Karel Slavíček
Biographic Data
| ID | 125234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karel Slavíček |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karel |
| FAMILY NAME | Slavíček |
| SIGNATURE | SLAVÍČEK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Masaryk University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6662-927X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Supra-Regional Cultural Exchange in the Carpathian Bronze Age: Import of the Amphora or an Idea
A unique stone mould for casting a spearhead from Morkůvky in South Moravia as an example of long-distance import in the Urnfield Period, and its technological contribution
The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of a well-preserved half of a stone mould, accidentally found in the village of Morkůvky (Břeclav District). Although it is a stray find, it is characterised by above-standard informative value from the point of view of both typology and technology, as well as in terms of raw material provenance. According to macroscopic traces and XRF–XRD analyses, bronze was poured into vertically erected halves of th…
Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Engraved Pebble From the Magdalenian Horizon of the Open-Air Site Hošťálkovice II – Hladový vrch (Czech Republic)
Provenance analysis of rock crystal artefacts from Palaeolithic sites in Moravia (East Central Europe) – a comparative extended approach
The Bohemian Massif and the Alps are regions that are generally known for their rock crystal artefacts and the study thereof. The most important archaeological findspots in the Czech Republic are the Palaeolithic sites at Nová Dědina (East Moravia) and in Žitný Cave (Moravian Karst), which yielded numerous rock crystal artefacts. The study of fluid inclusions as sensitive objects reflecting the conditions of their formation was included in the re…
Archaeometry of early medieval tuyeres questions the chronology of smelting sites in the Moravian Karst
Continuity amid transformation: An analysis of pottery production from the late La Tène to early Roman periods in Eastern Bohemia
Archaeometric Insights into Pre-pottery Neolithic Clay Technologies at Ba`ja, Jordan: Distinguishing Three Types of Clay Objects
Increasing evidence of baked clay vessels at the Final Pre-Pottery Neolithic (FPPNB) sites in Fertile Crescent has challenged the traditional distinction between the Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic periods. This study examines a significant collection of FPPNB clay artefacts from the Ba`ja site, Greater Petra Area, Southern Jordan, found during several excavation seasons, that were registered with the category of Unbaked/baked clay objects. We …
Technological and provenance insights into La Tène pottery: An analysis of the settlement assemblage from Křinec (Czech Republic)
During the Late La Tène period in the first century BC, Central Europe witnessed significant shifts in settlement structures and material culture. Understanding these changes necessitates an examination of LT D1b phase settlements, particularly in Bohemia, where such sites are rare. This study extends beyond conventional stylistic analysis of pottery, incorporating material and manufacturing perspectives to reveal production organisation, distrib…
Hrnčířské areály ve Starém Městě u Uherského Hradiště: Úvod do problematiky místní keramické produkce ve vrcholném středověku
Over the past 50 years, rescue excavations in Staré Město (Old Town) near Uherské Hradiště have unveiled several sites indicative of pottery production from the 13th to the 15th century, including numerous pottery kilns. The focus of this research project is primarily on the shifts in production technology and the sourcing of raw materials. The study has successfully documented the evolution of local ceramic production from traditional methods to…
Ceramic technology evolution at the beginning of the Roman Period: Case study of the Mlékojedy settlement site (Central Bohemia)
This exploratory archaeometric study investigates pottery from a Großromstedt culture associated with a significant migratory wave from the north into the Bohemian Basin at the transition from the Late La Tène to the Roman periods. The analysis of ceramics from the Mlékojedy settlement reveals evidence of technological discontinuity in two key chronological transitions. The first and more significant transition between the Late La Tène period and…
Pottery kiln from the second half of the 13th century in Žďár nad Sázavou – Staré Město (Czech Republic): Technological analysis of its batch
This study investigates a medieval pottery kiln and its fill excavated at a 13th-century settlement site near the Žďár Cistercian monastery. The short 30–40 year lifespan of the settlement provides valuable insight into how pottery was made and appeared in a chronologically specified timeframe of the mid-13th century. The kiln was a single-chamber type, either with an open-topped or domed superstructure with a very narrow stoking channel in terms…
