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Southern suburb of the Great Moravian stronghold Břeclav-Pohansko : the problem of how to exactly distinguish settlement features from the so-called empty grave pits

Authors

PŘICHYSTALOVÁ Renáta URBANOVÁ Petra

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Slavia Antiqua
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Keywords Břeclav Pohansko; southern suburb; early middle ages; grave; settlement feature; empty grave pit
Description Assessing of archaeological features, such as settlement and grave pits, is traditionally a matter of careful and sometimes time-consuming examination by using comparative methods. Despite considered one of fundamentals in archaeology this approach is known to be heavily dependant on a degree of researcher's erudition and his/her subjective perception of studied issues. Therefore, as alternative, statistics-based methods were suggested as helpful assistance while dealing with unspecified features. This paper re-examines 57 unspecified features from the Southern Suburb of the Great Moravian stronghold Břeclav-Pohansko, whose purpose was previously left unresolved. In order to distinguish grave pits from settlement features we combined the traditional comparative assessment approach with computer-aided techniques featuring univariate and multivariate statistics. The comparison between the set of unspecified features and true grave pit originated from the same archaeological site was carried out on features' dimensions and orientation.
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