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WANAT. Western Anatolia in the Second Millennium BCE: Recent Developments and Future Prospects, 2024

This peer-reviewed edited volume brings together the results of a diverse group of international ... more This peer-reviewed edited volume brings together the results of a diverse group of international researchers conducting new fieldwork, applying new approaches, and making new interpretations about the archaeology of Middle and Late Bronze Age western Anatolia. The territory is huge, and it shows considerable regional diversity. What makes western Anatolian cultures different from their neighbors? Is it possible to identify discrete subregions clearly? And what trajectories of local cultural change and regional interaction did they follow? In addressing these and many other questions, the contributors to this volume provide fresh overviews of current states of research, demonstrating material and chronological synchronicities and/or gaps in knowledge that stretch across the broad territory of western Anatolia, just as they encourage further research into defining regional and sub-regional specificities. Such specificities suggest that the area should not be thought of as one monolithic cultural whole. Rather, they allude to a collection of related yet discrete units, whose shared commonalities stem from participation in overlapping spheres of communication, exchange, and political interaction, justifying their consideration together in a volume like this one.

WANAT. Western Anatolia in the Second Millennium BCE: Recent Developments and Future Prospects, 2024

In: R. Laffineur/Perna M. (eds), IXNH. Walking in the Footsteps of the Pioneer of Aegean Archaeology: In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Schliemann (Aegaeum 49)., 2024

Although the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann, Wilhelm Dörpfeld and Carl Blegen supplied a grea... more Although the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann, Wilhelm Dörpfeld and Carl Blegen supplied a great amount of information about the architecture and other aspects of material culture of the Late Bronze Age at Troy, even at the time of Blegen's final publication in the 50s, it was not possible to fully understand Troy's role from a regional and interregional perspective. Only thanks to the progress in fieldwork, post-excavation evaluations and publications that have taken place during recent decades, at Troy itself but also along the whole western Anatolian coast and in its hinterland, from Maydos-Kilisetepe on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the north to Bodrum in the south, is it now possible to better understand Troy's position as a member of the western Anatolian socio-political and cultural landscape.

Ancient West & East, 2022

P.A. Mountjoy, 2017: Troy VI Middle, VI late and VII. The Mycenaean Pottery. Ancient West & East ... more P.A. Mountjoy, 2017: Troy VI Middle, VI late and VII. The Mycenaean Pottery. Ancient West & East 21 (2022) 431–436.

İonialılar: Ege Kıyılarının Bilge Sakinleri / Ionians: The Sages of the Aegean Shore. Anadolu Uygarlıklı 11, 2022

P. PAVÚK, Ionia in the Late Bronze Age / Geç Tunç Çağı’nda İonia. In: Y. ERSOY – E. KOPARAL (eds.... more P. PAVÚK, Ionia in the Late Bronze Age / Geç Tunç Çağı’nda İonia. In: Y. ERSOY – E. KOPARAL (eds.): İonialılar: Ege Kıyılarının Bilge Sakinleri / Ionians: The Sages of the Aegean Shore. Anadolu Uygarlıklı 11 (Istanbul 2022) 48–59.

A.L. D’AGATA – P. PAVÚK (eds.): The Lady of Pottery. Ceramic Studies Presented to Penelope A. Mountjoy in Acknowledgement of Her Outstanding Scholarship. Studi micenei ed egeo-anatolici NS, Supplemento 3 (Roma) , 2023

This paper reviews interpretations of the East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface conceptualised ori... more This paper reviews interpretations of the East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface conceptualised originally by Penelope Mountjoy in 1998. By addressing material culture aspects of the Upper Interface, with particular attention to pottery, tomb architecture and grave assemblages, seals, and personal adornments, we discuss the validity of Mountjoy’s seminal proposal. Firstly, we consider the Interface as an intercultural contact space, leading to a variety of narratives and intercultural outcomes. We then discuss the Mycenaeanisation process in the Upper Interface in relation to the preceding period of cultural contacts with Crete (usually defined as Minoanisation), and we conclude by elaborating a new concept of the Central Interface.

Books by Peter Pavúk

Troia VI-Früh und Mitte. Keramik der Grabungen 1988-2002. , 2014

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The publication deals primary with ceramic finds dating to the Early and Middle sub-periods of Troy VI excavated from 1988 to 2002 by the team of the late Prof. Manfred O. Korfmann. In order to set the new material into its proper context, it re-evaluates both the finds uncovered by Carl Blegen and his team, as well as those of his famous predecessors, H. Schliemann and W. Dörpfeld. On a site with such complex stratigraphy and long history of research it was likewise necessary to re-evaluate not only the pottery, but also the stratigraphic sequence, trench by trench, excavator by excavator. A layer-by-layer stratigraphy for the Korfmann excavation will be presented by Ralf Becks; instead, the present volume offers a synthetic overview of potentially meaningful pottery groups in the stratigraphic sequence, again trench by trench, almost fully illustrated by more than 1500 fragments and complete vessels over 119 plates.
The volume is thus divided into chapters dedicated to the relevant finds uncovered by Schliemann and Dörpfeld (1), the same for Blegen (2), with a chapter on history of research after Blegen (3). Next chapter (4) summarizes detailed stratigraphic observations, all the while attempting to combine the Blegen and Dörpfeld results with the new findings, discussing the complex depositional processes, both on the level of deposit formation and site formation. In doing so, the aim was to reconstruct and re-identify the potential VI-Early and Middle deposits from older excavations, which had not always been recognized as such (certainly not by Schliemann). The volume continues with chapters on Wares (5), Typology (6), and Chronology (7). The latter discusses not only the relative chronology, but also summarizes the existing relevant 14C dates from Troy and evaluates them against the newly established stratigraphic sequence for the site. The sequence as such, that is, the identified sequence of pottery groups, is briefly presented in Chapter 8, followed by a summary in both German and English.

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The volume intends to be not only a straightforward presentation of the Middle and Late Bronze Age pottery from Mainland Greece, including the islands of Aegina and Paros, stored in the Schachermeyr Collection at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, but also to offer an in-depth discussion on a selection of related topics.
The study is divided principally into two parts: one dealing with the MBA and the early LBA of central and southern mainland Greece, the other with the LBA of the Northern Greece. An introductory chapter is followed by a discussion of grey and other “minyan” wares in all of Greece (Chapter 2), followed by a survey of the early LBA in Central Greece and Korinthia, aiming especially at the question of the survival of MH traditions (Chapter 3). These two aspects are well reflected also in the commented catalogue of the MBA and early LBA finds of the Schachermeyr Collection (Chapter 4).
Chapters on the Northern Greece deal with material culture of Macedonia and Thessaly (Chapter 5) but offer also new perspectives on the current state of the chronological debate (Chapter 6). These are again followed by a commented catalogue of the (Non-Mycenaean) pottery finds from sites in Macedonia and Thessaly stored in the collection (Chapter 7).

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This is a textbook for students, offering a range of topics dear to my heart. In Slovak.

