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Abstract

Neue Perspektiven auf rechteckige
neolithische Befunde durch Artefaktanalyse, Bodenmikromorphologie und ethnohistorische Analogien. Eine
Fallstudie aus Střelice u Brna, Südmähren, Tschechien.
Die Funktion eingetiefter rechteckiger Strukturen während
des Spätneolithikums ist in Mitteleuropa seit vielen
Jahren Gegenstand von Untersuchungen. Gruben dieser
Art werden selten gefunden. Eines der jüngsten Beispiele
ist ein quadratischer Lengyel-Befund aus der Gemeinde

: The function of sunken rectangular features in
the Late Neolithic has been a subject of interest in Central
Europe for many years. This type of pit is not found very
often. One of the latest examples is a square Lengyel
feature in the village of Střelice near Brno. A study of the
microstratigraphy of the fill has made it possible to qualitatively move the debate to a new level. The qualitative
assessment of bone micro-fragments is also innovative
for the method of micromorphology in the archaeological
context. The study also includes an analysis of artefacts
in the actual fill of feature 562, especially the deposits of
fragments of “other lithic industry”, pottery and parts of an animal’s body. The discovered situation is then
interpreted in the context of other known contemporary
features of this type. The presence of excrement with
digested bone micro-fragments in the lower layer and the
absence of a floor treatment, tread horizon or bedding can
be interpreted in the context of ethnohistorical analogies,
e.  g., as the short-term use of a faecal pit for an omnivorous or carnivorous species (bear) with a subsequent
ritual ending.