Settlement in Hallstatt Period in the region České Budějovice

This bachelor thesis studies the Hallstatt settlement of the Southern tip of České Budějovice Basin and the adjacent slightly rolling landscape located in the foothills of the Blanský Forest and the Strážkovice Area. The thesis presents the microregion within the South Bohemian context while also emphasizing its links with remoter areas (other areas in Bohemia, Bavaria, in the Mediterranean and in the Baltic region). Furthermore, it is dedicated to a more in-depth description and - up to a point - to the interpretation of the significance of settlements, sporadic archeological finds, surface collecting and tumulus burial grounds. A central role is played by the settlement in Planá, where an above-ground wooden stake construction dating from the Hallstatt period has been discovered. Part of the thesis is also a treatment of material collected during a field research conducted in Planá settlement in 2011. Keywords South Bohemia, microregion, the Hallstatt period, settlment, burrial mounds