The Late Stroked Pottery culture in Bohemia in the light of the collection from Prague-Nové Butovice

This BA thesis is focused on a set of late-neolithic stroked pottery objects from the 5th cultural phase discovered in Praha Stodůlky ("Nové Butovice"). On the basis of a comparison between the vessels and relief decorations with a set of 5th phase stroked pottery from the Bylany site (district Kutná Hora) we analyzed the pottery material and made an overall assessment of the set. The analysis proved the origin of the set to be in this late and final stage of the stroked pottery period and excluded its original classification as a specimen of the Lengyel culture. Further, we ascertained 15 new types of relief decoration (the focus was on vessel bellies and handles) a likely two new shapes, beaker-shaped and pot-shaped. The pottery was documented in drawing as well as in photographs, whereby new types of relief decoration were assessed separately. In the set there were also several fragments in the form of earlier or later intrusions. The findings as a whole also included polished industries, which were then documented in drawing and in photographs, as well as fragments of chipped industries, many fragments of daub and a set of bone fragments. All these were, however, merely counted and catalogued in the summarizing database of findings. Besides the pottery set analysis itself, the thesis also..