Ac i i ies o he Ins i u e o Classical A chaeology,
Cha les Uni e si y, 2023
RESEARCH PROJECTS
The esea ch in Bulga ia, C oa ia, F ance, No h Macedonia, Uzbekis an, and Tu key, was
pa ly unde aken wi hin he Eu opean Regional De elopmen Fund P ojec ‘C ea i i y and
Adap abili y as Condi ions o he Success o Eu ope in an In e ela ed Wo ld’ (No. CZ.02.1.0
1/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000734) and was inancially suppo ed by i .
BULGARIA
The wo -weeks season o 2023 in Yambol Dis ic ocused on a ious ac i i ies, including
documen a ion o se e al di e en assemblages. One o hem was he ma e ial om he las
yea exca a ed B onze Age bu ial mound in Mogila illage, especially he po e y inds. An-
o he la ge se o inds o documen a ion came om wo bu ial mounds da ed o he Roman
Impe ial pe iod exca a ed in 2018 by Polish Academy o Sciences also a he Mogila illage.
The wo mounds yielded abou 40 comple e and 15 agmen ed po e y essels, se e al glass
essels, and o he small inds o igina ing om nume ous g a es. Ou eam was o e ed o
join in on hei documen a ion and publica ion. The documen a ion was complemen ed by
sampling o se e al po e y and glass essels o analysis and compa ison wi h he Roman
icus a Yu a -S oyno.
The geological su ey, which s a ed in 2021, expanded in o he no he n a ea o he Yam-
bol Dis ic , ocusing on sampling clays om he Kabyle (Roman camp) hin e land. Se e al
addi ional samples we e ga he ed om he sou he n a ea o he dis ic . A his poin , we
ha e en i ely co e ed he a ea in ended o sampling and he clay samples a e cu en ly being
p epa ed o u he p ocessing and e alua ion.
Addi ionally, p elimina y obse a ion o he Roman pe iod sca e on he ields nea he
illage o Koza e o was conduc ed o e alua e i s po en ial o he nex yea (2024) in es i-
ga ion. The si e is e y ich in a ious su ace ma e ial, including p oduc ion was e, which
makes i an impo an se lemen o u he esea ch ocused on he local p oduc ion du ing
he Roman Impe ial pe iod.
The eam 2023 was composed o he membe s and s uden s o he Ins i u e o Classical
A chaeology a he Cha les Uni e si y in P ague, Do o hea Mildo á, Lukáš Cha á , and Pe a
Tušlo á; Na ional Museum in P ague, Vik o ie Čisťako a; and Regional His o ical Museum
in Yambol, Todo Valche .
CROATIA
In 2023, he Ins i u e o Classical A chaeology (ICAR), in collabo a ion wi h he A chaeological
Museum in Zag eb (AMZ), con inued i s esea ch p ojec in Lo as, Eas e n C oa ia. The o icial
pa ne ship be ween UKAR and AMZ in Lo as commenced in 2019, and a e i e success ul
yea s o collabo a ion, he 2023 season ma ked he inal phase o he p ojec . This season was
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dedica ed o ga he ing addi ional in o ma ion om key exca a ion si es ha had yielded sig-
ni ican e idence be ween 2017 and 2022. Field esea ch ocused on wo speci ic si es, namely
Ko ači and UMjes u. Alongside he exca a ions, in 2023, as udy season was conduc ed.
A Ko ači, ageophysical su ey conduc ed in 2019 iden i ied a ec angula s uc u e co -
e ing an a ea o a ound 100 m², ini ially in e p e ed as ap ehis o ic house due o he lack o
dis inc walls and aknown p ehis o ic habi a ion in he a ea. In es iga ion in 2023 in ol ed
opening a es ench (5 × 1.5 m) o explo e he wes e n edge o he s uc u e and de e mine i s
na u e. Unexpec edly, he s uc u e u ned ou o be awell -p ese ed Roman house. Al hough
his disco e y did no di ec ly imp o e ou unde s anding o p ehis o ic habi a ion a he si e,
i p o ides awelcome explana ion o he widely documen ed des uc ion in he Roman pe iod.
