Martin Kuča

Martin Kuča
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  • Archaeologist at indipendent researcher

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indipendent researcher
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  • Archaeologist
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September 2012 - June 2013
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
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  • Lecturer
September 2005 - September 2013
Masaryk University
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  • Lecturer

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West part of the Brno region belongs among the areas with dense net of the neolithic settlements. It is caused by suitable natural conditions and local fine sources for stone production. It was used mainly in culture with Moravian Painted Ware Culture, and it is documented in number of areas with high evidence of workshop manufacturing. There is th...
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Poloha Bohutice-"Jelendy" je známa jako polykulturní lokalita (Podborský, Vildomec 1972, 150). Ze sběrů V. Svobo-dové pochází kromě artefaktů z jiných období pravěku rovněž střední část kopytovitého klínu z metabazitu typu Jizerské hory, který lze chronologicky zařadit do období kultury s lineární ke-ramikou. I některé další štípané artefakty, včet...
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Summary Isolated Paleolithic artefacts were found in the cadastral area of Horní Kounice (Brno-Country District) in ‘Almužna’ and ‘Obora’ fields.
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Surface surveys carried out by V. Svobodová at the well-known multi-period site in ‘Jelendy’ field (Bohutice cadastral area, Znojmo District) yielded new finds of the Linear Pottery culture. An axe, which used to be allegedly stored in the local castle, was also found in V. Svobodová’s private collection. However, the exact location of the artefact...
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An isolated Paleolithic artefact was found within a remaining part of the well-known Neolithic site in Rozdrojovice (Brno-venkov District).
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New finds from ‘Mezi Horkami’ field in Ivančice (Řeznovice cadastral area, Brno-Country District) enriched the existing collection of artefacts from this site.
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In the course of 2012/2015 Martin Baják carried out occasional field survey, and he gathered a larger quantity of predominantly lithic tools from thus far unknown Neolithic finding place at Jehnice (Brno-City District). The collection is interesting from the raw material point of view. This newly found locality complements a hitherto blank space in...
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Příspěvek shrnuje poznatky o dávném osídlení obce
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Příspěvek rekapituluje historii železniční zastávky na kdysi důležité trati
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Based on the revision excavation that yielded new archaeological material, it is assumed that the vast area of Holedná Hill (Jundrov cadastral area, Brno-City District) has been occupied multiple times in prehistory. Newly documented artefacts (Fig. 1, 2) attest to human activities at the site, probably from the Late Neolithic to the Eneolithic.
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An isolated and damaged battle-axe was found during a surface survey in ‘Na Babě’ field (Jehnice cadastral area, Brno-City District). The artefact may be related to a nearby settlement from the Late Neolithic period
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A new archaeological site was discovered in ‘Almužna’ field (Horní Kounice cadastral area, Znojmo District). The site is very rich in the chipped stone industry and can be preliminarily dated to the Moravian Painted Ware culture II.
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An isolated fragment of the Krumlovský les-type chert was found in Absolonova Street (Komín cadastral area, Brno-City District).
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A new Neolithic site was discovered in ‘Na Krajnici’ field (Jehnice cadastral area, Brno-City District). The site yielded an assemblage of the chipped and polished stone industry, which can be dated to the later phase of the Moravian Painted Ware Culture
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A new prehistoric settlement was discovered in ‘Posměch’ field (Kralice nad Oslavou cadastral area, Třebíč District). Based on the rather indistinctive finds, the site is preliminarily dated from the Late Neolithic to the Eneolithic period
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Two chipped stone artefacts were found during a surface survey in ‘U Mostu’ field (Kralice nad Oslavou cadastral area, Třebíč District). One artefact is an elongated flake, and the other is a short flake with a transverse retouch made of the Krumlovský lestype chert, variety I. No ceramic material was found at the site. The stone artefacts can be p...
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A patinated artefact was found during a surface survey in Oslavany – “Kukla” field (Brno-Country District). It could be related to artefacts found near the site earlier
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Three patinated artefacts dated probably to the Upper Paleolithic were identified within an assemblage of various Stone Age finds from Silůvky – “Vinohradské padělky” field (Brno-Country District)
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A new multi-period site was discovered on a southwest slope leading from a railway track in Moravský Krumlov – “Na Červnicích” field (Znojmo District). Moravian Painted Ware culture features were identified in the eastern part of the site, near a north-south agricultural road leading to an unnamed brook. The small number of collected finds include...