Edited volumes by Peter Pavúk

WANAT. MÖ İkinci Binyılda Batı Anadolu: Son Gelişmeler ve Geleceğe Dair Görüşler, 2024

Hakemlerce değerlendirilerek yayına hazırlanan bu kitap, Orta ve Geç Tunç Çağı Batı Anadolu arkeo... more Hakemlerce değerlendirilerek yayına hazırlanan bu kitap, Orta ve Geç Tunç Çağı Batı Anadolu arkeolojisine yönelik yeni çalışmalar yürüten, yeni yaklaşımlar benimseyip yeni yorumlar ortaya koyan çeşitli uluslararası araştırmacıların sonuçlarını bir araya getiriyor. Söz konusu alan oldukça büyük olmakla birlikte önemli ölçüde bir bölgesel çeşit- liliğe de sahip. Batı Anadolu kültürlerini komşularından ayıran şey ne? Belirli alt bölgeleri açık bir şekilde tanım- lamak mümkün mü? Bu kültürler, yerel kültürel değişim ve bölgesel etkileşim bağlamında hangi yolları izlediler? Bu ve bunun gibi daha pek çok meseleye ışık tutmaya çalışan araştırmacılar, Batı Anadolu’nun geniş toprakla- rına yayılan maddi ve kronolojik eş zamanlılığı ve/veya bilgilerimizdeki eksiklikleri ortaya koyarak araştırmala- rın mevcut durumuna ilişkin güncel bir değerlendirme sunarken, bölgesel ve alt bölgesel farklılıkların tanımlan- masına yönelik gelecek araştırmalara da yol gösteriyor. Bu farklılıklar, bölgenin yekpare bir kültürel bütün olarak ele alınmaması gerektiğini ortaya koyuyor. Bunlar, daha çok birbiriyle iç içe geçen iletişim, değiş tokuş ve politik etkileşim alanlarına dahil olmaları nedeniyle müşterekle- şen, ilişkili ancak farklı olan birimlerin göstergesidir ve bu nedenle bu çalışmaya dahil edildiler.

Hrozný and Hittite. The First Hundred Years. Proceedings of the International Conference Held at Charles University, Prague, 11-14 November 2015, 2019

This volume collects 33 papers that were presented at the international conference held at the Fa... more This volume collects 33 papers that were presented at the international conference held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in November 2015 to celebrate the centenary of Bedřich Hrozný’s identification of Hittite as an Indo-European language. Contributions are grouped into three sections, “Hrozný and His Discoveries,” “Hittite and Indo-European,” and “The Hittites and Their Neighbors,” and span the full range of Hittite studies and related disciplines, from Anatolian and Indo-European linguistics and cuneiform philology to Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, history, and religion. The authors hail from 15 countries and include leading figures as well as emerging scholars in the fields of Hittitology, Indo-European, and Ancient Near Eastern studies.

Edited volume on the occasion of the jubilee of prof. PhDr. Eduard Krekovič, CSc

ΕΥΔΑΙΜΩΝ . Studies in honour of Jan Bouzek, 2018

This book presents the contributions offered to Professor Jan Bouzek at the conference "Contacts,... more This book presents the contributions offered to Professor Jan Bouzek at the conference "Contacts, Migrations and Climate Change" in honour of his 80th birthday held in May 2015 in Prague. The konference goal was not only to honour his exceptional professional achievements but also to create a broad forum for discussion across the archaeology of Europe and the Black Sea, and specifically to include the following topics: The Black Sea Area; The Aegean and Anatolia; Central Europe; Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman; Climate; Celts on the Move; Thrace and its Rulers. Jan Bouzek has been one of the most influential and prolific archaeologists in Europe over the course of his career, with interests spanning climate change, the world of later prehistory in central and eastern Europe, and the archaeology of the Iron Age and Classical world from central Europe, through Bulgaria, to Turkey and the Black Sea area. The papers in this volume reflect these concerns. The world of ancient Thrace is an important area of interest, especially in view of the excavations at Pistiros (Bulgaria) which he led between 1993 and 2015. Contributions relating to the prehistoric Aegean, to Bronze and Iron Age central Europe, to the Classical and Hellenistic Balkans, and to the ancient Pontic world, are among those which reflect the many interests of this wide-ranging and learned - but very human - scholar, and the numerous friendships he formed over the whole of Europe and beyond.

Beyond Thalassocracies aims to evaluate and rethink the manner in which archaeologists approach, ... more Beyond Thalassocracies aims to evaluate and rethink the manner in which archaeologists approach, understand, and analyse the various processes associated with culture change connected to interregional contact, using as a test case the world of the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 BC). The 14 chapters compare and contrast various aspects of the phenomena of Minoanisation and Mycenaeanisation, both of which share the basic underlying defining feature of material culture change in communities around the Aegean. This change was driven by trends manifesting themselves in the dominant palatial communities of each period of the Bronze Age. Over the past decade, our understanding of how these processes developed and functioned has changed considerably. Whereas current discussions on Minoanisation have already been informed by more recent theoretical trends, especially in material culture studies and post‐colonial theory, the process of Mycenaeanisation is still very much conceptualised along traditional lines of explanation. Since these phenomena occurred in chronological sequence, it makes sense that any reappraisal of their nature and significance should target those regions of the Aegean basin that were affected by both processes, highlighting their similarities and differences. Thus, in the present volume we focus on the southern and eastern Aegean, in particular the Cyclades, Dodecanese, and the north-eastern Aegean islands.

The present volume brings the proceedings of the second international conference entitled There a... more The present volume brings the proceedings of the second international conference entitled There and Back Again – the Crossroads II, dedicated to the study of relations between Egypt, the Aegean, the Levant, and the Sudan in the 2nd and 1st millennia BCE. The symposium took place September 15–18, 2014 at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. The main objective of the conference was to enhance our understanding of
the historical processes and the development of rich and complex relations between Egypt and the aforementioned regions during the period defined by the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age and the turn of the Eras.

An edited volume offering fresh insight into modern approaches to processing large amounts of cer... more An edited volume offering fresh insight into modern approaches to processing large amounts of ceramic finds from settlement excavations, going ‘back to basics’ so to speak. The volume focuses on archaeological practice and more specifically on factors that determine the methodological choices made by researchers under specific working conditions. In other words: which methodological approach is appropriate to which kind of ceramic assemblage and for which type of stratigraphic context, especially if the analysis is supposed to be completed in a reasonable period of time.

Review by S. Rotroff in American Journal of Archaeology:
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This Festschrift is intended both as a hommage to Juraj Pavúk, one of the key archaeologists in C... more This Festschrift is intended both as a hommage to Juraj Pavúk, one of the key archaeologists in Central and South Eastern Europe, and as an edited volume that addresses issues on the chronology and cultural development in European prehistory, spanning the Neolithic period to the Early Bronze Age. It also includes more general studies, such as on Early Celtic Art. Geographically the studies reach from Germany to Anatolia and from Poland to Greece. There are over 40 contributions by almost 60 authors, renowned names side by side with aspiring new generations, thus reflecting not only colleagues and friends of the honorand, but also his students.