Meanwhile, a UMjes u, an addi ional ench was opened nex o wo p e iously explo ed
enches om 2020. P e ious exca a ions e ealed asi e da ing o a ious pe iods o he
B onze Age, including he Ea ly B onze Age (2400–2000 BC), la e Middle B onze Age (1500–
1300 BC), and ea ly La e B onze Age (1300–1100 BC). Gi en he absence o isible s a ig aphical
ela ions in ea lie enches, he objec i e o he 2023 season was o cap u e po en ial changes
by signi ican ly limi ing he exca a ion uni s bo h e ically and ho izon ally. Addi ionally,
he goal was o collec mo e samples o 14C da ing. Exca a ions con i med ea lie esul s and
enhanced hei cla i y.
The s udy season ocused on documen ing and conduc ing ap elimina y analysis o he
po e y collec ed du ing he 2017–2022 seasons. U ilizing aLase Aided P o ile , mo e han
600 indi idual diagnos ic po e y agmen s we e me iculously eco ded and subsequen ly
pho og aphed. A chaeobo anic lo a ion was also con inued. Pe e Pa úk, Ján Bobik, and Lenka
Pa oničo á pa icipa ed on he esea ch; C oa ian side was ep esen ed by Filip F anko ić.
Acomp ehensi e epo on he esul s o he 2019–2023 esea ch seasons is cu en ly in
p epa a ion.
FRANCE
A he oppidum o Bib ac e, he join eam o B no and P ague Uni e si ies concluded he ex-
ca a ion conduc ed a La Chaume sec o om 2018. Subsoil was eached in he en i e y o he
exca a ion ench b inging o ligh he ea lies aces o human p esence in his sec o o he
oppidum peak, delimi ed by an imposing di ch some ime be o e he middle o he 1
s
cen u y BC
and hen ma ked by he p esence o asanc ua y in he Roman Impe ial pe iod. While he exca-
a ions a es ed e en human ac i i y in he sho ime -span be ween illing in o he di ch and
cons uc ion o an Augus an pe iod oad, only a ew li le eloquen ea u es documen human
p esence in he p eceding pe iod. Adea h o a e ac s (and e en o ma e ial useable o C14
da ing) makes i di icul o ancho hese ea u es ch onologically, hough indi idual a e ac s
and C14 samples in seconda y deposi ion a es human p esence in he a ea a he beginning
o he La e I on Age as well as in he B onze Age, and in he Neoli hic and Mesoli hic pe iod.
ITALY, CROATIA
GA ČR P ojec N° 23‑06403S: P o enance o whi e ma ble om no he n I aly and Is ia as e idence
o in e connec ions be ween he Eas and Wes in La e An iqui y (Helena Tůmo á)
The in e disciplina y p ojec , suppo ed by he Czech Science Founda ion (g an no. 23-
06403S) explo es Ra enna’sconnec ions wi h o he Medi e anean egions especially he
Eas e n Medi e anean (Byzan ium). The objec i e is in pa icula o s udy on he basis o
a chaeome ic s udies o s one a e ac s and whi e ma bles om Ra enna and Classe he
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ques ion o how Ra enna’sconnec ions and i s edis ibu i e ole on an in e egional scale
changed om he 5 h o he beginning o he 8 h cen u y AD. In he i s yea o he h ee -yea
p ojec (2023–2025), wo a chaeological expedi ions we e ca ied ou in in e na ional collab-
o a ion wi h he Uni e si ies o Bologna and S u ga . The i s expedi ion was di ec ed o
I aly (UNESCO ci y o Ra enna and Classe) and he second o C oa ia (a chaeological si es in
Is ia). La e an ique ma ble a e ac s we e measu ed by means o in -si u, non -des uc i e
mine alogical and pe ological analyses. Labo a o y analyses we e also ca ied ou on ex-
ac ed samples o whi e ma ble. P elimina y esul s ha e been submi ed.
NORTHERN MACEDONIA
As pa o he p ojec F on ie S udies wo ield campaigns we e ca ied ou by he join Czech-
-Macedonian eams in he Lake Oh id egion in 2023. These we e supplemen ed by asepa a e
isi o he A chaeological Museum o he Republic o No h Macedonia in Skopje o he
pu pose o s udying he p e iously disco e ed ma e ial.
