Martin Kuna
Biographic Data
| ID | 264266 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Kuna |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuna |
| SIGNATURE | KUNA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Prague |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9244-8387 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Waste Management and Waste Disposal Detected by Combination of Analytical Methods: Late Bronze Age Březnice Settlement Site (South Bohemia)
Waste disposal processes and landfill management are crucial subjects in the field of settlement archaeology. Our study is focused on understanding the processes that are connected to the formation of the infills of settlement features and the recycling of the building materials (daub and wood) and waste management. These research questions are addressed through the analysis of plant macroremains, charcoals, phytoliths, starch, micromorphology, p…
Prehistoric location preferences: An application of GIS to the Vinořský potok project, Bohemia, the Czech Republic
The authors want to test the hypothesis of non-random location preferences in individual archaeological periods in relation to several geomorphological characteristics of the landscape. If this hypothesis is correct, the locational preferences could be seen as displaying important aspects of past human behaviour with wider economic, social and symbolic implications. Also, we test the potential of GIS (PC ARC/INFO) for this kind of problem and pro…
Computing and testing extensive total viewsheds: A case of prehistoric burial mounds in Bohemia
Deposition analysis and the hidden life of Bronze Age houses
This paper deals with the application of deposition analysis to an unusual type of features in the Late Bronze Age settlements in Central Europe. These are long narrow trenches (referred to as ‘long pits’ in this text) with characteristic standard form and alignment, as well as find contents, including high amounts of secondary-burned pottery fragments. In the context of prehistoric research, these features represent a relatively new phenomenon t…
Taming the Beast. Approaches to Digital Archiving in Czech Archaeology
As in other countries, Czech archaeology has embarked on a journey of digitisation. This creates the need to cope with the rapid growth of digital data, which must be stored securely over the long term and be accessible in a comprehensible and useful way. This causes several problems. Although there is a centralised and well-resourced digital agenda that meets the requirements of the Heritage Law, outdated legislation and the absence of comprehen…
A quantitative approach to magnetometer survey data: The case of the Late Bronze Age site of Březnice
This paper summarizes the extensive magnetometer survey (over 17 ha) of an important archaeological site in South Bohemia (Czechia). The Late Bronze Age settlement of Březnice has become known for a large amount of specific and at first enigmatic features: trenches, rich in burnt material and structured depositions of finds. Apart from processing by usual methods, magnetometer data has been handled in a less common way in terms of its informative…
Tkalcovská závaží nebo podstavce pod rožně: Hliněná závaží ze sídelního areálu z mladší doby bronzové u Březnice (okr. Tábor) z pohledu archeologie a archeobotaniky
Mezi většinou opomíjené artefakty, běžně nacházené na pravěkých sídlištích, patří hliněná závaží. Jejich podrobná analýza přitom může přispět k řešení mnoha důležitých otázek, jakými jsou technologie výroby keramiky a textilu, zacházení s odpadem, depoziční a postdepoziční procesy apod. Soubor závaží, který umožňuje položení takových otázek, pochází ze sídliště z mladší doby bronzové, zkoumaném v l. 2005–2009 v jihočeské Březnici. Ve dvou specifi…
Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic. Current state and future visions of virtual research tools in the Czech Republic
The Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic (AMCR) project will soon be finished and one chapter of building digital infrastructures in the Czech Republic will be closed. It is a natural occasion to evaluate national state-of-the-art in dealing with Digital Culture Heritage, particularly archaeological data. It is a also good time to summarise our knowledge about using digital tools and to outline prospects of development for the coming years. W…
Intransigent archaeology. An interview with Evžen Neustupný on his life in archaeology
An interview with Evžen Neustupný opens up a range of issues regarding the theory and history of archaeology and its development in Central Europe. His view of the discipline differs in many ways from that of current global trends. His 'artefact archaeology' inverts the concept of adaptation and highlights the role of artefacts in the creation of the human world. The interview also shows that post-war archaeology even to the east of the Iron Curt…
Charcoal analyses as an environmental tool for the study of Early Medieval sunken houses infills in Roztoky near Prague, Czech Republic
The structuring of prehistoric landscape
Some recent archaeological landscape projects in Czechoslovakia have found a theoretical background within the concept of 'community areas'. According to this concept prehistoric populations are approached as divided into communities. Each community is supposed to have shared a common territory within which most of its activities were concentrated. The community area consisted of several sub-areas (e.g. habitation areas, specific production areas…
Charcoal analyses as an environmental tool for the study of Early Medieval sunken houses infills in Roztoky near Prague, Czech Republic
Computing and testing extensive total viewsheds: A case of prehistoric burial mounds in Bohemia
A quantitative approach to magnetometer survey data: The case of the Late Bronze Age site of Březnice
This paper summarizes the extensive magnetometer survey (over 17 ha) of an important archaeological site in South Bohemia (Czechia). The Late Bronze Age settlement of Březnice has become known for a large amount of specific and at first enigmatic features: trenches, rich in burnt material and structured depositions of finds. Apart from processing by usual methods, magnetometer data has been handled in a less common way in terms of its informative…
Deposition analysis and the hidden life of Bronze Age houses