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"Today the area roughly south of the River Danube embraces a number of states, several languages ... more "Today the area roughly south of the River Danube embraces a number of states, several languages and also a growing number of scholars working in this wide region. The aim of the project, therefore, is to facilitate an international cooperation resulting in an English language web-page that will serve the purpose of an internet platform and at the same time radiate impulses for further scientific discussions related to South-Eastern Europe. The web-page should also offer to archaeologists of various countries the possibility to present the results of their work, new finds, ideas etc. in a fast and unbureaucratic way, which is easily accessible to a much wider audience than the standard archaeological publications. Moreover, the website should also offer a number of services:

1. It is constructed as a database, with all contributions indexed, and can be therefore searched or simply browsed by topic, region and site.
2. A searchable bibliography contains currently more then 800 entries covering the northern and central Aegean, the Balkans and western Anatolia during the 2nd millennium, but extending to late 3rd and early 1st millennia as well.
3. The site will contain a set of G.I.S.-based maps, which are already prepared, but still lack a suitable web-interface.
4. It will function as an edited volume, with its own ISBN: 978-80-223-2376-5. "

WANAT. Western Anatolia in the Second Millennium BCE: Recent Developments and Future Prospects, 2024

In: R. Laffineur/Perna M. (eds), IXNH. Walking in the Footsteps of the Pioneer of Aegean Archaeology: In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Schliemann (Aegaeum 49)., 2024

Ancient West & East, 2022

İonialılar: Ege Kıyılarının Bilge Sakinleri / Ionians: The Sages of the Aegean Shore. Anadolu Uygarlıklı 11, 2022

Troia VI-Früh und Mitte. Keramik der Grabungen 1988-2002. , 2014

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This is a textbook for students, offering a range of topics dear to my heart. In Slovak.

WANAT. MÖ İkinci Binyılda Batı Anadolu: Son Gelişmeler ve Geleceğe Dair Görüşler, 2024

Hrozný and Hittite. The First Hundred Years. Proceedings of the International Conference Held at Charles University, Prague, 11-14 November 2015, 2019

Edited volume on the occasion of the jubilee of prof. PhDr. Eduard Krekovič, CSc

ΕΥΔΑΙΜΩΝ . Studies in honour of Jan Bouzek, 2018

Review by S. Rotroff in American Journal of Archaeology:
http://www.ajaonline.org/sites/default/files/1161_Rotroff.pdf

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Studia Hercynia, 2022

Jan Bouzek's interests in the ancient world were wide and varied, ranging from Greek and Roman ar... more Jan Bouzek's interests in the ancient world were wide and varied, ranging from Greek and Roman art, architecture and sculpture, through the Iron Age cities of Thrace, the Etruscans, the material culture of the Caucasus, the Aegean Bronze Age, to the prehistory of central Europe. The latter came about through his studies in the Prehistorický ústav [Institute of Prehistory] under Jan Filip, where so many of the prehistoric archaeologists of the Czech Lands studied in the 1950s; the classical studies through the Ústav pro klasickou archeologii [Institute of Classical Archaeology] under Antonín Salač and Jiří Frel. These studies gave him a wide range of expertise, which he put to good use throughout his academic career. He was also deeply interested in and knowledgeable about philosophy, music, and literature in general. This volume brings together articles, written by his students and colleagues, on some of these topics. In doing so, we complement the arch of the two conference volumes commemorating his 80 th birthday, 'Jan Bouzek and the Czech lands' (published as Studia Hercynia XIX, 2015) and 'ΕΥΔΑΙΜΩΝ. Studies in honour of Jan Bouzek' (2018), reflecting as best as possible the wide scope of Jan's scholarship. Knowing him well as we did, it is interesting to follow how the many topics, collaborations and interests of his emerged, developed and intertwined over the years. This short introductory essay for the volume in his honour therefore targets less his personality and its lasting legacy per se but rather his academic work.

Studia Hercynia, 2019

Thematic issue with papers presented at a Humboldt‑Kolleg on "Reinecke’s Heritage. Terminology, C... more Thematic issue with papers presented at a Humboldt‑Kolleg
on "Reinecke’s Heritage. Terminology, Chronology and Identity in Central Europe between 2300 and 1600 BC" held on June 12th–16th, 2017 at Chateau Křtiny, near Brno in South Moravia.
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Princes, Gold Weapons and Armies. Reflections on the Dieskau gold find and its possible origin from the Early Bronze Age Bornhöck barrow near Dieskau in the Saalekreis district
Harald Meller — 9

Testing Reinecke’s chronology of the Early Bronze Age with radiocarbon dating –
New evidence from Southern Bavaria
Ken Massy – Philipp W. Stockhammer — 22

Zur Chronologie der Aunjetitzer Kultur in Mitteldeutschland
Ralf Schwarz — 36

The Beginning of the Bronze Age in South Bohemia
Daniel Hlásek – Ondřej Chvojka — 54

Die nachklassische Phase der Aunjetitzer Kultur in Brandýs nad Labem. Ein Beitrag
zur Siedlungskeramik der Aunjetitzer Kultur in Böhmen
Michaela Langová — 73

Reineckes Erbe: Die absolute Chronologie der Frühbronzezeit Mährens –
ein Diskussionsansatz
Jaroslav Peška — 97

Frühe Bronzezeit und Stufe Br A3. Brauchen wir diese Stufe?
David Rožnovský — 116

The Early to Middle Bronze Age transition as exemplified by Moravia
Klára Šabatová – David Parma — 124

Die Anwendung der Reinecke‑Chronologie auf die ältere Bronzezeit in der Slowakei
und ihre Modifikationen
Mária Novotná — 140

Chronological framework of the fortified settlement in Spišský Štvrtok in the context
of the Otomani‑Füzesabony cultural complex
Dominika Oravkinová – Jozef Vladár — 150

Chronology of the Early and Middle Bronze Age in Hungary. New results
Viktória Kiss – Marietta Csányi – János Dani – Klára P. Fischl –
Gabriella Kulcsár – Ildikó Szathmári — 173

The Chronology of the Bronze Age Tell and Tell‑like
Settlements in the Carpathian Basin: Revisited after 15 Years
Florin Gogâltan — 198

Studia Hercynia, 2020

Thematic issue with papers and posters presented during the annual conference "Iron Age in Centra... more Thematic issue with papers and posters presented during the annual
conference "Iron Age in Central Europe", held in Prague in 2018.
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The Minice hillfort and its hinterland. Putting the archaeological data together
Viktoria Čisťakova – Petra Tušlová – Miloslav Slabina — 9

Der späthallstattzeitliche Grabhügel von Kriegenbrunn (Reg.Bez. Mittelfranken, Bayern)
Katja Winger — 39

Pompous ladies and guarded children – Early Iron Age special burials
at Dürrnberg ‘Eislfeld’ (Austria)
Holger Wendling — 59

