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Area:	8.75 km²
Population:	331 (2005)
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Dolní Věstonice is small village in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It is known as place of series of ice age archaeological sites, used by mammoth hunters. Finds include a triple burial and the Venus of Dolní Věstonice. This article lists sources for statistics about Czech Republic. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... South Moravian Region (Czech: Jihomoravský kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... Archaeology or archæology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of cultural and environmental data, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Species Mammuthus columbi Columbian mammoth Mammuthus exilis Pygmy mammoth Mammuthus jeffersonii Jeffersonian mammoth Mammuthus meridionalis Mammuthus primigenius Wooly mammoth A mammoth (Russian mammant) is any of a number of an extinct genus of elephant, often with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. ... Categories: Archaeology stubs | Sculptures ...

Small fortress was built here during Great Moravia period. The place is mentioned in written document from 1312. During 13th century the place gets inhabited by German colonists. In 1460 it receives city rights. From the beginning of 16th century Habaners (Habáni, members of anabaptist sects expelled from German lands and Switzerland) settled here. These were expelled again in 1622. Great Moravia (Czech Velká Morava, Slovak Veľká Morava, Latin Magna Moravia) was a Slav state existing on the territory of present-day Moravia and Slovakia between 833 and the early 10th century. ... Anabaptists (re-baptizers, from Greek ana and baptizo; in German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the so-called radical wing of the Protestant Reformation. ...

Archaelogical research of this area started in 1924. The village become target for tourists interested in archeology, wine, architecture or traditional costumes.

External links

• Village website (in Czech) (http://www.obecdolnivestonice.cz/)
• Photographies of the area and archaeological artefacts (http://www.hominids.com/donsmaps/dolni.html)