This paper deals with the application of deposition analysis to an unusual type of features in the Late Bronze Age settlements in Central Europe. These are long narrow trenches (referred to as ‘long pits’ in this text) with characteristic standard form and alignment, as well as find contents, including high amounts of secondary-burned pottery fragments. In the context of prehistoric research, these features represent a relatively new phenomenon t…
The structuring of prehistoric landscape
Some recent archaeological landscape projects in Czechoslovakia have found a theoretical background within the concept of 'community areas'. According to this concept prehistoric populations are approached as divided into communities. Each community is supposed to have shared a common territory within which most of its activities were concentrated. The community area consisted of several sub-areas (e.g. habitation areas, specific production areas…
The structuring of prehistoric landscape
Some recent archaeological landscape projects in Czechoslovakia have found a theoretical background within the concept of 'community areas'. According to this concept prehistoric populations are approached as divided into communities. Each community is supposed to have shared a common territory within which most of its activities were concentrated. The community area consisted of several sub-areas (e.g. habitation areas, specific production areas…
Charcoal analyses as an environmental tool for the study of Early Medieval sunken houses infills in Roztoky near Prague, Czech Republic
Intransigent archaeology. An interview with Evžen Neustupný on his life in archaeology
An interview with Evžen Neustupný opens up a range of issues regarding the theory and history of archaeology and its development in Central Europe. His view of the discipline differs in many ways from that of current global trends. His 'artefact archaeology' inverts the concept of adaptation and highlights the role of artefacts in the creation of the human world. The interview also shows that post-war archaeology even to the east of the Iron Curt…
Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic. Current state and future visions of virtual research tools in the Czech Republic
The Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic (AMCR) project will soon be finished and one chapter of building digital infrastructures in the Czech Republic will be closed. It is a natural occasion to evaluate national state-of-the-art in dealing with Digital Culture Heritage, particularly archaeological data. It is a also good time to summarise our knowledge about using digital tools and to outline prospects of development for the coming years. W…
Tkalcovská závaží nebo podstavce pod rožně: Hliněná závaží ze sídelního areálu z mladší doby bronzové u Březnice (okr. Tábor) z pohledu archeologie a archeobotaniky
Mezi většinou opomíjené artefakty, běžně nacházené na pravěkých sídlištích, patří hliněná závaží. Jejich podrobná analýza přitom může přispět k řešení mnoha důležitých otázek, jakými jsou technologie výroby keramiky a textilu, zacházení s odpadem, depoziční a postdepoziční procesy apod. Soubor závaží, který umožňuje položení takových otázek, pochází ze sídliště z mladší doby bronzové, zkoumaném v l. 2005–2009 v jihočeské Březnici. Ve dvou specifi…
Taming the Beast. Approaches to Digital Archiving in Czech Archaeology
As in other countries, Czech archaeology has embarked on a journey of digitisation. This creates the need to cope with the rapid growth of digital data, which must be stored securely over the long term and be accessible in a comprehensible and useful way. This causes several problems. Although there is a centralised and well-resourced digital agenda that meets the requirements of the Heritage Law, outdated legislation and the absence of comprehen…
A quantitative approach to magnetometer survey data: The case of the Late Bronze Age site of Březnice
This paper summarizes the extensive magnetometer survey (over 17 ha) of an important archaeological site in South Bohemia (Czechia). The Late Bronze Age settlement of Březnice has become known for a large amount of specific and at first enigmatic features: trenches, rich in burnt material and structured depositions of finds. Apart from processing by usual methods, magnetometer data has been handled in a less common way in terms of its informative…
Prehistoric location preferences: An application of GIS to the Vinořský potok project, Bohemia, the Czech Republic
The authors want to test the hypothesis of non-random location preferences in individual archaeological periods in relation to several geomorphological characteristics of the landscape. If this hypothesis is correct, the locational preferences could be seen as displaying important aspects of past human behaviour with wider economic, social and symbolic implications. Also, we test the potential of GIS (PC ARC/INFO) for this kind of problem and pro…
Computing and testing extensive total viewsheds: A case of prehistoric burial mounds in Bohemia
Deposition analysis and the hidden life of Bronze Age houses
This paper deals with the application of deposition analysis to an unusual type of features in the Late Bronze Age settlements in Central Europe. These are long narrow trenches (referred to as ‘long pits’ in this text) with characteristic standard form and alignment, as well as find contents, including high amounts of secondary-burned pottery fragments. In the context of prehistoric research, these features represent a relatively new phenomenon t…
Waste Management and Waste Disposal Detected by Combination of Analytical Methods: Late Bronze Age Březnice Settlement Site (South Bohemia)
Waste disposal processes and landfill management are crucial subjects in the field of settlement archaeology. Our study is focused on understanding the processes that are connected to the formation of the infills of settlement features and the recycling of the building materials (daub and wood) and waste management. These research questions are addressed through the analysis of plant macroremains, charcoals, phytoliths, starch, micromorphology, p…
Archaeology (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · History (6 works) · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction (5 works) · Prehistory (5 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Czech (4 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (4 works) · History (4 works)