Auf der Suche nach den Keltinnen in Italien. Die Hohlbuckelringe
aus Marzabotto (prov. Bologna/I)
Heidi Geschwind — 78

Griffins from the Danube. Early La Tène sword in decorated scabbard
from Sotin, Eastern Croatia
Ivan Drnić — 98

Enclosure of La Tène Graves in the Territory of Slovakia
Dominik Repka — 127

Decorative scabbard chapes of La Tène knives from Plavecké Podhradie-Pohanská
and chronology of the site
Radoslav Čambal — 155

Studia Hercynia, 2018

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I. Peer -reviewed studies
The Sacral Knot and Its Iconographic Use
Monika Matoušková — 9

Late Bronze Age Settlement History of Emporio on Chios Reconsidered
Kristina Jarošová — 32

‘A Marriage of the Aegean and the Orient’. Bronzes of the Siana Group Reconsidered
Miloš Roháček — 52

Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Pottery in the Upper Thracian Plain, Tundzha Valley and the Burgas Lowland, Bulgaria – Diversity, Technology and Distribution
Rositsa Hristova — 83

II. Reports
Kyzyl Gul – e Relicts of an Abandoned Village in Kugitang Piedmont (South Uzbekistan)
Anna Augustinová – Petr Mach – Petra Cejnarová — 121

Kurgans of the Eastern Kugitang Piedmonts. Preliminary Report for Season 2018
Jakub Havlík – Hana Havlíková – Ladislav Stančo — 147

Studia Hercynia, 2018

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I. Peer‑reviewed studies
Something Old, Something New and Something Borrowed – Appropriating Foreign Material Culture in the Late Bronze Age Aegean
Filip Franković — 7

Strategies of Pottery Acquisition in the Mycenaean Palace at Pylos
Piotr Zeman — 31

Protection of Children? A Case Study from the Early Iron Age Cemetery of Quattro Fontanili, Veii
Katarína Hladíková — 56

Late Iron Age Ceramic Manufacturing along the Maritsa River in the Northwestern Rhodope Mountains. A Characterization from Emporion Pistiros
Ashlee B. Hart — 77

II. Reports
The Frontier Studies. Survey of the Northern Part of the Lake Ohrid Basin, Preliminary Report on the Season 2017
Barbora Weissová – Petra Tušlová – Pero Ardjanliev – Marek Verčík — 99

Preliminary Report for the Archaeological Survey in the Baysun District (South Uzbekistan), Season 2017
Ladislav Stančo – Shapulat Shaydullaev – Anna Augustinová – Jakub Havlík –
Tomáš Smělý – Alisher Shaydullaev – Odiljon Khamidov – Vlastimil Novák — 134

Preliminary Reports on the Excavations at Burgut Kurgan and Bobolangar in 2017
Jan Kysela – Anna Augustinová – Rebecca Kinaston — 158

Kurgans of the Eastern Kugitang Piedmonts.
Preliminary Report on Excavations in Seasons 2015–2017

Jakub Havlík – Ladislav Stančo – Jan Kysela – Petra Cejnarová – Hana Havlíková –
Tatiana Votroubeková — 183

Activities of the Institute of Classical Archaeology, Charles University, 2017 — 207

WANAT. MÖ İkinci Binyılda Batı Anadolu: Son Gelişmeler ve Geleceğe Dair Görüşler, 2024

C. Smith (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (Cham : Springer Nature) 1–4. , 2021

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Assoc. Prof. Viera Němejcová-Pavúková was a prominent Slovak archaeologist who specialized primarily in the Aeneolithic period of Central and Southeast Europe. She was born on March 9, 1937, in Bratislava, into the family of a food engineer, founder of the State Hygienic Institute in Slovakia. Here she grew up and attended all schools, including the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University, studying archaeology. After graduating in 1959, she married a fellow student Juraj Pavúk. In 1968 she achieved the rank of Candidate of Historical Sciences, in 1969 the title of PhDr and became finally Associate Professor in 1994. She died prematurely on April 7, 1997, in Bratislava and is buried in Nitra.

In: A. Kozubová – E. Makarová – M. Neumann (ed.): Ultra velum temporis. Venované Jozefovi Bátorovi k 70. narodeninám. Slovenská archeológia LXVIII, Supplementum 1. Nitra, 2020

D. GARCIA – R. ORGEOLET – M. POMADÈRE – J. ZURBACH (eds.), Country in the city. Agricultural Functions in Protohistoric Urban Settlements (Aegean and Western Mediterranean). Conference held in Marseilles, 16–17. October 2014 (Oxford, 2019) 169–187., 2019

The past 25 years have been a period of intense interdisciplinary research at the site of Troy. T... more The past 25 years have been a period of intense interdisciplinary research at the site of Troy. Thanks to the work of many specialists, a wide range of data is now available, both on Troy itself, but also on its surrounding countryside. Thus we would like to discuss one aspect that was rarely addressed in previous studies: the relation between storage and other aspects of economy and environment. The information on the management of surplus production, archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data, the availability of other resources and the settlement structure display recognizable patterns and allow now for a new reconstruction of local developments. What is more, being a tell settlement, Troy permits a study of the economic system for each stratum separately.

J. MYNÁŘOVÁ – P. ONDERKA – P. PAVÚK, The Deir el-Medina and Jaroslav Černý Collections II: Pottery. EMMNP 25, 167–178. Prague, 2018

The volume presents ceramic material received in 1937 as a donation from the French Institute of ... more The volume presents ceramic material received in 1937 as a donation from the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, originating from its excavations at Deir el-Medina and held currently in the collections of the National Museum in Prague (Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures). The core of the volume is the analytical catalogue of the ceramic finds, mostly complete vessels, accompanied by the original inventory, discussion of the marks preserved on some of the vessels, a detailed analysis of a single imported Mycenaean stirrup jar, as well as results of investigations into the contents of some of the vessels. Results of the individual analyses are evaluated and interpreted in the final chapter. Until recently, pottery from this collection received only limited scholarly attention. Over the past decades, several pieces were presented to both scholarly and general public by means of series of exhibitions, either dedicated to ancient Egypt in general, or to Deir el-Medina in particular. However, for the first time, this volume presents now the Deir el-Medina pottery collection to broader readership in its entirety.

S. ALEXANDROV – Y. DIMITROVA – H. POPOV – B. HOREJS – K. CHUKALEV (eds.), Gold & Bronze. Metals, technologies and Interregional Contacts in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age (Sofia), 2018

This chapters summarises and comments on the links between the area of the later Thrace and Anato... more This chapters summarises and comments on the links between the area of the later Thrace and Anatolia throughout the Bronze Age.