Metabasite Artefacts from the Neolithic Settlement at Brno-Holásky/Tuřany Compared to the Potential Source Rocks within the Želešice Metabasite Body Based on Petrography and Mineralogy
The Želešice metabasite body served as a significant area for the exploitation of raw material for the production of polished stone tools in the Neolithic. This study is based on petrographical and mineralogical comparisons of the artefacts from the Želešice-type metabasite collected in the Neolithic settlement (and workshop) at Brno-Holásky/Tuřany with the various rock types occurring around the Želešice metabasite body. The determination of the…
Life on Pálava Hills in the Urnfield period through the perspective of a metal-detecting survey
Pálava is a complex of prominent limestone hills in South Moravia, with extensive traces of prehistoric activities. This study presents the results of a long-term metal-detecting survey of the Pálava Hills and their surroundings. It focuses on findings dated to the Bronze Age and especially to the Urnfield period with 673 from the topsoil recovered artefacts. The study monitors the functional composition of the items within the dataset, as well a…
Pottery as a witness of commercialization: The case of 9 th -century ‘Great Moravia’
Der vorliegende Artikel präsentiert eine archäologische Methode zum Nachweis marktwirtschaftlichen Austausches anhand von Keramik, die hier als typische Handelsware definiert ist. Ein Keramikkomplex aus dem großmährischen (9. Jh.) Zentralort Staré Město bei Uherské Hradiště wurde archäometrisch (XRF, Petrographie, XRD) untersucht. Das Ergebnis zeigt ein komplexes Handelsnetz zwischen dem Zentrum und Teilen des Hinterlandes. Weiterhin bestätigen d…
Radiocarbon Dating of Grass-Tempered Ceramic Reveals the Earliest Pottery From Slovakia Predates the Arrival of Farming
In the absence of wood, bone, and other organics, one possible candidate for determining the age of a site is the radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of pottery. In central Europe during the Early Neolithic, pottery was ubiquitous and contained substantial quantities of organic temper. However, attempts at the direct dating of organic inclusions raises a lot of methodological issues, especially when several sources of carbon contribute to the resulting ra…
Pigmenty a barevnost tradičních venkovských staveb na jižní Moravě
The article describes an interdisciplinary study that uses the means of ethnology and materials science. This approach is quite unusual in the Czech environment. Specifically, it concerns detailed materials analyses of samples of plaster which were acquired during ethnological research on selected recent buildings in South Moravia. The studied plaster samples from folk buildings in the Znojmo area are probably from the twentieth century. However,…
Islamic glazed pottery from Adiabene (Iraq, Kurdistan): Multianalytical Research Into Its Technological Development and Provenance
A characterisation study of Ubaid period ceramics from As‐Sabbiya, Kuwait, using a non‐destructive portable X‐Ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer and petrographic analyses
The Ubaid cultural phenomena (6500–4200 BC) of southern Mesopotamia has been used to characterise other archaeological sites in the Arabian Gulf region. The aim of this inquiry is to explore the nature of the interaction between the homeland of the Ubaid and the wider Gulf region. Through the use of a non‐destructive portable X‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer, this study seeks to characterise and identify the chemical and mineralogical compo…
Technological and provenance analyses of the South-eastern Urnfield cultures pottery from the sites of Cinobaňa and Málinec (Poltár region, Slovakia)
Im Rahmen einer Pilotstudie zur Untersuchung von Keramik der Kyjatice- und Pilinyer-Kultur, wurden aus der Gegend von Cinobaňa eine Reihe von Proben ausgewählt. Diese stammen aus dem Gräberfeld von Jarčanisko I, der Siedlung von Jarčanisko II und der Burganlage von Strieborná. Als Vergleichsmaterial dienten Scherben aus der Hügelfestung von Málinec-Zámok. Die Proben wurden in sechs mikropetrographische Gruppen aufgeteilt und auf ihre chemische Zu…
A characterisation study of Ubaid period ceramics from As‐Sabbiya, Kuwait, using a non‐destructive portable X‐Ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer and petrographic analyses
The Ubaid cultural phenomena (6500–4200 BC) of southern Mesopotamia has been used to characterise other archaeological sites in the Arabian Gulf region. The aim of this inquiry is to explore the nature of the interaction between the homeland of the Ubaid and the wider Gulf region. Through the use of a non‐destructive portable X‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer, this study seeks to characterise and identify the chemical and mineralogical compo…
Islamic glazed pottery from Adiabene (Iraq, Kurdistan): Multianalytical Research Into Its Technological Development and Provenance
Provenance analysis of rock crystal artefacts from Palaeolithic sites in Moravia (East Central Europe) – a comparative extended approach