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The Paleolithic and Neolithic finds from Silůvky, “Vinohradské padělky” field (Brno-Country District) included an Eneolithic broken flake with surface retouch of Krumlovský les type chert, variety II.
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The assemblage of chipped stone industry (101 pieces) from the “Obory” field represents a new archaeological site discovered in the cadastral area of Moravský Krumlov (Znojmo District). Characteristic artefacts (Fig. 23) allow this assemblage to be attributed to the Aurignacian (according to Oliva 1987) and thus extend a list of the Aurignacia...
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A pottery and stone artefact assemblage was gathered by surface collection in “Dvorské” field at the boundary between Horní Dubňany (Znojmo District) and Dukovany (Třebíč District) cadastral areas, indicating a previously unknown Neolithic settlement, which could be probably associated with the Moravian Painted Ware culture.
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A blade from Krumlovský les chert, variety II, was found on a slight slope descending towards the River Rokytná during a surface survey in Ivančice – “Na Kuklách” field (Brno-Country District). A more detailed survey of the site did not yield any more artefacts. The find can only be dated generally to the Neolithic or Eneolithic
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Prštice: Several pieces of Neolithic–Eneolithic chipped industry made mostly from Krumlovský les chert were gathered during a surface survey in Prštice – “Padělky” field (Brno-Country District) situated on the left of the road from Radostice, near a spot-height of 330 m above sea level. This is the first evidence of prehistoric activity in this ar...
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A metal detector survey carried out at the prehistoric Leskoun hillfort near Olbramovice (Znojmo District) yielded a flat copper axe that can be preliminarily dated to the Eneolithic
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Silůvky: A new prehistoric site was discovered in Silůvky – “Vinohradské padělky” field (Brno-Country District) by a surface survey. This mainly yielded an assemblage of chipped stone industry made mostly from Krumlovský les chert. The rounded rim of a bowl associates the gathered material with the Moravian Painted Ware culture period. Tetčice: Sur...
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Vémyslice: A new Moravian Painted Ware culture site was discovered in Vémyslice – “U Pískovny” field (Znojmo District). These are the first prehistoric finds from the area Zbýšov: Surface surveys were repeatedly conducted in 2021 in Zbýšov – “Velký Studený” and “Pod Horou” fields (Brno-Country District), which represent a potential area with prehi...
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Příspěvek shrnuje dosavadní poznatky o dnes již neexistující a málo známé železniční zastávce na trati Brno - Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou.
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Předkládaná studie prezentuje informace o záchranném výzkumu lokality kultury s moravskou malovanou kera-mikou v katastrálním území obce Hovorany (okr. Hodo-nín). Zároveň jsou zde představeny výsledky základního rozboru archeologického materiálu získaného při výz-kumu. Lokalita byla již dříve známa díky ojedinělým nálezům pocházejícím z povrchových...
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Moravský Krumlov (Znojmo District), “Horní Novosady”. Neolithic. Moravian Painted Ware culture. Settlement. Surface survey.
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Moravský Krumlov (Rokytná cadastre, Znojmo District), “Obora”. Neolithic. Moravian Painted Ware culture. Settlement. Surface survey.
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Krátký příspěvek se věnuje informacím, které se podařilo získat o železniční zastávce v Bohuticích. Přispívá k mapování historie trati Brno - Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou.
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Moravský Krumlov (Znojmo District), NE of“Stavení” near Mlýnský potok. An isolated artefact of polished stone industry was found near Moravský Krumlov (Znojmo District). Přehled výzkumů 60-1, Brno 2019 180-181 Moravský Krumlov (Znojmo District), “Na brdcích” and “Na velkých klínkách”. Neolithic. Lengyel Culture. Settlement. Surface survey
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Trstěnice (Znojmo District), “V koutech”. Neolithic-Eneolithic. An isolated stone artefact. Surface survey.
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Analysis of the chipped stone industry of the Neolithic locality Nová Ves u Oslavan (Brno-venkov district)
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Analysis of the polished stone industry of the Neolithic locality Nová Ves u Oslavan (Brno-venkov district)
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The original and also new studies in Bosonožský Hájek Nature Reserve bring the knowledge about complicated relationship and subsequence of natural processes and human activities in the intensively colonized area since the prehistory to present with an emphasis to the significant historical centre (Brno) nearb». Even the most innovative methods on d...
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The surroundings of the Brno Reservoir lying in the middle reaches of the river Svratka have been sought after by people since prehistoric times. Owing to copious archaeological surface research and frequent rescue excavations nowadays, tens of locations have been registered in the surroundings of the recreational area. The centre point of the preh...