Fi s , he a chaeological in es iga ions by he ICAR a he G adish e Visho in Dolno
Lakoche ej, which has al eady s a ed in 2022, con inued in Ma ch and Ap il. The aim o his
exca a ion, is o gain ini ial s a ig aphic and ch onological da a on he de elopmen o hill-
op se lemen s in he egion du ing he B onze and I on ages. In 2023, asecond ench was
opened wi h he in en ion o in es iga e he a ea wi hin he (Hellenis ic) enclosu e wall in
mo e de ail. The exca a ion was supplemen ed by a ield su ey o he e aces su ounding
he o i ied a ea. In addi ion o a chaeological inds, a chaeobo anical samples (mac o e-
mains, cha coal, phy oli hs) we e aken om enches as well as soil samples o geochemical
analyses (phospha e) om he en i e a ea o he si e. Nume ous samples we e aken o AMS
da ing. Due o he poo wea he condi ions, he exca a ion had o be in e up ed and will
con inue in he nea u u e.
Secondly, geological and palaeoecological in es iga ions we e ca ied ou by he Czech
Geological Se ice (in coope a ion wi h ICAR, FoS CUNI, and LAPE in České Budejo ice) in
he egion in Sep embe . These inalised he g id o ca. 30 d ill co es (up o 15 m dep h) in
he Oh id and S uga allu ial plains, which now acili a es he econs uc ion o his o ical
landscape in e ms o lacus ine and allu ial dynamics. In addi ion, ad ill co e (up o 13 m
dep h) was aken om he we land o Belchish a in Deba ca alley o he no h o he Lake
Oh id. This is mean o p o ide he impe us o u he in es iga ing he an h opic impac
on he en i onmen and clima e. The ocus is on he impac o i on me allu gy on he local
landscape. Fu he analyses a e being ca ied ou in he labo a o ies o CGS and FoS CUNI in
P ague as well as LAPE in České Budejo ice.
Di ec ly ollowing he geological ield esea ch, he i s e iew o he ce amic inds om
he exca a ions in Lesko e s (2021) and Dolno Lakoche ej (2022–2023) was unde aken by
he new eam membe , D Tobias K ap (Swiss School o A chaeology in G eece/ESAG). The
sys ema ic s udy o he en i e ind assemblage will be he ocus o he p ojec o e he nex
ew yea s.
TURKEY
Kaymakçı
The ICAR eam con inued wo k on he LBA o i ied ci adel o Kaymakçı in cen al Wes e n
Ana olia, led by Ch. Roose el , Ch. Luke, and T. Kane (Koç Uni e si y, Is anbul). The eam
consis ed o i e people, a ge ing wo k on ce amic inds (K. Ja ošo á, A. Pe e ko á, and
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P.Pa úk), digi al eco ding and zoomo phic a achmen s on he po e y (J. Bobik), as well as
g inding s ones (K. Doležalo á). In all ins ances, he Lase Aided P o ile (LAP) was used o
documen a ion.
The 2023 season was as udy season, wi h he aim o inalize ce amic eco ding o he
exca a ion a ea 99.526. A en ion con inued o be paid o he,MBA inds, especially hose
exca a ed in a eas 93.523 and 109.523. I has been clea o along ime ha he e mus ha e
been also an,MBA occupa ion on he si e, bu i was only in ecen yea s, ha ac ual s a i ied
con ex s ha e been unco e ed. De ailed pho og aphs o he ab ic and su ace ea men we e
aken. In asepa a e s ep, all zoomo phic plas ic deco a ions on po e y known so a om
Kaymakçı, comp ising cu en ly 79 ca alogue en ies, we e examined anew and ho oughly
documen ed, e ising he al eady exis ing da a and iden i ying new agmen s. Spa ial anal-
ysis and s udy o hei agmen a ion was also conduc ed.
The s udy o c. 300 g inding s ones concen a ed on he p oduc ion aces, use -wea and
spa ial analysis, inco po a ing s udy o use and e use pa e ns. Fo he use -wea analysis,
nine een g inding s ones we e selec ed and in es iga ed mac oscopically and hen using
as e eomic oscope. Fo u he in o ma ion, see below in epo by K. Doležalo á.
In close collabo a ion wi h o he membe s o he Kaymakçı A chaeological P ojec i is
possible now o be e unde s and he occupa ional sequence, i s ela i e and absolu e da ing,
as well as complex deposi ional and e osional p ocesses on he si e.
SIDEROS. TECHNOLOGY IN PRE ‑CLASSICAL GREECE.
