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Riverine Cultural Landscape of the Jizera River, Czech Republic, from the Perspective of Archaeology and Hydrology. An Interdisciplinary Study of Archaeological Sites in Relation to Watercourses Using Selected Non-Destructive Methods

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The article summarises the results of a pilot project that investigated the riverine cultural landscape of the Jizera River, primarily focusing on the correlation between archaeological structures and the river’s watercourse. The authors have demonstrated a novel integration of archaeology, hydrology and some geophysical prospection methods, which together have enabled the delineation of potential areas for identifying sites of significant archaeological significance, both directly within the watercourse and its immediate environs. As well as archaeological structures, this approach has also facilitated an interpretation of the relationships between anthropogenic and natural phenomena.

Source: Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica - Natural Sciences in Archaeology

DOI: 10.24916/iansa.2026.2.1

Authors: Barbora Machová, Václav Hradilek, Roman Křivánek, Eliška Vošvrdová, Jiří Chlevišťan, Luděk Bureš, Petr Bašta, Filip Hájek, David Vondrášek, Jan Valenta, Martin Král, Roman Garba

Institutions: Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Prague, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Masaryk University, Charles University

Topic: Archaeological Research and Protection

Subfield: Space and Planetary Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7166131182

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