIS), which will first record the exact location of individual fortifications and other elements in the Western Desert and secondly a map of caravan routes passing through the area. As part of the evaluation of the mutual positions of fortifications and other fortification elements and caravan routes, it will also be possible to interpret localities in the context of the main roads passing through the area of the Western Desert. Key words: Roman fortifications, Roman army, Egypt, Western desert, oases, caravan routes
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Felix Romuliana, architecture of the palace complex
Motlochová, Alžběta ; Tušlová, Petra (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
Felix Romuliana - the architecture of the palace complex The bachelor thesis describes and analyses the architecture of the Imperial palace complex called Felix Romuliana, built by Tetrarch Galerius (250-311 A. D.), near the Serbian town of Zaječar. The work collects information contained in anthologies, monographs and other publications dealing with this locality, starting in 1975 when the foundations of the ancient city later interpreted as Felix Romuliana were uncovered. On the basis of the information, that were assembled, this work makes an effort to provide a complex description of the individual constructions that are parts of Felix Romuliana and their temporal classification, while an overview of the constructions that were located in this place before the building of the palace complex is also a part of the thesis. The author also deals with the broader historical and cultural circumstances related to the construction of this palace complex as well as its comparison with current imperial buildings of this kind, located in Thessalonica, Trier or Split. Keywords: architecture, comparison, Felix Romuliana, Gamzigrad, Zaječar, Serbia, emperor Galerius, palace of Diocletian in Split, palace in Thessaloniki, palace in Trier.
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Roman and Late Antique Pottery from Ancient Thrace, Selected Assemblages from the Yambol District
Tušlová, Petra ; Pavúk, Peter (advisor) ; Hudson, Nicholas Frederick (referee) ; Karaöz, Billur Tekkök (referee)
Three pottery assemblages from the Yambol District were processed in this thesis to enrich our knowledge about the Roman and Late Antique pottery material in Ancient Thrace. The first, and most abundant assemblage, is from the Roman vicus called Yurta, which is located near the village of Stroyno and dated from the 1st /2nd c. AD till the Late Antiquity. This assemblage is substituted by different pottery classes which give us bases for identifying the variability of the pottery material and the different wares and fabrics in the area. In addition, it represents the main material for statistics and for a quantitative comparison of individual classes. The second assemblage includes 19 complete vessels from two burial mounds in Palauzovo, dated to the 2nd -3rd c. AD, and gives a comparative sample for the settlement contexts as well as a basis for studying the ways in which pottery was modified for special burial purposes. The last set of 57 vessels comes from a closed context dated to the end of the 6th c. AD, which was found in a collapsed house at the Dodoparon hillfort, rising above the village of Golyam Manastir. It represents a unique set of finds from the Late Antiquity, which is well dated and preserved. The three pottery assemblages are all different, each with a distinct character, which...
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