The Bohemian Massif and the Alps are regions that are generally known for their rock crystal artefacts and the study thereof. The most important archaeological findspots in the Czech Republic are the Palaeolithic sites at Nová Dědina (East Moravia) and in Žitný Cave (Moravian Karst), which yielded numerous rock crystal artefacts. The study of fluid inclusions as sensitive objects reflecting the conditions of their formation was included in the re…
Radiocarbon Dating of Grass-Tempered Ceramic Reveals the Earliest Pottery From Slovakia Predates the Arrival of Farming
In the absence of wood, bone, and other organics, one possible candidate for determining the age of a site is the radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of pottery. In central Europe during the Early Neolithic, pottery was ubiquitous and contained substantial quantities of organic temper. However, attempts at the direct dating of organic inclusions raises a lot of methodological issues, especially when several sources of carbon contribute to the resulting ra…
Technological and provenance analyses of the South-eastern Urnfield cultures pottery from the sites of Cinobaňa and Málinec (Poltár region, Slovakia)
Im Rahmen einer Pilotstudie zur Untersuchung von Keramik der Kyjatice- und Pilinyer-Kultur, wurden aus der Gegend von Cinobaňa eine Reihe von Proben ausgewählt. Diese stammen aus dem Gräberfeld von Jarčanisko I, der Siedlung von Jarčanisko II und der Burganlage von Strieborná. Als Vergleichsmaterial dienten Scherben aus der Hügelfestung von Málinec-Zámok. Die Proben wurden in sechs mikropetrographische Gruppen aufgeteilt und auf ihre chemische Zu…
A characterisation study of Ubaid period ceramics from As‐Sabbiya, Kuwait, using a non‐destructive portable X‐Ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer and petrographic analyses
The Ubaid cultural phenomena (6500–4200 BC) of southern Mesopotamia has been used to characterise other archaeological sites in the Arabian Gulf region. The aim of this inquiry is to explore the nature of the interaction between the homeland of the Ubaid and the wider Gulf region. Through the use of a non‐destructive portable X‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer, this study seeks to characterise and identify the chemical and mineralogical compo…
Islamic glazed pottery from Adiabene (Iraq, Kurdistan): Multianalytical Research Into Its Technological Development and Provenance
Pigmenty a barevnost tradičních venkovských staveb na jižní Moravě
The article describes an interdisciplinary study that uses the means of ethnology and materials science. This approach is quite unusual in the Czech environment. Specifically, it concerns detailed materials analyses of samples of plaster which were acquired during ethnological research on selected recent buildings in South Moravia. The studied plaster samples from folk buildings in the Znojmo area are probably from the twentieth century. However,…
Radiocarbon Dating of Grass-Tempered Ceramic Reveals the Earliest Pottery From Slovakia Predates the Arrival of Farming
In the absence of wood, bone, and other organics, one possible candidate for determining the age of a site is the radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of pottery. In central Europe during the Early Neolithic, pottery was ubiquitous and contained substantial quantities of organic temper. However, attempts at the direct dating of organic inclusions raises a lot of methodological issues, especially when several sources of carbon contribute to the resulting ra…
Technological and provenance insights into La Tène pottery: An analysis of the settlement assemblage from Křinec (Czech Republic)
During the Late La Tène period in the first century BC, Central Europe witnessed significant shifts in settlement structures and material culture. Understanding these changes necessitates an examination of LT D1b phase settlements, particularly in Bohemia, where such sites are rare. This study extends beyond conventional stylistic analysis of pottery, incorporating material and manufacturing perspectives to reveal production organisation, distrib…
Hrnčířské areály ve Starém Městě u Uherského Hradiště: Úvod do problematiky místní keramické produkce ve vrcholném středověku
Over the past 50 years, rescue excavations in Staré Město (Old Town) near Uherské Hradiště have unveiled several sites indicative of pottery production from the 13th to the 15th century, including numerous pottery kilns. The focus of this research project is primarily on the shifts in production technology and the sourcing of raw materials. The study has successfully documented the evolution of local ceramic production from traditional methods to…
Ceramic technology evolution at the beginning of the Roman Period: Case study of the Mlékojedy settlement site (Central Bohemia)
This exploratory archaeometric study investigates pottery from a Großromstedt culture associated with a significant migratory wave from the north into the Bohemian Basin at the transition from the Late La Tène to the Roman periods. The analysis of ceramics from the Mlékojedy settlement reveals evidence of technological discontinuity in two key chronological transitions. The first and more significant transition between the Late La Tène period and…