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Studie se zabývá vyhodnocením archeologického materiálu kultury s lineární keramikou z lokality Bohuslavice u Kyjova. Daný materiál je v současné době uložen ve sbírkách Morav-ského zemského muzea v Brně. Lokalita se nachází v poloze "Pod Tvrzí" v jižní části katastru. Nálezy byly získány během výzkumu Martina Kříže v roce 1887 (Vrbas 1898, 115). O...
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The local railway Kuřim-Veverská Bítýška existed only for 25 years between 1911-1936. Part of that was shortly used after is official cancellation. Still, there are footprints remaining after it in the field and there is a cycle path in one of its original section. There are rare photographs from the time of its construction and its operation among...
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In 2009, a hoard of small coins of the 16th century was discovered in the Habřina forest near Kralice nad Oslavou. Among 111 coins, some 25 pieces come from Bohemia, three of them from Austrian lands, two of them belong to the Archbishopric of Salzburg, 23 pieces were struck in various German Reich mints, and the most numerous and historically earl...
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The paper presented is dealing with analysis and evaluation of archaeological finds from the cadastral district of Bohutice village, which in the collections of the Moravian Museum bear the label "Linear Pottery Culture". The most part of the finds were acquired during surface collecting in the outskirts of the village. The main goal of the study i...
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Jemnice (Třebíč District), „Tejnice“. Neolithic. Moravian Painted Ware Culture. Jadeitite-omphacitite axehead. Surface survey.
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Mohelno (Třebíč District), „Liščí“. Neolithic. Isolated polished stone artefact. Surface survey.
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Veverská Bítýška (Brno-venkov District), junction of Hvozdecká and Ehrmannova street. Neolithic. Surface survey. Veverská Bítýška (Brno-venkov District), „Chmelníky“. Moravian Panited Ware Culture. Surface survey.
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Dukovany (Skryje nad Jihlavou Cadastre, Třebíč District), „Hřebec“. Neolithic. Moravian Painted Ware Culture. Isolated artefacts. Surface survey.
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Moravský Krumlov (Polánka at Moravský Krumlov Cadastre, Znojmo District), unknown location. Neolithic – eneolithic. Isolated polished stone artefact (jadeitite axehead).
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This article deals with the relationship between humans and waste in the Bronze Age. Based on selected examples of waste management strategies from the European Bronze Age, it presents an overview of different strategies. In comparison with the preceding Stone Age, a new type of material began to appear: metal. The process involved in producing met...
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Three partly broken deniers of Conrad I of Brno (Duke of Bohemia, 1061–1092) were found in the Habřina forest near Kralice nad Oslavou (Třebíč district). All of them belong to the same type listed by Cach (1972) under no. 362. At least two specimens – preserved in larger modules – were made of a different pair of dies. During Conradʼs rule, relativ...
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The paper is dealing with new finds from the Early Neolithic and Late Eneolithic Age in the cadastral territory of Dukovany. Presented is the analysis of pottery and lithic industry from a Linear Pottery Culture site, and an isolated find of a silicite arrowhead of the Bell Beaker Culture in a wider context. The importance of nearby chert deposits...
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Moravský Krumlov (Znojmo District), the Krumlovský les area. Isolated artefact. Bronze fibula. Detector survey. A roman-provincial brooch of Jobst 12 var. A type was found thanks to surface survey. The fibula is dated to the second half of second century to the first half of the third century
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This article describes examples of waste management systems from archaeological sites in Europe and the Middle East. These examples are then contextualized in the broader perspectives of environmental history. We can confidently claim that the natural resource use of societies predating the Lower Palaeolithic was in equilibrium with the environment...
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One of the most significant and long-lasting studied prehistoric sites in southwestern Moravia is Nová Ves near Oslavany, especially the location marked as " Kopaniny ". The artefacts deposited in the Moravian Museum in Brno are systematically processed and published now. Therefore , the aim of this article is to study the stone industry in specifi...
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The Czech-Moravian Highlands have an average altitude of 500 meters above the sea level and do not belong to the ancient residential areas. This is possible by the nearby natural conditions and preference of prehistoric populations for the search for settlements more convenient to landscapes in middle and lower parts of local watercourses and ferti...
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The paper aims to present an overall evaluation of artefacts (pottery, daub, red pigment and chipped stone industry) obtained by flotation of soil samples from the intact infill of the roundel ditch in Těšetice-Kyjovice during its revision excavation (August 2012). Assessment of malacozoologic samples reveals not only the natural environment at the...
