Neolithic Settlement Structures in Central Europe

Case Study of East Bohemia and the Morava River Catchment

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ID7750979
AuthorsFrantišek Trampota (0000-0001-8437-9246, Masaryk University, corresponding author), Petr Pajdla (0000-0001-7050-9572, Masaryk University)
Year2022
Volume49
Pages194-212
Publication date2022-12-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDocumenta Praehistorica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1408-967X • E-ISSN: 1854-2492
PublisherUniversity of Ljubljana (PUBLISHER • SI)
DOI10.4312/dp.49.15
OpenAlexW4297383500
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

The study examines the degree of similarity of Neolithic settlement structures in two geographically separated regions (eastern half of Bohemia, Morava River Basin) based on the analysis of 11 variables related to the environment and the settlement structures. The period studied corresponds to c. 4900–3400 BC. Although the results of most of the variables analysed using principal component analysis (PCA) do not show significant differences in the preference of settlement locations, the analysis of the individual variables points very clearly to major differences in settlement patterns. These are manifested in different settlement dynamics, accessibility to stone raw materials, and the spatial extent of occupation. The general conclusion is that although early agricultural societies are similar in general terms regarding the location of settlements, their individual aspects are quite different, which must have been reflected in lifestyles during the Neolithic

Archaeology · Geography · Human settlement · Principal component analysis · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Mathematics

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