Archeopark pravěku Všestary Archaeological site

Archeopark pravěku Všestary stands as a unique place in Czech education and туrism. It is intended not only for people interested in archaeology, but also for families with children and school excursions. Its main principle is so-called live archeology - a method that allows visitors to understand life in prehistoric times through visualism and direct contact with restored objects and regular buildings.

The project was built gradually. Its beginnings date back to 1997, when the Centre for Experimental Archaeology under the guidance of the Doctor began to be built. PhDr. Radomír Tichý, Ph.D., who runs the Department of Archaeology of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Hradec Králové. Since its inception, the centre has been created solely using prehistoric processes and technologies. It was based on archaeological findings in the area of eastern Bohemia and supplemented by findings from other regions of Bohemia and Moravia as well as from abroad. The project was built under the auspices of a civil association closely cooperating with the University of Education in Hradec Králové. Since 2000, the centre has been open to school excursions, and until 2010 only during summer months and during spring and autumn weekends.

Archeopark focuses on the agricultural period of prehistoric age from neolithic (younger stone age, around 5500 B.C.) to the hallucination (older iron age, around 400 B.C.). On the territory of the Czech Republic it is a unique model construction construction of a prehistoric residential area with residential buildings, production facilities, cult area and burial ground. Visitors see a house with a stake structure from the older Bronze Age, a house from the younger Bronze Age and a deep semi-ground from the turn of the Iron Age. Production facilities are dedicated to cutting and grinding stone or bone processing, including all basic types of ceramic furnaces, bronze production and construction pits. The archepark also stores a replica of the boat, which took part in several international voyages across the Mediterranean.

Today's form of archaeopark has been implemented since 2013 with the support of the municipality Všestary, which provided the land for the project. Doc. Quiet and his collaborators took advantage of the rich experience gained in foreign traineeships in similar parks. The area offers visitors about four hundred exhibits including axes, flaps, bronze swords, helmets, Latin spades, keys and coins. A large part consists of authentic replicas of prehistoric artifacts made of stone, glass, copper, bronze, iron and other originally used materials, including copies of mammoth. Thanks to the absence of the existing archive of original excavations, the project team created the exhibits itself. This means that exhibits are in much better shape than archaeological originals - they are not shabby, chewed or corroded. However, the visitor has the opportunity to compare reproduction with a few originals present on the premises and thus recognize the true state of the objects after thousands of years in the country.

Cave, graves, mine shafts, interactive boards and a giant landscape model also contribute to the attractiveness of the area. Všestary has thus become a place where archeology becomes experience and experience for the general public.