Beyond thalassocracies : understanding processes of Minoanisation and Mycenaeanisation in the Aegean / edited by Evi Gorogianni, Peter Pavúk and Luca Girella, 2016

Hardcover Edition: ISBN 978-1-78570-203-7 Digital Edition:

Beyond thalassocracies : understanding processes of Minoanisation and Mycenaeanisation in the Aegean / edited by Evi Gorogianni, Peter Pavúk and Luca Girella, 2016

Hardcover Edition: ISBN 978-1-78570-203-7 Digital Edition:

ADA TEPE: DAS ÄLTESTE GOLDBERGWERK EUROPAS, 2017

Paper in the exhibition catalogue ADA TEPE: DAS ÄLTESTE GOLDBERGWERK EUROPAS of the Vienna Kunsth... more Paper in the exhibition catalogue ADA TEPE: DAS ÄLTESTE GOLDBERGWERK EUROPAS of the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum presenting selected exceptional finds from Bulgarian prehistory. This chapters summarises and comments on the links between the area of later Thrace and Anatolia throughout the Bronze Age.

P. PAVÚK – B. HOREJS, Mittel und spätbronzezeitliche Keramik Griechenlands. Sammlung Fritz Schachermeyr III. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Denkschriften 439. Veröffentlichungen der Mykenischen Kommission 31 (Wien : Verlag der ÖAW). , 2012

This is a chapter from a joint volume with B. Horejs on the finds from the Schachermeyr collectio... more This is a chapter from a joint volume with B. Horejs on the finds from the Schachermeyr collection in Vienna, with additional chapters. The present chapter discusses Central Greece and adjoining regions at a crucial transitional period from the MBA to LBA. This is the period of the Shaft Graves and of the emergence of the Mycenaean Pottery in Argolid but development in Central Greece follow its own trajectory, which needs further study and acknowledgement on its own.

E. PERNICKA, C. B. ROSE, AND P. JABLONKA (eds.): Troia 1988–2008: Grabungen und Forschungen. I. Forschungsgeschichte, Methoden und Landschaft. Bonn, 2014.

Publication of new data concerning the settlements around Troy in the 2nd Mill BC. New research ... more Publication of new data concerning the settlements around Troy in the 2nd Mill BC. New research on Troia and the Troad in the 2nd millennium BC has made it possible to asses cultural and topographical development of the then Troad anew and more accurately.The local Middle Bronze Age and Late Bronze
Age period will be defined first, followed by the pottery-wares, as well as the size and types of the settlements. In the next step, emerging settlement-patterns will be discussed, with a special attention paid to chronological fine tuning of the assessment. Finally, new chemical analyses of the pottery will be presented, leading to the definition of two ceramic production and distribution centres in the western Troad.

Archaeologica Pragensia, 2022

Sample data set of 764 drawings of Middle- to Late Bronze Age pottery from Kaymakçı (Manisa provi... more Sample data set of 764 drawings of Middle- to Late Bronze Age pottery from Kaymakçı (Manisa province, western Turkey) provided by the Gygaia Projects (https://gygaia.org/)

Journal of Field Archaeology, 2022

Ceramics are one of the commonest sources of archaeological information, yet their abundance ofte... more Ceramics are one of the commonest sources of archaeological information, yet their abundance often confounds documentation and analysis. This article presents a new method of documenting and analyzing ceramics that includes laser-aided profile measurement to capture ceramic shape and other information quickly and accurately, resulting in digital outputs suitable for both publication and morphometric analysis. Linked software and database solutions enable unsupervised machine learning to cluster shapes based on similarity, eventually assisting typological analysis. Following an overview of current practices in ceramic recording and both standard and computational shape classification analyses, the new approach is discussed in full as a documentary and analytical tool. A case study from the Middle and Late Bronze Age site of Kaymakçı in western Anatolia demonstrates the benefits of the recording method and helps show that a combination of automated and manual shape clustering techniques currently remains the best practice in ceramic shape classification.

Radiocarbon, 2020

Calibrated radiocarbon (14C) determinations are commonly used in archaeology to assign calendar d... more Calibrated radiocarbon (14C) determinations are commonly used in archaeology to assign calendar dates to a site’s chronological phases identified based on additional evidence such as stratigraphy. In the absence of such evidence, we can perform dense 14C sampling of the site to attempt to identify periods of heightened activity, separated by periods of inactivity, which correspond to archaeological phases and gaps between them. We propose a method to achieve this by hierarchical cluster analysis of the calibrated 14C dates, followed by testing of the different clustering solutions for consistency based on silhouette coefficient and statistical significance using randomization. Separate events identified in such a way can then be regarded as evidence for distinct phases of activity and used to construct a site-specific sequence. This can be in turn used as a Bayesian prior to further narrow down the distributions of the calibrated 14C dates. We assessed the validity of the method using simulated data as well as real-life archaeological data from the Bronze Age settlement of Troy.

A Python implementation of the method is available online at
https://github.com/demjanp/clustering_14C

Studia Hercynia, 2020

The archaeological heritage of the Lovas Municipality, located in eastern Croatia (western Syrmia... more The archaeological heritage of the Lovas Municipality, located in eastern Croatia (western Syrmia), has been known to the wider archaeological public since the middle of the 20th century, when a Middle Bronze Age (MBA) hoard of gold and bronze finds was discovered. However, apart from the importance of the hoard for the definition of the MBA in Croatia, any detailed systematic research in the area was not attempted until 2011, when the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb conducted its initial research season in the Lovas Municipality. The project was restarted in 2017, in cooperation with the Lovas Municipality and the Institute of Classical Archaeology of Charles University in Prague, and has been continuously running ever since. In the last five years, research in the Lovas Municipality included a systematic field survey, targeted trial excavations, geophysical surveys, as well as a re ‐evaluation of the data collected through previous research and in 2011. Moreover, the project inclu...

Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 2019

During the first season of excavations in 2014 at the Late Bronze Age site of Kaymakçı, a bronze ... more During the first season of excavations in 2014 at the Late Bronze Age site of Kaymakçı, a bronze knife with an unusually decorated handle was found. Kaymakçı is a recently discovered citadel located ca. 100 km east of the Aegean coast in the Gediz Valley and is one of the few excavated sites from interior central western Anatolia. The knife was recovered in the tower-like structure attached to the fortifications at the northwestern extent of the citadel. It belongs to a small group of solid-hilted knives (Sandars Class 4) known until recently only from elite graves and cultic contexts in the Peloponnese, Crete, Psara, and Troy. The knife shares decorative ribbing, a solid bronze knob at the end of its handle, and some other features with its Aegean counterparts. However, the geometric style of its decoration, such as the central herringbone-pattern, is unparalleled among Minoan and Mycenaean art, instead it corresponds with geometric designs known from other western Anatolian finds. Therefore, the herringbone knife from Kaymakçı, most probably the property of a member of the western Anatolian elite, is an outcome of the fusion of Aegean and western Anatolian traditions. Simultaneously it is one of the first known examples of local ornamental style, still poorly known due to the state of research in interior western Anatolia.

