{"id":18610,"date":"2011-10-13T15:37:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/archeologie\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:53:08","slug":"archaeology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/collections\/archaeology\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Archaeological sub-collection<\/h2>\n

The founder of the archaeological sub-collection of the Vy\u0161kov Regional Museum is Vojt\u011bch Proch\u00e1zka, the administrator of the Regional Museum in Vy\u0161kov and the Managing Director of the State Institute of Archeology in Prague, professor at the Vy\u0161kov Secondary Grammer School. Together with another promoter of museum activities in the Vy\u0161kov Region, MUDr. Jan Zh\u00e1n\u011bl, Proch\u00e1zka led excavations at Melice Castle between 1931 and 1938, which yielded a large collection of findings that form a significant part of the sub-collection. The third important contributor was amateur archaeologist Gabriel K\u0159iv\u00e1nek, whose name is mainly associated with the findings from Markov Brickworks in Vy\u0161kov.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first inventories of these items were made by Vojt\u011bch Proch\u00e1zka. In the 1960s, the items were re-sorted and re-inventoried. Systematic formation of the sub-collection did not start until 1973 when the archaeological workplace was professionalised.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Due to its favourable geographical and climatic conditions, the region has been a popular settlement area since prehistoric times, which is reflected in the number of archaeological findings. Their occurrence increased especially at the beginning of the 21st century in relation to the construction of industrial zones and the development of the next section of the D1 motorway. The sub-collection includes a wide range of objects from the prehistoric, medieval, and modern ages, which were obtained through archaeological excavations and prospecting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The oldest period represented in the sub-collection is the Middle Palaeolithic (250,000 \u2013 40,000 BC). Chipped bone and stone tools and skeletal remains of fauna (mammoth, cave bears, rhinoceroses, reindeer) have been preserved from this era. The variability of the inventory increased with the arrival of the first farmers (Neolithic, 5,600 \u2013 4,500 BC). Clay products (ceramic vessels, sculptures, evidence of textile production \u2013 spindle whorls, weights), cut and drilled stone tools, stone grinders (for grinding grain), and the remains of clay rubble from the walls of houses (masonry) were added. Unique from this period is a vessel with a fabric impression from Lule\u010d (Linear Pottery culture). A further increase in the variety of finds occurred in connection with the spread of metals \u2013 first copper (Eneolithic; 4,500\u20132,000 BC), then bronze (Bronze Age; 2,000 \u2013 800 BC), and finally iron (Hallstatt; 800\u2013370 BC). In addition to jewellery (bracelets, hair ornaments, pendants), clothing components (belts, clasps \u2013 needles and pins), harnesses, weapons (knives, daggers, swords) and tools (sickles, ploughshares), artefacts related to metalworking (moulds \u2013 clay and stone, crucibles \u2013 metal casting pans) have been preserved. Bone ornaments and combs, shell pendants, amber beads, glass, gold and silver jewellery, building ceramics (tiles, bricks), and architectural articles are also an integral part of the collection.<\/p>\n

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Pottery vessels from Proto-\u00dan\u011btice culture graves in Otnice, the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 2nd millennium BC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A decorated antler piece from the Late Hillfort Period site in Holubice, 11th century<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A bronze dagger from the Middle Bronze Age from Drnovice, mid-2nd millennium BC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archaeological sub-collection The founder of the archaeological sub-collection of the Vy\u0161kov Regional Museum is Vojt\u011bch Proch\u00e1zka, the administrator of the Regional Museum in Vy\u0161kov and the Managing Director of the State Institute of Archeology in Prague, professor at the Vy\u0161kov Secondary Grammer School. Together with another promoter of museum activities in the Vy\u0161kov Region, MUDr. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":18613,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18610","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18710,"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18610\/revisions\/18710"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mv.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}