The p ojec aims o econs uc ea ly i on echnology and i s socio -cul u al condi ions and e-
qui emen s in he Aegean om he P o ogeome ic o La e A chaic pe iods using he example
o ancien Ionia. Ha ing inalised he s udy o he da ase om he sanc ua y in Didyma and
he se lemen s Clazomenai and Old -Smy na/Bay aklı, we con inued in 2023 wi h a chaeolog-
ical and a chaeome allu gical in es iga ions on i on objec s ( ools and a chi ec u al i ings)
om he exca a ed se lemen con ex s a Kalabak epe in Mile us. The in es iga ions we e
ecen ly ex ended o include coope a ion wi h he esea ch p ojec o he Ge man A chae-
ological Ins i u e on he island o Samos (D Jan -Ma c Henke), whe e he me al inds (i on,
coppe -alloys, p ecious me als) om he exca a ions a he si e o he He a al a (2010–2013)
a e being examined. The employed analy ical me hods include me allog aphy, mic o -ha dness
measu emen , SEM -EDX, and XRD.
In addi ion o in es iga ions in G eece and Tu key, he p ojec also ocused on a chaeologi-
cal objec s in he collec ions o Eu opean museums. This allows in asi e analyses o be ca ied
ou e en when his is a ely possible in he coun y o o igin, due o he cu en legisla ion
ega ding he p o ec ion o a chaeological inds. Las yea ’sin es iga ions concen a ed on
he inds om he P o ogeome ic bu ials in Asa lik/Bod um, Tu key, nowadays in he B i -
ish Museum in London. The main aim o he in es iga ions is o supplemen he da ase on
ea ly i on echnology (i.e. smi hing echniques, hea ea men , ma e ial composi ion). The
a o emen ioned objec s ep esen he ea lies i on objec s om he egion.
TRACES OF COPPER ‑ZINC ALLOYS IN URARTU: UNKNOWN HISTORY OF METALS IN
ANATOLIA
In 2023, he in e disciplina y p ojec , suppo ed by he Cha les Uni e si y PRIMUS unding
(g an no. PRIMUS/22/HUM/14), con inued i s in es iga ions o Middle I on Age (9 h–7 h cen-
u y BC) U a ian kingdom me alwo king p ac ices. PI (Ümi Güde ) and he esea ch eam
209ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, CHARLES UNIVERSITY, 2023
(Ma ek Ve čík, Zuzana Jam icho á K ou ilo á, Ma ej Lelo ič, Ma ké a Šmolko á) conduc ed
esea ch o examine he me al objec s and p oduc ion esidues om a ious U a ian si es,
including Ça us epe, a o i ied palace complex, nec opolis o he same si e and a ious
na ional and egional museum collec ions (e.g. Rezan Has Museum in Is anbul). The s udies
ocused on he u iliza ion o b ass and i s po en ial associa ions wi h social s a us.
The p ojec has yielded p omising ini ial indings, including he disco e y o b ass in i e
jewelle y pieces and gunme al (acoppe , zinc, and in alloy) in ou een bel s. No ably, gun-
me al appea s in speci ic bel g oups wi h simila deco a i e elemen s, sugges ing po en ial
s anda diza ion. Some o hese indings we e sha ed in aJAS: Repo s a icle (2023, 48/2) and
con e ence p esen a ions.
UZBEKISTAN
In Uzbekis an, ou la ge eam con inued o wo k on se e al in e ela ed p ojec s. Indi idual
eams we e again wo king in collabo a ion wi h colleagues om Te mez S a e Uni e si y du -
ing bo h he sp ing and ea ly all esea ch seasons. In addi ion o esea ch ac i i ies, we ha e
also been in ol ed in p esen ing he esul s o esea ch o e he las en yea s in he o m o
an exhibi ion opened in he sp ing in Tashken and hen in Sep embe in Te mez (see below).
Iskanda Tepa
The esea ch a he Iskanda Tepa si e in he She abad Dis ic was acon inua ion o he
ac i i ies o he p e ious wo yea s. We con inued o unco e selec ed g a e con ex s da ing
back o he u n o he e as. The g a es had been pa ially dis u bed by he loo e s, ye he
esea ch yielded much in o ma ion abou bu ial p ac ices and g a e goods. Fo example, he
placemen o lamps in g a es was anew inding.
O he ac i i ies aimed a gaining knowledge impo an o econs uc ing he his o ic
landscape and s udying he in e ac ion be ween man and he en i onmen in he p ehis o ic
o medie al pe iod, wi h a ocus on he wide She abad Ri e alley and i s ibu a ies. These
in es iga ions we e ca ied ou in coope a ion wi h Masa yk Uni e si y.