Egypt and the Levant 28, 457-485, 2018

This paper presents the results of a long-term survey conducted in the Bakırçay/Kaikos Valley and... more This paper presents the results of a long-term survey conducted in the Bakırçay/Kaikos Valley and the vicinity of Pergamon, which provides a new primary dataset for the 2nd millennium BCE developments in this area. The archaeological evidence will be outlined in detail for the first time here, embedded in broader cultural and material developments of the Western Anatolian Middle and Late Bronze Ages. The discussion will not be limited to ceramic wares and shapes and the chronological assessment of the finds only, but their distribution within the valley and site hierarchies will be assessed as well. Finally, the significance of the Bakırçay Valley within the broader cultural landscapes of Western Anatolia will be reconsidered.

American Journal of Archaeology, 2018

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Current understandings of the archaeology of second-millennium B.C.E. central western Anatolia are enriched by ongoing research at Kaymakçı, located in the Marmara Lake basin of the middle Gediz River valley in western Turkey. Discovered during regional survey in 2001, the site offers a critical node of exploration for understanding a previously unexamined period in a well-traversed geography thought to be the core of the Late Bronze Age Seha River Land known from Hittite texts. Here we present results from the first three seasons of excavation on the citadel of Kaymakçı plus a study season (2014–2017), introducing the site’s chronology, historical and regional context, and significance through presentation of excavation areas as well as material and subsistence economies. With reference to such evidence, we discuss the site’s development, organization, and interregional interactions, demonstrating its place in local and regional networks that connected Aegean and central Anatolian spheres of interest.

B. NESSEL ‒ D. NEUMANN – M. BARTELHEIM (Hrsg.), Bronzezeitlicher Transport. Akteure, Mittel und Wege. Jahressitzung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bronzezeit an der Universität Tübingen, 30.‒31. Oktober 2015. RessourcenKulturen, SFB 1070, Band 8, 375–410. Tübingen, 2018

In the Late Bronze Age, Troy and its likely harbour at Besik-Tepe on the north-eastern Aegean coa... more In the Late Bronze Age, Troy and its likely harbour at Besik-Tepe on the north-eastern Aegean coast, were involved to varying degrees in interregional exchange networks in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean, as demonstrated by the imported materials at Troy as well as exported Trojan pottery found in the Levant and on Cyprus. In most cases, raw materials cannot be detected as objects in the archaeological record, and therefore only non-recycled and non-perishable materials are taken into consideration here.
Northern Aegean islands (Samothrace and Lemnos), central Greece, the Argolid, central and south-western Anatolia, Rhodes, and other areas all played important roles in the distribution of goods to Troy. The first detectable contacts started in the Middle Helladic (MH) II period and kept changing partners and character, but Troy definitely became an active agent within the interregional network at the beginning of the Late Helladic (LH) IIIA period (14th cent. BC).
The last part of the paper addresses the communication routes and the organisation of Exchange in which the inhabitants of the Troad were involved. It is very likely that the local elites played a considerable role in the course of diplomatic communication and commercial actions (or both), but the participation of freelance traders cannot be completely ruled out. However, the lack of written sources concerning the north-eastern Aegean hampers more specific assessment.

Studia Hercynia, 1997

This is my first ever paper, describing and attributing a lovely fragment of an Arretine modiolus... more This is my first ever paper, describing and attributing a lovely fragment of an Arretine modiolus (lower handle attachment in shape of a he-goat head and a delicate dancing maenad next to it) from the M. Pererni Tigrani workshop in the University collection, Prague.

STAMPOLIDIS, N. – Ç. MANER – K. KOPANIAS (eds.): NOSTOI. Indigenous Culture, Migration and Integration in the Aegean Islands and Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age (Istanbul 2015) 81‒114., 2015

Western Anatolia played a more or less prominent role in a number of archaeological and historica... more Western Anatolia played a more or less prominent role in a number of archaeological and historical scenarios over the years, notwithstanding the fact that, despite more than a century of research, we still largely know only the coastal sites. The vast area between the coast and the Anatolian plateau is known only from surveys, with the sole exception of Beycesultan. It is therefore necessary to develop a new chronological periodisation and cultural scheme, appropriate to the fragmentary survey material and lacking stratigraphies. Both will be proposed in this paper.
Using the latest information on Troy, Liman Tepe, Bademgediği Tepe, and Miletus together with firsthand knowledge of material from both East Aegean littoral islands and the West Anatolian inland sites, the article discusses the available settlement structure, makes use of some basic GIS applications, draws eventual cultural boundaries based on pottery distribution, and attempts to compare the thus gained archaeological groupings with the currently valid so-called Hittite political geography for Western Anatolia. Finally, it proposes some lines of thought concerning the identity of the population in the individual archaeologically identifiable cultural groupings.

Studia Hercynia , 2015

The eleven graves from Praha ‑Ruzyně presented in this paper were excavated 1999 in course of a b... more The eleven graves from Praha ‑Ruzyně presented in this paper were excavated 1999 in course of a brief res‑ cue excavation. The site history, topography, graves and their offerings, burial rites, as well as preliminary anthropological observations are all being discussed. Typological analysis indicated a date within the earlier, but not the earliest stages of the Únětice culture. This relatively limited assemblage, with only six offering bearing graves, still gave rise to a number of interesting questions. Special attention is given to the question of synchronisation with the Danubian Early Bronze Age and the applicability of Ruckdeschel's periodiza‑ tion to Central Bohemia.

TÜBA-AR , 2016

The present study examines the persistency of routes for the main communications in the territory... more The present study examines the persistency of routes for the main communications in the territory around the Iznik Lake (Ascania Lacus) in a diachronic perspective: from prehistory until today. The whole problem is approached on two levels: whereas the micro-regional one targets the eastern shores of the Iznik Lake, the macro-regional one examines the entire shoreline and its interconnectivity with the main centres situated across the mountain ridges in the North and South. Based on the spatio-temporal analysis of the settlement patterns, ancient authors, as well as
remnants of roads and/or finds connected with their existence, such as milestones and bridges, the most feasible routes of the main roads in selected periods are estimated. The Least Cost Path Analysis is also used when appropriate, especially for establishing the courses of the mountain routes. The results of the two approaches are compared, and
the observable patterns discussed. Principally, one can state a high persistency for the routes, all the way from the Early Bronze Age till the modern times.

E. PERNICKA – S.W.E. BLUM – S. ÜNLÜSOY (eds.): Early Bronze Age Troy. Chronology, Cultural Development and Interregional Contacts. An International Conference held at the University of Tübingen. Studia Troica Monographien 8 (Bonn, 2016) 49–60., 2016

Prehistoric Troy was usually conceived as consisting of two major stages: Troy I–V and Troy VI–VI... more Prehistoric Troy was usually conceived as consisting of two major stages: Troy I–V and Troy VI–VII, corresponding roughly to the local EBA and the MBA/LBA, respectively. Notwithstanding certain logic behind such a division, it is sometimes necessary to treat Troy as a single body of evidence, where all data become interrelated to some degree.Whereas Troy I and II levels within the EBA citadel were still accessible to Korfmann’s team for a new investigation, Troy III to V levels were potentially available only in a handful of areas, among others in the so called pinnacle in square E4/5.Thepresent paper discusses the previously presented dating for its individual strata, sets them into a wider intra-site context and suggests a considerable re-dating of the upper ones.Thepreserved pinnacle sequence thus finishes in early Troy IV and no later. In addition, Dörpfelds dating of strata outside the EBA citadel is also being reassessed, resulting in shifting the EBA sequence there to a »discovery« of so far unknown Early andMiddle Troy VI contexts. The importance of Dörpfeld’s profiles lays in their being the only evidence
we have when attempting a holistic phase-by-phase reconstruction of the site construction dynamics.

