The Germanic Settlement of Bohemia at the Turn of the Roman Period and the Great Migration Period (Stage D1)

This bachelor thesis deals with the settlement of Bohemia between the Late Roman Period and the epoch known as the Great Migration Period. It gives a brief review of historical events concerning this period and shows how this period is reflected in the archaeological findings as well as it provides an overview of Bohemian and Moravian settlement sites and burial grounds. In its following parts it deals with the terms as e.g. archaeological culture, ethnicity, identity and with their relationship to the other disciplines. It also shows the possibilities and limitations of archaeological researches on the field of ethnicity and its clarification