Long-strip and terraced fields systems form significant elements of the current cultural
landscape. When evaluating their significance, it is necessary to determine their origins and …

Historical field systems are an essential part of the traditional cultural landscape of societies
with primarily agricultural subsistence. They embody many functions and values, as they …

Remnants of medieval field patterns, called “pluzina” in the Czech Republic, are valuable
historical landscapes, similar in character to the bocage landscapes typical for some …

The research reported in this study was carried out at the Faculty of Environmental Science,
Czech University of Life Sciences. The dissertation was supported by grant No. 20084202 …

This review focuses on hedgerow-defined medieval field patterns in the Czech Republic,
called pluzinas. In medieval Czech, the word pluzina meant the agricultural land belonging …

During the second half of the 20th century, a number of settlements disappeared for various
reasons, especially in the hilly landscapes of northern Moravia and in the Czech part of …

Buried (syn. sunken, sub-surface and sub-soil) archaeological features on arable land can
frequently be discovered due to visually detectable changes in crop growth termed …

Geoarchaeological work in conjunction with the Kythera Island Project indicates that
significant portions of the island are now or have at some time been terraced …

Introduction eaving apart the well preserved examples of Italy and Northern Africa, the
archaeological analysis of centuriations has been centred on the identification of the traces …

The historical field system of Valštejn represents one of the most extensive historical
landscape complexes in the Czech Republic. Archaeological excavation of a former …