G. TOUCHAIS – LAFFINEUR, R. – ROUGEMONT, F. (eds.): PHYSIS. Natural environment and human interaction in the prehistoric Aegean. 14th International Aegean Conference held in Paris, 11‒14 December 2012. Aegaeum 37 (Leuven-Liège 2014) 111‒124., 2014

Over the last 20 years, various studies have focused on Troy as a central place, as well as on th... more Over the last 20 years, various studies have focused on Troy as a central place, as well as on the surrounding landscape and other sites in the Troad. Thanks to the work of many specialists, a wide range of data is now available concerning the temporal development of Troy and its material culture, environmental changes, the ancient economy and use of resources, as well as changes in settlement structure throughout the hinterland of the Troad. In our presentation we summarize and interpret some of these areas of evidence.

We begin with a brief outline of the cultural development at Troy, continue with a brief presentation of bioarchaeological evidence and a discussion on the development of settlement patterns and pottery production centers, and then conclude with a look at climatic indicators.

M.-L. NOSCH – R. LAFFINEUR (eds.): KOSMOS. Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age. 13th International Aegean Conference held at the University of Copenhagen, 19‒23 April 2010 (Leuven-Liège 2012) 121‒130., 2012

Re-evaluation of evidence for weaving at Troy, with a special discussion of pierced small spools ... more Re-evaluation of evidence for weaving at Troy, with a special discussion of pierced small spools typical of MH Mainland Greece and their juxtaposition with the flat discoid grooved loom-weights, spreading about the same time from Crete northwards.

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London, 2010

The paper summarises the cultural, architectural and material development of Troy VI and VIIa, lo... more The paper summarises the cultural, architectural and material development of Troy VI and VIIa, looking not only on the long known "facts" but using this time detailed evaluation of the ceramic studies based on the material from the 1988-2010 excavations.

The review deals with an important Central Macedonian coastal site of Hagios Mamas, especially it... more The review deals with an important Central Macedonian coastal site of Hagios Mamas, especially its LBA hand-made pottery.

European Journal of Archaeology, Jan 1, 2006

Review of a volume in honour of Jerome J. Pollitt

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The past two decades (and likely even more than that) have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge in ... more The past two decades (and likely even more than that) have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge in rather complex discussions of various ‘-isation’ phenomena, acculturation processes, and migration theories. At the same time, the long-held views of concepts of core, periphery, and margins as well as models of interaction within them had come, after closer scrutiny, under attack, but new unifying/rectifying models never emerged. The past realities were simply more complex and complicated than that. Nevertheless, when approaching the complex past from a greater geographic perspective, larger cultural entities do emerge, with their borders, as fuzzy as they may be. It is in these outer buffer zones that physical contact with the “others” happened, and more often than not, it led to mutual influences and transformations. It is precisely these interactions that the present conference would like to target.

For many years western Anatolia was one of the least known cultural landscapes in the second–mill... more For many years western Anatolia was one of the least known cultural landscapes in the second–millennium BCE eastern Mediterranean, overshadowed by its better-known neighbors in Hittite central Anatolian and Minoan and Mycenaean cultural spheres. Owing to the efforts of recent decades, it is becoming possible to grasp the character of western Anatolian identity, or rather identities, as well as their place(s) in the Bronze Age world.
Co-organized in partnership with Charles University and Tübingen University, the WANAT 2021 Symposium brings together scholars to present and discuss recent developments in interdisciplinary research on western Anatolia, as well as to discuss how to leverage shared information better and how to bridge research gaps. The first day of the program features thematically organized topics, including textual evidence, burial rites, chronology, pottery, economy, and culture contact. The second day focuses on specific western Anatolian sites and recent fieldwork.

PeClA 2018 is a two‐day conference in Classical Archaeology and Classics aimed at postgraduate / ... more PeClA 2018 is a two‐day conference in Classical Archaeology and Classics aimed at postgraduate / doctoral students. This year's theme of the conference is: Pólemos –Bellum: ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONFLICT IN THE ANTIQUITY.
Conflict and its violent manifestation – the war – were one of the biggest preoccupations not only of historians in antiquity, but also of modern academic interest. The classical research dealt primarily either with the socio‐historical background or the archaeological remains of this phenomenon. However, the narrowly focused studies of the 20 th century have been gradually superseded in the last decade. The research focus has shifted towards a much broader understanding of the conflict and its role within the development of ancient societies, partly as a result of the post‐colonial perspective, and partly through richer textual and iconographical analysis as well as a flood of new archaeological discoveries. It encompassed not only the investigation of individual historical events and adjusted archaeological finds, such as the siege‐traces in Smyrna, but also the analysis of social preconditions, economic environment or cultural and psychological implications of conflicts as well as its technological and tactical patterns. Therefore, the primary aim of the conference will be to discuss all the possible facets of the (non)violent Conflict, from Prehistory to Late Antiquity. While the commonly used means of ancient warfare history, battlefield archaeology, iconology of violence, archaeometry, bioarchaeology or ancient PTSD‐studies are welcomed, the discussion framework of the conference is constituted by the terms " conflict " and " society " and the question of their " reciprocity " in a diachronic point of view. This brings us also to the old question: Did the conflict within and between ancient societies represent different crystallisation momentums in the antiquity?

Prague, Monday and Tuesday, 11th – 12th December 2017. PeClA 2017 is a two‐day conference in Cla... more Prague, Monday and Tuesday, 11th – 12th December 2017.

PeClA 2017 is a two‐day conference in Classical Archaeology and Classics aimed at postgraduate / doctoral students traditionally offering a space for presenting research results, discussion, and an exchange of ideas, in a friendly and supportive environment. This year's theme of the conference is: RESOURCES: POWER AND CONNECTIVITY IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN.
Speaking of resources one usually thinks directly of the copper ingots on the Uluburun shipwreck or the grain from Egypt in the later periods. However, the range of resources being traded and consumed by the ancient Mediterranean societies was much broader than that! It encompassed not only the omnipresent metals and other raw materials, such as stones, minerals, clay or agricultural products, but also ready‐made tools or even human power and the related transfer of knowledge and technologies. Therefore, the primary aim of the conference will be to identify all the possible facets of the catch‐all term Resources, from Prehistory to Late Antiquity. A diachronic approach in environmental archaeology and resource procurement strategies can offer results in shifting networks and economic background. While the commonly used means of geoarcheology, archaeometry, archeobotany or archeozoology are welcomed, we would like to discuss the social and political dimension of resource handling: What was the impact of unequal geographical distribution of resources across the Mediterranean? How was their mining, production and distribution organised? Who was in control? What about trade of perishable items, such as textiles, horses and slaves? This brings us also to the old question: is there a causal link between the resources, trade networks and connectivity as such in the Mediterranean? A broader employment of a post‐colonial perspective can be especially useful in this respect. Conceived broadly, this theme gives young scholars the full opportunity to present and discuss their opinions and thoughts applicable to the theme. Papers from postgraduates in all stages of their research, both theoretical and practical are welcome.

Humboldt-Kolleg, Chateau Krtiny 12.-15.5.2017. Book of abstracts. The chronology of the Early Br... more Humboldt-Kolleg, Chateau Krtiny 12.-15.5.2017. Book of abstracts.

The chronology of the Early Bronze Age (EBA) in Central Europe, both relative and absolute, has witnessed some turbulent developments over the past few years. The increased amount of absolute dates (AMS 14C, some dendro), but also a new level in the quality of individual 14C dates, gave rise to a number of new regional studies. At the same time, year over year several new cemeteries, settlements and hoards are dug up, published and being discussed in scholarly circles. This also permitted to better recognize discrepancies and common ground between the various relevant regions, most of which still use a periodization and terminology based on the almost 100 years old system introduced by Paul Reinecke, albeit adjusted to the needs of the individual regions (as by Christlein, Ruckdeschel, Neugebauer, Bertemes, Moucha, Novotná).
In the first place, the state of art for the relative and absolute chronology of the EBA in Central Europe, as well as the periodization systems used, will need to be questioned. In doing so, the starting point will be the Reinecke system itself and what it still means for the individual regions today: How do we define his individual phases today? How are they to be interpreted? Do they mean the same thing in different regions? Are the individual phases really synchronous all along the Danube? Do we need to move beyond and offer new solutions? We obviously do, but should we throw out the baby with bathwater either, ie. abolishing the Reinecke system altogether?
Other questions that need to be addressed concern the meaning of the cultural diversity that one can witness in Central Europe at this period. We see a lot of diversity, but also much of overlapping elements, occurring (synchronously?) across a number of cultural groups. We will have to address the issues of continuity and change, as well as aspects of human mobility, often associated with several of the changes observed. And all of these need to be discussed in the frame of identity and perhaps ethnicity concepts: What kind of group identity do we encounter? Is the cultural concept still valid? What is the role of current and future aDNA investigations? One observes a lot of permeability and creativity particularly in terms of material culture. Nevertheless, keeping the traditional concepts is becoming increasingly difficult…

PeClA 2016 is a two-day conference in Classical Archaeology and Classics aimed at postgraduate / ... more PeClA 2016 is a two-day conference in Classical Archaeology and Classics aimed at postgraduate / doctoral students traditionally offering a space for presenting research results, discussion, and exchange of ideas, in a friendly and supportive environment. This years' theme of the conference is: NEW DIRECTIONS IN CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

With our student conference reaching its 5 th year, we thought it is appropriate to look back a bit and contemplate about the perspectives of our " Perspectives ". Also, after the previous thematically more specific meetings, we thought it would be inspiring, for a change, to loosen up the range of topic, to allow for more diversity. Therefore, we would like to invite contributions from the whole spectrum of what we call Classical archaeology, but also its neighbouring disciplines, but targeting more the new approaches and methodologies used in our field of research.

Especially valued will be various interdisciplinary takes on the matter, such as collaboration with natural sciences, new uses of computer applications, but also more theoretically and methodologically targeted papers. Let us really discuss the topic where the Classical archaeology stands today and where you as the upcoming generation would like to see it heading. Conceived broadly, this theme gives young scholars full opportunity to present and discuss their opinions and thoughts applicable to the theme. Welcomed are papers from postgraduates in all stages of their research, both theoretical and practical.

More detailed abstracts of 500 words specifying methodology and main results for a 20-minute paper or a poster (portrait, paper size 70x100 cm) are expected before October 1st, 2016 at email: PeCla.conference@ff.cuni.cz.

If you have any further enquiries, please use the same e-mail address before the deadline. Applicants will be notified by the beginning of November.

Conference fee: EUR 20,- (covers printed materials, refreshment during the conference breaks, etc.; payable at the registration or through bank transfer). More info in the second circular.

Conference language: English

The post-conference informal programme will culminate on the Friday evening in a social event at a nearby venue!

The organisers: Stanislava Kučová – Jiří Musil – Peter Pavúk – Pavel Titz

We are looking forward to seeing you in Prague!

Book of abstracts for the Contacts, Migrations and Climate Change Conference in honor of Jan Bouz... more Book of abstracts for the Contacts, Migrations and Climate Change Conference in honor of Jan Bouzek, Prague, May 19th-23rd, 2015. Edited by R. Frecer.

Previous research has quite often wondered at the lack of sites dating from the early LBA in Cent... more Previous research has quite often wondered at the lack of sites dating from the early LBA in Central Greece. I intend to relate a different picture, suggesting that much of both unpainted and painted burnished types of pottery, which especially in surveys would be identified as MBA, is in fact already LBA in date. Whereas this was partly known for LH I, I would like to suggest that in more rural parts of Central Greece this was the case until well into LH IIB. The main duty for the future research will be to define, what did the non-mycenaean pottery of the Early LBA look like, both in terms of wares and shapes.

Radiocarbon

ABSTRACTCalibrated radiocarbon (14C) determinations are commonly used in archaeology to assign ca... more ABSTRACTCalibrated radiocarbon (14C) determinations are commonly used in archaeology to assign calendar dates to a site’s chronological phases identified based on additional evidence such as stratigraphy. In the absence of such evidence, we can perform dense 14C sampling of the site to attempt to identify periods of heightened activity, separated by periods of inactivity, which correspond to archaeological phases and gaps between them. We propose a method to achieve this by hierarchical cluster analysis of the calibrated 14C dates, followed by testing of the different clustering solutions for consistency based on silhouette coefficient and statistical significance using randomization. Separate events identified in such a way can then be regarded as evidence for distinct phases of activity and used to construct a site-specific sequence. This can be in turn used as a Bayesian prior to further narrow down the distributions of the calibrated 14C dates. We assessed the validity of the me...

Commenius University Bratislava

Archaeologists working on ceramic finds from long-term, large-scale excavations all face similar ... more Archaeologists working on ceramic finds from long-term, large-scale excavations all face similar problems: heaps of pottery from hundreds of contexts of diverse quality, more often than not re-deposited in a secondary or even tertiary position. There can be no general approach since each site has its own specific characteristics, be it a flat settlement lasting just a couple of generations or a tell-settlement in use for millennia. Likewise, pottery with simple or no decoration must be viewed from a different perspective than pottery with complex decoration. Hand-made pottery will pose different problems to mass-produced wheel-thrown ceramics and sherds from a settlement must be treated in yet another way than whole pots from a cemetery.