Od dob vynikajícího díla I. Hoddera “Symbols in Action” (1983) je i archeologům zřejmé, že symbolická hodnota věcí, které používáme, je častokrát důležitější, než hodnota praktická. Kalhoty mají funkci utilitární (chrání před chladem, kupříkladu), ale výběru konkrétních kalhot věnuje jejich nositel pěčlivou pozornost v závislosti na tom, jestli večer navštíví punkový koncert, nebo sraz tyrolských myslivců…
Two agricultural traditions in past century…
December 21st, 2019 komentáre: 0
The past century in Bohemia has been reflected mainly in the agricultural and landscape practice remnants of blanket collectivization, pokračuj / entry »
Landscape archaeology under the Mount Elbrus – two weeks of vodka, dust and prehistoric tumuli
September 18th, 2019 komentáre: 1
“Russia is like a woman. Pretty, passionate but unfathomable” (Osman M. B.)
Pavel Vařeka & his Melody Boys from Pilsen archaeological department invited me to join the Czech expedition to Caucasus sometime in October 2018 and such an offer can not be refused. We jumped there from Russian (northern) side and were focused on valleys around Mount Elbrus. Or, better to say, Karachayevsk Uni was our alma mater and healing basecamp after hangeovers for two weeks. pokračuj / entry »
naive essays of spatial archaeology 02. Night in Berlin.
August 6th, 2019 komentáre: 0
Looking at the light polution of night Berlin taken in 2016 by ISS from the Universe there are two clear spatial patterns: