New findings about the arrangement of internal buildings in La Tène quadrangular enclosures in Bohemia based on the example of the site of Markvartice, East Bohemia

Tomáš Mangel; Peter Milo; Tomáš Tencer; Tereza Jošková

doi:10.35686/AR.2020.15

Authors

Tomáš Mangel Department of Archaeology, Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, CZ-500 03 Hradec Králové III https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8298-8128
Peter Milo Department of Archaeology and Museology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Arna Nováka 1, CZ-602 00 Brno https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4625-0078
Tomáš Tencer Department of Archaeology and Museology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Arna Nováka 1, CZ-602 00 Brno https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5505-1599
Tereza Jošková Department of Archaeology, Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, CZ-500 03 Hradec Králové III

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2020.15

Keywords:

Viereckschanzen, quadrangular enclosure, La Tène period, arrangement of buildings, geophysical survey

Abstract

The article presents the results of geophysical prospection in the quadrangular enclosure of Markvartice, Jičín district, which was carried out in 2018. The obtained data resulted in new findings about the arrangement of internal buildings within sites of this kind known from the territory of Bohemia. The ascertained form of architectural arrangement of the internal space has exact analogies only in identical types of LT C2–D1 enclosures known from the territory of southern Germany. The questions of its particular form, classification possibilities and importance are discussed. The results also confirm the affiliation of the whole enclosure with La Tène sites, the so-called Viereckschanzen, which was repeatedly disputed in the past.