The hi d pa o he ac i i ies was di ec ed owa ds amo e de ailed unde s anding o o he
pa s o he Loylagan alley, mainly in he de ec ion o o he se lemen s and bu ial si es and
ade ailed p ospec ion o he Zindon Tepa si e, da ing o he Hellenis ic pe iod. O he new
disco e ies, he La e An ique o nea he illage o Khamkan is pa icula ly no ewo hy.
Kulal Tepa– Ru al li e in achanging wo ld: new ligh on economic de elopmen and inequali y
in Cen al Asia unde he Kushan Empi e
In 2023, his new p ojec was ini ia ed, suppo ed by he PRIMUS p og amme a Cha les
Uni e si y (PRIMUS/23/HUM/013), which in es iga es he scope and ca alys s o economic
de elopmen in u al no he n Bac ia du ing he Kushan pe iod (1
s
–3
d
cen u ies AD). The PI
(Lau en Mo is), esea ch eam (Jakub Ha lík, Elena Pa alo o, Ján Bobik, and Jana Ma zne o á),
and u he s uden s om Cha les Uni e si y unde ook apilo season o ieldwo k a he
small se lemen o Kulal Tepa in She abad Dis ic . This i s season o exca a ions combined
wi h in ensi e su ace su ey sugges apa icula densi y o land use in he an ique pe iod,
wi h alas majo occupa ion phase in ca. 3
d
/4
h
cen u ies AD, ep esen ed by awell -p ese ed,
eli e esiden ial building complex. Fieldwo k will con inue in sp ing and au umn 2024.

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STUDENT GRANT PROJECTS
Blackboa d classical an iqui y. Elemen a y and high school pupils’ pe spec i e on classical an iqui y
and i s p esen a ion in schools and museums (J. S ejskalo á)
This p ojec suppo ed by he Cha les Uni e si y G an Agency aims o elucida e he ela-
ionship be ween pupils and classical an iqui y in he Czech Republic. The goal is o ind ou
mo e abou wha elemen a y and high school pupils hink abou classical an iqui y, whe he
hey belie e his knowledge is impo an and bene icial o he p esen socie y o whe he
hey see he con ex wi h he p esen . Resul s om he su ey -ques ionnai e om he i s
yea o he p ojec we e published as achap e wi h he i le Co na o žáci? Pos oje žáků kan ice
ajejí ýuce (Wha Do Pupils Think abou I ? Pupil’sPe spec i es owa ds Classical An iqui y and I s
P esen a ion in Schools) in Uči elé aa cheologie in 2023. Du ing he hi d yea o his p ojec
(2023), in e iews wi h museum educa o s om he Uni ed Kingdom and he Uni ed S a es o
Ame ica we e conduc ed. These in e iews ocused on he expe ience o museum educa o s
wi h pupils in exhibi ions p esen ing ancien G eece and Rome. Mo eo e , educa ional p o-
g ams in he Fi zwilliam Museum in Camb idge, Me opoli an Museum o A in New Yo k
and Penn Museum in Philadelphia we e obse ed. These obse a ions will be summa ised
oge he wi h o he esul s o his p ojec in ahandbook, which can be used by eache s, mu-
seum educa o s o o he p o essionals o ganising e en s o pupils.
Comp ehensi e s udy o g inding s ones om he B onze Age si e Kaymakçı (K. Doležalo á)
This ending wo -yea p ojec has ocused on he s udy o g inding s ones ound a he
B onze Age se lemen Kaymakçı loca ed in cen al wes e n Tu key. The aim was o unde -
s and he p ocesses connec ed o hese a e ac s h ough acomp ehensi e s udy in ol ing
mo phome ic, use -wea , spa ial and aw ma e ial analyses. Since las yea , an expe imen al
p og amme has con inued wi hin he p ojec o c ea e a e e ence collec ion o wea aces
om g inding o a ious subs ances in coope a ion wi h Ja osla Řídký and Daniel Pilař om
he A chaeological Ins i u e o he Czech Academy o Sciences. The esul s om he expe i-
men s we e hen published as an a icle ‘Rhyoli e g inding -milling ools in ocus: Assessing
kinema ics wi h he help o use -wea analysis’, in he A cheologické ozhledy jou nal. Du ing
he ield season 2023, he p ocessing o he assemblage inco po a ing 300 g inding s ones
was inalized wi h help o he co - esea che Ján Bobik. This yea he s udy concen a ed on
he p oduc ion aces, use pa e ns, and con ex ual analysis. The impo an indings we e
in oduced in he o m o p esen a ion ‘Volcanic ocks in ocus: Li e his o ies o g inding
s ones om he B onze Age si e Kaymakçı’, a he 4 h Mee ing o he Associa ion o G ound
S one Tools Resea ch held in Pa is on 26 h–28 h o Ap il 2023.
