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Fortified settlements or ceremonial sites: new evidence from Bylany, Czechoslovakia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. S. Midgley ,
I. Pavlů ,
J. Rulf  and
M. Zápotocká
M. S. Midgley
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, Department of Archaeology, 16–20 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
I. Pavlů
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Malá Strana, Letenská 4, 118 01 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia
J. Rulf
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Malá Strana, Letenská 4, 118 01 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia
M. Zápotocká
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Malá Strana, Letenská 4, 118 01 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia
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Recent work at the important Neolithic site of Bylany (Czechoslovakia) has shifted from the large-scale open-area excavations of the 1960s to intensive field survey and selective excavation. The 1991 investigation concentrated on the so-called ‘Rondel’, a multivallate enclosure with entrances at the cardinal points. Analysis of the internal structures revealed suggests that the main function of these features was ceremonial.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 254 , March 1993 , pp. 91 - 96
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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