V letech 1997 až 1999 natáčela Česká televize dokumentární film "Úsvit géniů",
jehož režisérem je Martin Hanzlíček. Podílelo se na něm 16 experimentátorů, odborní poradci: PhDr. Karol Pieta, CSc.,
PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc., Mgr. Ondřej Šedo a televizní štáb. Hlavním cílem projektu v rámci experimentální archeologie byla
výstavba paleolitické vesnice, ověření pravěkých technologií a provedení vnitřní analýzy sídliště se zaměřením na sídelní
mechanismy.
eXrea-net_REA2_materialy_Bartosikova.pdf (7 stran; 1,15 MB)
Moravian and Slovak archaeologists seized the opportunity of Czech Television
making a documentary series on prehistory to test 5 possible reconstruction of Palaeolithic dwellings based on the finds
from Dolni Vestonice, Pavlov (both Moravia) and Mezin (Ukraine). They built a summer tent (the only structure with an
outside hearth), a teepee with an entrance passage (named after its similarity to real teepees), a domed shaped dwelling,
a flat roof dwelling (the only sunken dwelling based on a find from Dolni Vestonice) and a more complex structure similar
to a yurt. They used partly local material. They also had to bring in clay and to buy hides and sinew. Because of time and
money reasons the building material was prepared with help of modern technology. The ground structures took five people
1 to 4 hours to build. The experimenters tried various methods of fitting covering hides. Using wooden and antler pegs
proved the most practical.
At first they built four structures in 1997 and their construction was tested. They recorded the process of their
preservation and destruction. The structures survived well winter but started to collapse in spring. In 1998 the site
was cleared and this time five structures were built. This time the site was occupied and they observed and recorded
the usage of the "settlement" area. One of the experimenters then stayed on the site continuously since September 1998
to January 1999. He spent most of his time in the domed dwelling which seemed to him the most practical. He was able to
keep there room temperature at all times.
Full Czech version of the article is available here:
eXrea-net_REA2_materialy_Bartosikova.pdf (7 pages; 1,15 MB)