This p ojec suppo ed by he Cha les Uni e si y G an Agency shed anew ligh on he
B onze Age g inding s ones. The s udy e ealed he aspec s o challenging aw ma e ial ans-
po , skil ul p oduc ion, and inno a i e ways o e gonomic adjus men s. Fu he mo e, he
esul s also con i m he special posi ion o Kaymakçı as an inland si e wi h wide connec ions
o he coas al a ea.
F om he A abs o Genghis Khan– ch onology and ypology o he High Medie al po e y in he
moun ain and oo hill a eas o Su khanda ya, sou he n Uzbekis an (L. Damašek)
A h ee -yea p ojec ounded by Cha les Uni e si y G an Agency (p ojec no. 106222). I s
b oade goal is o gain abe e unde s anding o High medie al pe iod in Tokha is an (Uzbeki-
s an– Cen al Asia). Mo e speci ically, i ocuses on unde s anding ch onology and ypology o
po e y in he egion o Kugi ang piedmon s. In 2023 exca a ion o he si e o Sabi A ča was
211ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, CHARLES UNIVERSITY, 2023
conduc ed. The si e is loca ed on wes e n ou ski s o he mode n illage/oasis Cha ak (She -
obod Dis ic , Su xonda yo P o ince). The si e is loca ed a he en ance o amoun ain go ge
ha connec s eas e n and wes e n side o he Kugi ang and Susis ag moun ain anges. P io
o he 2023 exca a ion, asu ace su ey was conduc ed a he si e by he Czech-Uzbekis ani
a chaeological mission and po e y om Ea ly and High Medie al pe iod was eco e ed. The
si e is composed o wo mounds and adep ession be ween hem. As a ig aphic ench was
placed on he wes e n edge o he eas e n mound ( ell). Bed ock was eached only in alimi ed
pa o he ench. The majo i y o he ench emained only pa ially exca a ed due o ime
limi a ions. As in he case o Lungi Tepa (exca a ed in 2019 and 2021) he ell mound was used
as abu ial si e a e he demise o he se lemen . Thus, eigh g a es we e unco e ed benea h
he su ace laye s. Fou o he g a es we e exca a ed en i ely while h ee we e unco e ed
pa ially ( hey go beyond he ench bounda ies) and in one case jus apa o g a e pi was
unco e ed. The bu ial g ound was ollowed by a leas wo phases o se lemen . These phases
belong o Ea ly Medie al (5 h–8 h cen u y AD) and High Medie al (8 h–13 h cen u y AD) pe i-
ods. La e phase o he se lemen was dis u bed by he g a es and no many ea u es we e
p ese ed. Ne e heless, amudb ick wall and as one s uc u e we e de ec ed. An ea lie
phase o se lemen was ep esen ed by a ec angula building, which occupied majo pa
o he whole ench. No asingle wall was unco e ed in i s en i e y, so he o al dimensions
o he building a e unknown. The pe ime e walls we e made o ammed clay (pakhsa) and
he in e io was di ided in o small chambe s (1.7 × 0.8 m) by mudb ick pa i ions. A leas
wo phases o his building we e de ec ed. The small chambe s in he in e io o he building
we e ich in Ea ly Medie al pe iod inds (po e y, bone, glass, and me al). Alow wall (a ound
80 cm) composed o huge boulde s was de ec ed in he wes e n mos pa o he ench; wi h
ahigh p obabili y i enclosed he whole se lemen .
P ejudice in a chaeology. Towa ds anew unde s anding o he phenomenon o p ejudice ela ed o
he on ological u n (S. Ho áček)
In he p eceding yea 2023, Johana Tlus á (ICAR), Filip Timinge iu (Philosophy, FHS UK),
H yho ii Maliuko (Sociology, FF UK) alongside he PI S anisla Ho áček (ICAR), success ully
comple ed a esea ch p ojec , which was unded by he Cha les Uni e si y’sSTART P og amme.
