Interdisciplinární výzkum archeologických artefaktů pomocí moderních technologií

Abstract

The paper introduces results of project of interdisciplinary research of artifacts through modern technologies based on archaeometric study of Prehistoric and Middle Age pottery and on chemical analyses of soils around a deserted medieval village. Processes of production and use of the ceramic artifacts in the past society may be studied in a better way through modern archaeometric methods; chemical analyses of soils enable a non-destructive understanding of inner structure of areas of activities and components on archaeological sites. Chemical analyses of soils on the basis of phosphate analysis were applied on example of the deserted medieval village called Sloupek (Rokycany region) where it was possibleto define spatial structure of activities in terms of one farmstead on the basis of phosphate distribution and we were able to interpret processes related to abandonment of the site followed by organic remains. Archaeometric analyses of the settlement pottery from the Younger Bronze Age and Middle Age pottery from České Budějovice enabled us to understand the structure of the ceramic raw material and character of the pottery production. It is possible to take into consideration local or regional production of Middle Ageas well as Prehistoric pottery on the basis of the identified characteristics which was not related to any other production spheres.