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Jaroslav Palliardi introduced the term ‚Moravian Painted Ware Culture' and presented a preliminary model of its periodization (Palliardi 1897; 1914). His hypothesis was subsequently adopted and refined by many researchers from neighbouring countries and was used as a basis for developing of local relative chronologies. New developments in this fiel...
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The publication history of important rail link between southern Moravia and Austria
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The Moravian Painted Ware Culture settlement in Slavíkovice “Ostánce“ represents one of the most elaborately excavated sites in the peripheral area of western Moravia. The microregion is situated in the foothills of the Czech-Moravian Highlands at a relatively high altitude. More than forty MPW Culture sites have been recorded, mostly corresponding...
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Pro zachycení tvarových charakteristik mladoneolitických rondelů se jeví jako nejvhodnější geofy-zikální metody průzkumu. Předkládaný příspěvek analyzuje výsledky magnetické prospekce len-gyelského rondelu v Milovicích, okr. Břeclav, která zaznamenala nejen půdorysný tvar rondelu, ale i další, pro moravské prostředí unikátní situace. K hlavním zjiš...
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A roman-provincial brooch of Jobst 13 type, var. A was found thanks to the surface survey. The fibula is dated to the chronological phase of second half o second century to first third of third century.
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Brno (Bystrc Cadastre, Brno-město District), Markůvky and Nad Přehradou Streets. A small collection of stone articfacts from Upper Paleolithic were found on the occasion of construction work in the cadastral territory of Bystrc in Brno.
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Brno (Bystrc Cadastre, Brno-město District). Markůvky and Nad Přehradou Streets. Neolithic. Isolated artifacts. Surface survey.
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This article presents a Moravian Painted Ware culture site Březník in the Czech-Moravian Highlands. The emphasis is on evaluation of surface finds in the „Střední hon“ field and assessing the archaeological material and geographical aspects. The new findings are placed in a regional context with regard to the area between Oslava and Chvojnice river...
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In 2013 the excavation of an LBK post-built house plan continued. The area under investigation was extended by further fi ve squares and a part of a sixth square according to the square grid system used with the given locality. This extension enabled to capture the northern part of the house plan and to fi nish the excavation of the feature 816. Fe...
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Archaeological surface survey of the Únanovka Creek basin yields new information extending the previous knowledge about archaeological relics and the structure of prehistoric and early medieval settlement in the Microregion of Únanovka creek. Apart from the discovery of 10 new sites, relative chronology of some sites was precised. For the Neolithic...
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Linear Band Pottery (LBK), Stroked Pottery (SPC), Moravian Painted Ware (MPWC) cultures developed in Moravia during the Neolithic period. Based on the currently available radiocarbon dates, this period lasted for 1800 years. The LBK lasted for 550 years and the MPWC for 1150 years. There is a 100 year hiatus between these cultures, when Moravia was...
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The dominant feature of the South Moravian village Březník (district Třebíč) is the Roman Catholic parish church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Its Romanesque tower and nave are dated to the 2nd half of the 12th century but the Gothic cross wing, sacristy and choir to 2nd half of the 15th century (Dufka – Richter 1934; summary of the opinion...
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Neolithic Site Únanov "Paddělky" (the Znojmo District) An extensive archaeological surface survey was carried out in the river basin of Únanovka in the Znojmo district in recent years, during which also the Únanov-Padělky site was studied in detail in the autumn of 2012. This site, although discovered shortly after World War II, has not yet examine...
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Polycultural locality in Kuřim with prevailing Neolithic settlement was partly excavated in rescue research, which was carried out by Ústav archeologické památkové péče Brno. Moravian Painted Ware Culture represents insignifi cant component of this settlement. The excavated pottery was chronologically classified into the end of its earlier phase. R...
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Popůvky near Brno is a well known Neolithic locality. Rescue excavations carried out by the Institute of Archaeological Heritage Preservation (ÚAPP Brno) have provided new material for study. The analysis of this material has provided new information relevant to the chronology of human occupation. The site has been investigated by carrying out surf...
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The fluctuating water level at Mohelno water reservoir (part of a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station) has been repeatedly eroding the Quaternary sediments located on its banks. The Late Upper Paleolithic and post-Paleolithic artifacts washed up from those sediments were collected at a field called Plevovce, which was originally a small plat...

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These are the findings from the II. phase of the Lengyel Culture in Central Europe (ca 6650-5650 calBP)

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