This esea ch endea ou was oo ed in con empo a y on ological a chaeological app oaches,
in e oga ing he e icacy o Ca esian subs an i e on ology in elucida ing he in icacies
o he ma e ial wo ld. Mo e speci ically, ou ocus cen ed on he phenomenon o p ejudice,
app oached and analysed h ough he lens o in e p e a i e phenomenological esea ch me h-
odologies. We we e able o answe he ques ions posed and unco e he on ological meaning
o he phenomenon, wi h he pa icipa ion o 15 esponden s engaged in semi -s uc u ed
in e iews and ocus g oups. The esea ch scope also encompassed obse a ions de i ed
om ieldwo k conduc ed in C oa ia and Is ael, con ibu ing o he a ainmen o esponden
sa u a ion equisi e o phenomenological in es iga ions. No ably, ou esponden s we e
geog aphically di e se, ep esen ing p o essional a chaeologis s om he Czech Republic,
Ge many, C oa ia, and Aus ia, he eby a o ding ou esea ch an in e na ional pe spec i e.
The ansdisciplina y collabo a ion wi hin ou eam p o ed ui ul, esul ing in p oduc ion
o ou dis inc ou pu s ( wo a icles, one con e ence pape and an audio isual manual).
Red Sea T ade Ne wo ks Analysis (3 d c. BC– 1s c. AD): E alua ion o impo and expo in Red Sea
po s in an iqui y (J. Kocna)
By he end o 2023 mos o he p ojec ’sp ima y endea ou s, such as da a assembling
and hei subsequen analyses, came o aclose. To success ully achie e his s age, Jan Kocna
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a ended ahand ul o in e na ional con e ences, o hei online endi ions (including he
56 h Semina o A abian S udies held in Aa hus, Denma k), and inspec ed some o he mos
impo an collec ions conce ning ele an ma e ial assemblages dispe sed a ound Eu ope,
including he B i ish Museum’sAncien Sou h A abian galle y.
THE MAIN PUBLICATIONS OF THE ICAR AND ITS MEMBERS ISSUED
DURING THE YEAR 2023
MONOGRAPHS
Tůmo á, H.– Vacino á, L. eds.: Oz ěny an iky s dci E opy. P aha. 333 p.ISBN978-80-7671-
063-4 (p in ), 978-80-7671-064-1 (open access)
The book e -assesses ancien inspi a ions and e lec ions o G eek and Roman isual a s in
he Czech cul u al milieu om he Middle Ages o he Mode n pe iod. Ele en au ho s discuss
in en chap e s signi ican examples, especially in e ms o he luc ua ions in he pe cep ion
o Classical An iqui y o e ime, he pa icula ways ancien he i age was ans o med ac oss
a ious gen es and ages, bu also in he e ms o assigning new meanings o classical o ms.
Tušlo á, P.: The Yu a ‑S oyno A chaeological P ojec . The Po e y S udies. S udia He cynia Mon-
og aphs 3. P aha. 238 p.ISBN978-80-7671-110-5 (p in ), 978-80-7671-111-2 (pd )
The book is asecond olume o he inal s udies ela ed o he Yu a -S oyno A chaeolog-
ical P ojec , which in es iga ed aRoman u al se lemen loca ed along he middle s eam
o he Tundzha Ri e in sou h -eas e n Bulga ia ( he Roman p o ince o Th ace). I is ully
ocused on he po e y ma e ial ound du ing he exca a ion and su ace su ey, mos ly da ed
o he Roman Impe ial pe iod, wi h only ew agmen s om he La e An iqui y. The po e y
assemblage is di ided in o he classi ica ion o he locally p oduced po e y and iden i ica-
ion, classi ica ion, and in e p e a ion o he impo – mos ly ine able wa e and anspo
ampho ae– which is, howe e , highly unde ep esen ed a he se lemen .
EDITED VOLUMES
A.L. D’Aga a– P.Pa úk (eds.): The Lady o Po e y. Ce amic S udies P esen ed o Penelope  A. Moun ‑
joy in Acknowledgemen o He Ou s anding Schola ship. S udi micenei ed egeo -ana olici NS,
Supplemen o 3. Roma. 225 pp. ISBN978-88-5491-379-0
Penelope Moun joy is acen al igu e o he s udy o Mycenaean deco a ed po e y, asub-
ield o he Aegean B onze Age a chaeology on i s own, which she ounded anew h ough many
yea s o igo ous and pa ien s udy o housands o essels and agmen s. The ele en essays
in his olume pay ibu e o he wo k by ackling opics whose i s ho ough in es iga ion
we owe o he bu also highligh ing new ones. They ange om Ea ly Mycenaean po e y,
in e connec ion wi h he Minoan p oduc ion, h ough pic o ial s yle, o egional s udies on
Eas e n Aegean, Wes e n Ana olia and Cyp us.
