"Bell Beaker Culture in Moravia: 30 questions, 30 answers, 30 pieces of evidence"
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| Slide 22, Dvořák & Matějíčková et al, 2014 |
Hoštice-I is the largest Bell Beaker cemetery in Europe, or at least, has the most excavated individual graves at around 157 (from the paper). As you click through the Q&A slideshow, the presenters make it known that there is clear and detailed cultural continuity/contact with Beaker groups throughout the Atlantic.
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The most common Beaker graves at Hostice-I are the cist graves and mini-ditched enclosures.
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| Slide 11, Dvořák & Matějíčková et al, 2014 |
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| Slide 13, Dvořák & Matějíčková et al, 2014 |
Here's what Dvorak and Matejickova think the burial enclosures likely looked like:
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| Excerpt from Slide 14 (modified), Dvořák & Matějíčková et al, 2014 |
There was also a presentation on boar's tusk. I'm very interested in what the presenter had to say, and I'll share as soon as I get it.
Quite informative. I made a synthetic map trying to reflect the relations of this group in the wider Late Chalcolithic era: http://forwhattheywereweare.blogspot.com/2014/05/moravian-bell-beaker-in-context.html
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I always appreciate a good data map look forward to seeing it. Thanks for linking,
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