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The main goal of this article is to present an overview of current knowledge about the subsistence strategy of Linear Pottery culture (LBK) in Moravia, Czech Republic. The main aspect of the subsistence strategy mentioned here will be the issue of dietary. Early Neolithic sites that in some way contributed to the knowledge about the dietary character (both meat and plant food) will be presented here. On this occasion, a case study of the Žádovice site, which belongs to the most recently analyzed settlements, will be presented. In addition, the methods used in the subsistence strategy of LBK in Moravia will be mentioned. The existing knowledge will be included in a broader settlement context and will be compared with each other. For the time being, it seems that in terms of the species spectrum of farmed animals, the area of Moravia does not differ from the situation known from Central Europe. Certain geographical differences are possible in Moravia, but this hypothesis must be verified in the future, depending on the expansion of the database. The study thus represents a springboard for further research in this area.

The present study focuses on the Stroked Pottery Culture settlement in Nová Ves near Oslavany cadastral district. The authors proceed from previous knowledge of the settlement in the area of interest during the Early and Late Neolithic (JAROŠ 1972; KOŠTUŘÍK 1977-78; HÁJEK -- HUMPOLOVÁ -- ČEREVKOVÁ 2016, 5-34). The main aim of the study is to complement the information on local settlement of the above-mentioned culture and to outline a comprehensive picture of settlement development during the whole Neolithic Period. Besides the previously published information (see the references above), the authors base themselves mainly on the analysis of ceramic finds of the Stroked Pottery Culture stored in the Moravian Museum collections. The analysis of this material constitutes a substantial part of the present study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As regards prehistoric settlement, the cadastral district of Blučina represents a territory which is important not only within the neighbourhood of Brno. The location of this area and its landscape configuration predestined it to be sought out from the Palaeolithic already, which is evidenced by lithic tools and bones of Pleistocene fauna. The best explored locality within the cadastral district is the tract of land “Cezavy”, where excavations have already been carried out from the turn between the 19th–20th centuries with the aim to localise the Bronze Age settlement. Among important discoveries also is the evidence of Neolithic funerary activities. In this paper, the authors focused on settlement in the cadastral district of Blučina at the time of the Linear Pottery Culture (LBK). One of the main sources of study became the archaeological finds deposited in collections of the Moravian Museum. Since it is a very variegated assemblage of finds from diverse chronological periods and geographical segments of the landscape, this paper is mainly intended to give a basic overview of local LBK settlement. The relevant information was acquired by summarising the hitherto published information and by analysing the material of this collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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