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Archeologové nemaj rádi, když jim někdo kope na nalezištích. Zajímá archeology, co by si mysleli příbuzní nebožtíků o jejich výkopech? My se jich taky nemůžeme zeptat, ale co by si mysleli je jasné. Asi je to v pořádku, když o tom ti příbuzní už nevědí? Je pak tedy v pořádku kopat na archeolokalitách, když o tom archeologové nevědí?
A to je ještě nefér srovnání, protože ti příbuzní mají na rozhodování o svých nebožtících mnohem větší nárok, než archeologové o věcech pod zemí, které si jen přivlastňují.
19 May 2014 Unique burial site from the Middle Ages
Categories: Finds and rescue research in the Czech Republic , Calendar
Seven years ago, archaeologists discovered a unique burial site from the Middle Ages near the Teplá Monastery in the Karlovy Vary region. In total, they uncovered two dozen graves. The dead were stacked on top of each other in what is known as the etage method of burial.
The burial site dates back to the thirteenth century and archaeologists were thrilled with the discovery. They uncovered three dozen skeletons outside the entrance to the church. It was the archaeologists, along with historians, who didn't understand why people were making it difficult to enter the church. They were digging and opening graves in front of the main gate.
Burials were done in a staged manner. "That is, individuals were buried at certain levels above each other. This was done to save space," explained archaeologist Marie Dvořáková.
This method of burial has complicated the archaeologists' work. Some of the deeper graves were dug over and the skeletons were mixed up. Therefore, archaeologists could not immediately determine on the spot whether the remains belonged to one person or several people.
The graves date from the period when the monastery began to function, i.e. the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. However, there were probably no more burials there around 1300. Such old skeleton burials are rare indeed. Radek Široký, head of the West Bohemian Institute for the Preservation and Documentation of Monuments in Pilsen, confirmed this.
Cemeteries around the church were built in the younger period as well. The discovery of graves near the Teplá Monastery is comparable to the excavations in the area of Cheb Castle in 1911.
"When we find an undisturbed grave, it is very valuable information for us. For example, it is possible to find out whether it was a man or a woman, or what diseases the person was suffering from, or whether he or she had any injuries," said Jan Šnobl, another of the specialists.
The monastery was founded in 1193 by the nobleman Hroznata. In 1232, the monastery church was consecrated by the Bishop of Prague. The first mass was also attended by the Czech King Wenceslas I. The flourishing monastery was depopulated by the plague in 1380 and then German colonists settled in the region from 1381. During the Hussite wars the monastery was spared looting and thanks to the policy of Abbot Zikmund Hausmann it experienced a period of prosperity.
Archaeological research in the monastery was carried out as part of the extensive restoration of the monument, in which the Czech Republic and the European Union invested half a billion crowns.
Sources: https://klastertepla.cz/, www.idnes.cz, www.ct24.cz, www.denik.cz
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