Novověký vojenský tábor jako archeologická lokalita. Výzkum polního ležení v Semonicích u Jaroměře (okr. Náchod) / An Early Modern military camp as an archaeological site. The excavation of the field camp in Jaroměř–Semonice (northeast Bohemia)

Abstract

The study addresses the archaeological excavation of the military field camp of the Prussian or Austrian army from 1745, 1758 or 1778. Features with a burnt layer, apparently field kitchens, and other features that probably served as dwellings were documented at the site uncovered during the construction of the motorway in northeast Bohemia. The burial of a man was found in the ditch that was part of camp fortifications. The find assemblage is composed primarily of items that can be regarded as waste and lost items.

The Potential of Aerial Reconnaissance in the Detection, Mapping and 3D Reconstruction Modelling of Crop-Marked Military Components of Bohemia’s Postmedieval and Early Industrial Landscape

“…Practice focused hitherto on identifying field fortifications via vegetation marks (cropmarks) has shown that the abandoned earth-wood constructions in these areas (sometimes stone was also used as a building material) are located in relatively distinct concentrations. This primarily concerns northwest Bohemia, next to eastern Bohemia (for existing results of modern archeological and historical-cartographic research of relicts of military activities in these areas, see [58,59]), which was the territory of Bohemia most militarily exposed to the threat of invasion by the Prussian army. The vast majority of these sites have been identified in the Ohře (Egger) river basin, namely, along the course of this river, between the towns of Louny, Budyně nad Ohří and Roudnice nad Labem.…”