Pottery kiln from the second half of the 13th century in Žďár nad Sázavou – Staré Město (Czech Republic): Technological analysis of its batch
This study investigates a medieval pottery kiln and its fill excavated at a 13th-century settlement site near the Žďár Cistercian monastery. The short 30–40 year lifespan of the settlement provides valuable insight into how pottery was made and appeared in a chronologically specified timeframe of the mid-13th century. The kiln was a single-chamber type, either with an open-topped or domed superstructure with a very narrow stoking channel in terms…
Metabasite Artefacts from the Neolithic Settlement at Brno-Holásky/Tuřany Compared to the Potential Source Rocks within the Želešice Metabasite Body Based on Petrography and Mineralogy
The Želešice metabasite body served as a significant area for the exploitation of raw material for the production of polished stone tools in the Neolithic. This study is based on petrographical and mineralogical comparisons of the artefacts from the Želešice-type metabasite collected in the Neolithic settlement (and workshop) at Brno-Holásky/Tuřany with the various rock types occurring around the Želešice metabasite body. The determination of the…
Life on Pálava Hills in the Urnfield period through the perspective of a metal-detecting survey
Pálava is a complex of prominent limestone hills in South Moravia, with extensive traces of prehistoric activities. This study presents the results of a long-term metal-detecting survey of the Pálava Hills and their surroundings. It focuses on findings dated to the Bronze Age and especially to the Urnfield period with 673 from the topsoil recovered artefacts. The study monitors the functional composition of the items within the dataset, as well a…
Pottery as a witness of commercialization: The case of 9 th -century ‘Great Moravia’
Der vorliegende Artikel präsentiert eine archäologische Methode zum Nachweis marktwirtschaftlichen Austausches anhand von Keramik, die hier als typische Handelsware definiert ist. Ein Keramikkomplex aus dem großmährischen (9. Jh.) Zentralort Staré Město bei Uherské Hradiště wurde archäometrisch (XRF, Petrographie, XRD) untersucht. Das Ergebnis zeigt ein komplexes Handelsnetz zwischen dem Zentrum und Teilen des Hinterlandes. Weiterhin bestätigen d…
A unique stone mould for casting a spearhead from Morkůvky in South Moravia as an example of long-distance import in the Urnfield Period, and its technological contribution
The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of a well-preserved half of a stone mould, accidentally found in the village of Morkůvky (Břeclav District). Although it is a stray find, it is characterised by above-standard informative value from the point of view of both typology and technology, as well as in terms of raw material provenance. According to macroscopic traces and XRF–XRD analyses, bronze was poured into vertically erected halves of th…
Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Engraved Pebble From the Magdalenian Horizon of the Open-Air Site Hošťálkovice II – Hladový vrch (Czech Republic)
Provenance analysis of rock crystal artefacts from Palaeolithic sites in Moravia (East Central Europe) – a comparative extended approach
The Bohemian Massif and the Alps are regions that are generally known for their rock crystal artefacts and the study thereof. The most important archaeological findspots in the Czech Republic are the Palaeolithic sites at Nová Dědina (East Moravia) and in Žitný Cave (Moravian Karst), which yielded numerous rock crystal artefacts. The study of fluid inclusions as sensitive objects reflecting the conditions of their formation was included in the re…
Archaeometry of early medieval tuyeres questions the chronology of smelting sites in the Moravian Karst
Continuity amid transformation: An analysis of pottery production from the late La Tène to early Roman periods in Eastern Bohemia
Archaeometric Insights into Pre-pottery Neolithic Clay Technologies at Ba`ja, Jordan: Distinguishing Three Types of Clay Objects
Increasing evidence of baked clay vessels at the Final Pre-Pottery Neolithic (FPPNB) sites in Fertile Crescent has challenged the traditional distinction between the Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic periods. This study examines a significant collection of FPPNB clay artefacts from the Ba`ja site, Greater Petra Area, Southern Jordan, found during several excavation seasons, that were registered with the category of Unbaked/baked clay objects. We …
Supra-Regional Cultural Exchange in the Carpathian Bronze Age: Import of the Amphora or an Idea
Archaeology (16 works) · Geography (15 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Geology (10 works) · Pottery (10 works) · Art (8 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (7 works) · History (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (6 works)