Renesanční podoba Pražského hradu z archeologického pohledu

• Authors: Blažková Gabriela

Title variants

EN

The Renaissance Appearance of the Prague Castle from an Archaeological Perspective

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study is based on archaeological sources: a group of cesspits from houses along the north and west sides of the 3rd courtyard of the Prague Castle. A combination of historical plans, written and archaeological sources makes it possible to date all of the studied cesspits with a high degree of accuracy. The find assemblages are to be dated to different decades of the second half of the 15th and the first half of the 18th century. Analyses of the cesspits indicate a differentiated social milieu. Church dignitaries created lavish assemblages. Individual luxury items appeared in the milieu which we associate with the imperial court and several of its officials. Also represented is a cesspit from a common environment (owned by a blacksmith). Whether the higher proportional representation of pans, bowls, and bottles indicates the operation of an inn in Vikářská Street, we do not know.

Keywords

EN

Archaeology; Prague Castle; Early Modern Age; cesspit; ceramics; glass

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY
• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 121-134

Contributors

author

Blažková Gabriela

• Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Department of Rescue Excavations — Prague Castle, Czech Repbublic