scholarly journals The Subsistence Strategy of Linear Pottery Culture in Moravia (Czech Republic): Current State of Knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1473-1491
Author(s):  
Alžběta Čerevková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Plant Food ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Main Aspect ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
Subsistence Strategy ◽  
Current State

Abstract The main goal of this article is to present an overview of current knowledge about the subsistence strategy of Linear Pottery culture (LBK) in Moravia, Czech Republic. The main aspect of the subsistence strategy mentioned here will be the issue of dietary. Early Neolithic sites that in some way contributed to the knowledge about the dietary character (both meat and plant food) will be presented here. On this occasion, a case study of the Žádovice site, which belongs to the most recently analyzed settlements, will be presented. In addition, the methods used in the subsistence strategy of LBK in Moravia will be mentioned. The existing knowledge will be included in a broader settlement context and will be compared with each other. For the time being, it seems that in terms of the species spectrum of farmed animals, the area of Moravia does not differ from the situation known from Central Europe. Certain geographical differences are possible in Moravia, but this hypothesis must be verified in the future, depending on the expansion of the database. The study thus represents a springboard for further research in this area.

scholarly journals Wooden Well at the First Farmers’ Settlement Area in Uničov, Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Vostrovská ◽  
Jan Petřík ◽  
Libor Petr ◽  
Petr Kočár ◽  
Romana Kočárová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Subsistence Strategy ◽  
Open Canopy ◽  
Surrounding Landscape ◽  
Shed Light

Some of the most extraordinary finds from the Early Neolithic period are wooden wells. These constructions permit unusual insights into Neolithic settlements, their subsistence and environment, as well as into the surrounding landscape. A recent excavation of a Neo lithic settlement at Uničov in central Moravia, Czech Republic, yielded the discovery of a wooden well with a sediment infill from the beginning of the Neolithic period and allowed to study an array of topics by a multi-proxy approach using a set of complementary methods. Our study of the wooden lining demonstrates the carpeting skills of the first farmers, required also for building so-called ‘longhouses’. By comparing dendrochronological and radiocarbon dating, we estimated the time span of the well’s existence. The construction was used repeatedly over a longer time and was finally filled in intentionally. Studies of the well’s infill shed light on its usage and decline, providing a great proxy for the study of living dynamics and handling of waste in a Neolithic village. The environmental record extracted from botanical residues indicates that the immediate surroundings of the settlement were covered by an open-canopy woodland with a dominance of oak and hazel, and a large proportion of open habitats, whereas the surrounding landscape was not noticeably affected by humans. Key Words: Wooden well, past environment, subsistence strategy, Linearbandkeramik, Uničov, eastern Central Europe

scholarly journals Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Extremes in Central Europe: A Case Study in a Rural Area in the Czech Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 12758-12786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Stojanov ◽  
Barbora Duží ◽  
Tomáš Daněk ◽  
Daniel Němec ◽  
David Procházka
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Climate Extremes ◽  
The Czech Republic

scholarly journals Strongylophthalmyiidae, Tanypezidae and Megamerinidae (Diptera) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: current state of knowledge

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindřich Roháček
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Distribution Limit ◽  
Current State

Abstract A review of the occurrence of representatives of the families Strongylophthalmyiidae, Tanypezidae and Megamerinidae (Diptera) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is presented based on literary data and recently obtained records. Strongylophthalmyia pictipes Frey, 1935 (Strongylophthalmyiidae) is a new addition to the fauna of the Czech Republic. Its record from the Jizerské hory Mts is the second from Central Europe and represents a new southwestern most distribution limit of the species. Biology, distribution, faunistics in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and importance for nature conservation (with evaluation of degree of jeopardy) are discussed for all species, including also Strongylophthalmyia ustulata (Zetterstedt, 1847), Tanypeza longimana Fallén, 1820 (Tanypezidae) and Megamerina dolium (Fabricius, 1805 (Megamerinidae).

The effect of environmental variables on owl distribution in Central Europe: A case study from the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
pp. 101375
Author(s):  
Richard Ševčík ◽  
Jan Riegert ◽  
Karel Šťastný ◽  
Jan Zárybnický ◽  
Markéta Zárybnická
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
The Czech Republic

scholarly journals Can brief marking campaigns provide reliable dispersal estimates? A Nickerl’s Fritillary (Melitaea aurelia, Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) case study

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Novotný ◽  
Martin Konvička ◽  
Zdeněk Fric
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Power Function ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Flight Period ◽  
Self Similarity ◽  
Mark Recapture ◽  
Function Property ◽  
Dispersal Probability ◽  
South Moravia

Functions expressing dispersal probability decays with increasing distance are widely used in studies of animal movements. The inverse power function (IPF) exhibits the property of self-similarity, and hence should perform robustly against variation in marking efforts, allowing comparisons across studies. We investigated this function property using dispersal data of Nickerl’s fritillary (Melitaea aurelia), a little studied checkerspot butterfly which is currently expanding in Central Europe. During mark-recapture in South Moravia, Czech Republic, a single researcher worked for the entire flight period in 2005, while in 2006 five researchers worked for just 5 days. Slopes of the fitted functions did not differ between the two seasons, illustrating the robustness of the function and suggesting the possibility to obtain reliable dispersal estimates even from brief marking campaigns. For both years, it was predicted that approximately one individual per one thousand would cross 10 km distance, the maximum distance separating the most isolated colonies in the region.

scholarly journals Disability Law in the Czech Republic: A Case Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitka Sinecka
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Current State ◽  
Disability Law ◽  
Czech Society ◽  
Rights Issue

The Czech Republic has been in transition from communism to democracy since 1989. How disability has been defined and understood in Czech society is described in political, social and cultural context. The state of law and disability policy is illustrated by a case study involving a mother with a disabled son who had to be placed in an institution due to the lack of financial resources. The case is described as an insight into the current state of disability law and its interpretation in the Czech Republic. This case is examined as a human rights issue and it is argued that the transition from medical model and welfare law to a civil and human rights law, with regard to people with disabilities, has not yet been completed in the Czech Repulic.

Young Scholars Conference “Slavic World: Commonality and Diversity”. 21–22 May 2019. Session “Linguistics”

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 295-297
Author(s):  
Sergej A. Borisov
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
International Context ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Current State ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

For more than twenty years, the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences celebrates the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture with a traditional scholarly conference.”. Since 2014, it has been held in the young scholars’ format. In 2019, participants from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Togliatti, Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, and Rostov-on-Don, as well as Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania continued this tradition. A wide range of problems related to the history of the Slavic peoples from the Middle Ages to the present time in the national, regional and international context were discussed again. Participants talked about the typology of Slavic languages and dialects, linguo-geography, socio- and ethnolinguistics, analyzed formation, development, current state, and prospects of Slavic literatures, etc.

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