Václav Hrnčíř
Abteilung für Sprach- und Kulturevolution
Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
Telefon: +49 (0) 341 3550 285
E-Mail: vaclav_hrncir@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de
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About me
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution. I am focusing on cross-cultural research using data from eHRAF World Cultures or D-PLACE. So far, I have done research on different topics such as slavery, architecture, weapons, post-marital residence or human mobility in general.
In DLCE, I study production and consumption of alcoholic beverages in non-industrial societies. My main research questions are: 1) Why some societies produce alcoholic beverages, while others do not; and 2) what exactly is the causal relationship between alcohol consumption and social complexity.
Curriculum Vitae
| 2022- present | Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig |
| 2020-2022 | Postdoctoral researcher at Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Prague |
| 2016-2020 | Ph.D. in Prehistoric and Medieval Archeology, Charles University, Prague. Thesis: Mobility of individuals and populations in the prehistoric period. Confrontation of archaeological, ethnological and natural scientific methods |
| 2013-2016 | M.A. in Archaeology, University of Hradec Králové. Thesis (in Czech): Slavery in Preliterate Societies and the Possibilities of Archaeological Research |
| 2010-2013 | B.A. in Applied Technologies in Archaeology, University of Hradec Králové. Thesis (in Czech): Construction and Function of Longhouses in the Ethnographic Context. Applied 3D Reconstruction |
Publications and Presentations
Hrnčíř, V., Vondrovský, V., & Květina, P.(2020). Post-marital residence patterns in LBK: Comparison of different models. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology,59: 101190. | |
Hrnčíř, V., Duda, P., Šaffa, G., Květina, P., & Zrzavý, J.(2020). Identifying post-marital residence patterns in prehistory: A phylogenetic comparative analysis of dwelling size. PLoS One,15: e0229363. |
Open AccessHrnčíř, V., & Laffoon, J. E.(2019). Childhood mobility revealed by strontium isotope analysis: a review of the multiple tooth sampling approach. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,11, 5301-5316. |
Hrnčíř, V., & Květina, P.(2018). Archaeology of slavery from cross-cultural perspective. Cross-Cultural Research,52, 381-405. |
Květina, P., & Hrnčíř, V.(2013). Between archaeology and anthropology: Imagining Neolithic settlements. Anthropologie: International Journal of Human Diversity and Evolution,51(2), 323-347. |
2025
Vondrovský, V., Hrnčíř, V., Hlásek, D., Chvojka, O., Květina, P., Šída, P., John, J., Pokorný, P., & Ptáková, M.(2025). Rethinking key transformations in the neolithic and bronze age central europe: a radiocarbon modeling approach (advance online). Journal of Archaeological Research. | |
Hrnčíř, V., Chira, A.-M., & Gray, R. D.(2025). Did alcohol facilitate the evolution of complex societies? Humanities and Social Sciences Communications,12: 1091. | |
Sabina, C., Ana, H.-C., Katharina, R.-S., Eszter, B., Maxime, B., Raphaëlle, C., Hrnčíř, V., Kent, J., David, F. L., Mélie, L. R., Ruth, M., Peter, S., Rebecca, S., Andaine, S.-O., David, S., Mehmet, S., Stella, S., Peter, W., & Aleksandra, Ž.(2025). Beyond genetics: exploring aspects of non-biological kinship in prehistoric times. Nature Anthropology,3(4): 10016. |
2023
Drtikolová Kaupová, S., Jarošová, I., Bíšková, J., Hrnčíř, V., Květina, P., Neugebauer-Maresch, C., Pokutta, D. A., Řídký, J., Tvrdý, Z., Vytlačil, Z., & Trampota, F.(2023). The diet of settled Neolithic farmers of east-central Europe: isotopic and dental microwear evidence. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,15(3). | |
Hrnčíř, V.(2023). The use of wooden clubs and throwing sticks among recent foragers. Human Nature,34, 122-152. | |
Hrnčíř, V., & Květina, P.(2023). Application of comparative ethnology in archaeology: Recent decades. Anthropologie,61, 229-246. |
2022
Trampota, F., Parma, D., Lisá, L., Hrnčíř, V., Přichystal, A., Fišáková, M. N., & Dreslerová, G.(2022). New perspective on Neolithic rectangular features using artefact analysis, soil micromorphology and ethnohistorical analogies: A case study from Střelice u Brna, South Moravia, Czech Republic. Praehistorische Zeitschrift,97(2), 459-494. |
2020
Hrnčíř, V., Vondrovský, V., & Květina, P.(2020). Post-marital residence patterns in LBK: Comparison of different models. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology,59: 101190. | |
Hrnčíř, V., Duda, P., Šaffa, G., Květina, P., & Zrzavý, J.(2020). Identifying post-marital residence patterns in prehistory: A phylogenetic comparative analysis of dwelling size. PLoS One,15: e0229363. |
2019
Hrnčíř, V., & Laffoon, J. E.(2019). Childhood mobility revealed by strontium isotope analysis: a review of the multiple tooth sampling approach. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,11, 5301-5316. |
2018
Hrnčíř, V., & Květina, P.(2018). Archaeology of slavery from cross-cultural perspective. Cross-Cultural Research,52, 381-405. |
2016
Hrnčíř, V., & Květina, P.(2016). Archeologické poznání otroctví = Archaeological recognition of slavery. Archeologické rozhledy,LXVIII(4), 431-476. |
2013
Květina, P., & Hrnčíř, V.(2013). Between archaeology and anthropology: Imagining Neolithic settlements. Anthropologie: International Journal of Human Diversity and Evolution,51(2), 323-347. |
2022
Hrnčíř, V., & Chira, A.-M. (2022). Why don't they get drunk? Alcoholic beverages in non-industrial societies. Talk presented at Cultural Evolution Society (CES) 2022. Aarhus, Denmark. 2022-09-21 - 2022-09-23.
2021
Květina, P., Hrnčíř, V. & Trampota, F. (2021). Hidden social identity? Neolithic pottery traditions and radiocarbon chronology. Presentation at 27th EAA Virtual Annual Meeting (on-line).
2020
Hrnčíř, V., Květina, P. & Vondrovský, V. (2020) Post-marital residence patterns in Early Neolithic Central Europe: Models beyond the bioarchaeology. Presentation at 26th EAA Virtual Annual Meeting (on-line).
2019
Hrnčíř, V., Duda, P., Květina, P. & Šaffa, G. (2019). Identifying post-marital residence patterns in prehistory: A phylogenetic cross-cultural analysis. Presentation at the 6th International Conference of PTNCE (Prague, Czechia).
Květina, P. & Hrnčíř, V. (2019). Identification of post-marital residence patterns in prehistory. Case from European Neolithic. Presentation at the 84th SAA Annual Meeting (Albuquerque, USA).
2018
Hrnčíř, V. (2018). Childhood Mobility: Strontium Isotope Perspective. Presentation at the 24th EAA Annual Meeting (Barcelona, Spain).
2015
Hrnčíř, V. & Květina, P. (2015). Archaeology of Slavery in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Presentation at the conference Connecting Continents: Archaeological Perspectives on Slavery, Trade and Colonialism (Willemstad, Curacao).