Determining the archaeological potential of the landscape using Quaternary geological mapping in the Třeboň region, south Bohemia
2011
Abstract
Former Lake Švarcenberk is a unique site in the northern part of the Třeboň region. Lake sediments have preserved a record of the transformation of the natural environment between the end of the Last Glacial Maximum and the Late Atlantic chronozone.
As the water was an attractive location for Palaeolithic and Mesolithic hunters, a great number of sites from these periods are found in the vicinity of the lake. The aim of the essay is to show that Lake Švarcenberk is not the only site in the region but is in fact part of a structure that might have included several dozen similar lakes.
All these lakes may have comparable archaeological potential.