PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN BOHEMIA

Archaeological excavations in the field investigate carefully selected features identified by aerial survey. Thus far, the "Prehistoric Settlement Patterns" project has concentrated on small square and circular enclosures (wide area excavations) and on extensive, closed linear formations made up of (sometimes-interrupted) single or double ditches.

Fig.1. Excavation of a tomb with a square perimeter ditch and a burial chamber in the centre. Černouček (Litoměřice district), Autumn 1997. Enlarge

Fig. 2. Field excavation along the double ditch of an extensive enclose in the cadastre of Kly (Mělník district): Autumn 1999. Enlarge