Struktura osídlení lidu s lineární keramikou ve východních Čechách

The subject of this contribution is the relationship between environment and Man at the time of the Linear Pottery (LBK or locally LnK) culture. The study region selected is East Bohemia, as delimited by administrative divisions. Emphasis has been placed on the siting of settlements, their relationship to natural conditions and an attempt to trace settlement trends in the culture under considerations. On the basis of a catalogue of sites and 1 : 5000 scale maps the changing densities of settlement, altitudes, distances from water sources, terrain morphology, degree of slope and slope orientation were identified. These formed the basis for subsequent analyses at the level of both the entire study area and in microregions (the Hradec Králové & Jicin regions), as well as of natural settlement clusters associated with water courses. The results also enabled a resolution of the question of settlement continuity in the periods both preceding and following the LBK.