STUDIA HERCYNIA
Two hema ic olumes o S udia He cynia we e published in 2023. Volume 2023/1 ep esen s
he p oceedings o he 4
h
mee ing o he Hellenis ic Cen al Asia Resea ch Ne wo k wi h
he i le ‘Ri ual Ma e s. A chaeology and Religion in Ancien Cen al Asia’. The nine pape s
213ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, CHARLES UNIVERSITY, 2023
con ained in hese p oceedings co e a ious aspec s o Cen al Asian eligiosi y be ween
he Achaemenid and Kushan pe iod, app oaching he opic om a chaeological, his o ical,
linguis ic, and b oadly epis emological poin s o iew. Volume 2023/2 on he o he hand
assembled a ious pape s on Eu opean I on Age. Apa om se e al a e ac and bu ial
s udies o he ea ly and middle La Tène pe iod, he e is also one s udy on po e y p oduc ion
in p e -Roman I aly, one on la e La Tène numisma ics, and a ema kable pape on he his o y
o esea ch in he La Tène a chaeology p esen ing con ac s be ween wo key igu es o he
discipline– Joseph Déchele e and J.L. Píč
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Balduzzi, E.– Ba aglia, M.– Bossolino, I.– Pa alo o, E.– Pola, A.– Rondini, P.– Zamboni, L.:
L’abi a o di Pian del Mon e aVe ucchio. Il p oge o dell’Uni e si à di Pa ia e una e isione dei
ma e iali dalle indagini degli anni se an a. In: A. Pozzi– E. Rod iguez– P.Rondini– T. T oc-
chi– L. Zamboni (eds.): Isegni dell’abi a e. Ve ucchio e il popolamen o della Valle del Ma ecchia.
Bologna, 221–256.
Damašek, L.– Pilař, D.– Ke és, S.– Shaydullae , Sh.: A chaeological exca a ions a Lungi Tepa,
sou h Uzbekis an. Repo o Season 2021. S udia He cynia 27/2, 145–175.
Demján, P.– Pa úk, P.– Roose el , Ch.H.: Lase -Aided P o ile Measu emen and Clus e Anal-
ysis o Ce amic Shapes. Jou nal o Field A chaeology 48/1, 1–18.
Doležalo á, K.– Řídký, J.– Pilař, D.: Rhyoli e g inding -milling ools in ocus. Assessing kine-
ma ics wi h he help o use -wea analysis. A cheologické Rozhledy 75/2, 109–131.
Goláňo á, P.– Kysela, J.– Smělý, T.: And besides Němčice…? All we (don’ ) know abou Mo a ia
and Bohemia in he 3 d and 2nd cen u ies BC.In: Alcan a, A.– File , C.– Hi ia , E.e al. (eds.):
Les agglomé a ions dans le monde cel ique e ses ma ges. Nou elles app oches e pe spec i es de
eche che. Bo deaux, 365–380.
Goláňo á, P.– Kysela, J.: 10. Quan i ica ion o he inds and deposi ion analysis. In: P.Goláňo á
(ed.): Oppidum as an u ban landscape. Amul idisciplina y app oach o he s udy o space o ganisa‑
ion a Bib ac e. Glux -en -Glenne, 287–292.
Güde , Ü.– Özdemi , A.– Ve čík, M.: B ass me allu gy in U a u: Recen e idence om
eas e n Ana olia. Jou nal o A chaeological Science 2023/48, 103897. h ps://doi.o g/10.1016/j.
jas ep.2023.103898
Güde , Ü.– Red o d, S.: An A chaeome allu gical S udy o Medie al Kni es om Kine Höyük,
Tu key. Me alla 27/1, 39–54. h ps://doi.o g/10.46586/me alla. 27.2023.i1.39-54
Ha lík, J.– Dědko á, V.– Toshaliye , K.: Ku gans o he Eas e n Kugi ang piedmon s. P e-
limina y epo on an a chaeological su ace su ey in he 2022 season. S udia He cynia 27/1,
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THESES DEFENDED IN 2023
M.A. THESES
Ján Bobik: Zoomo phic appliques on Wes e n Ana olian po e y in he second millennium BCE in
awide geog aphical and cul u al con ex .
K is ina Doležalo á: The ale o olcanic ocks. Assessing he g inding s ones and hei chaîne
opé a oi e in 2nd millennium Wes e n Ana olia.