The Dolní Věstonice Studies, vol. 20 - Mikulov Anthropology Meeting 2014 125 CAMPS AND WATERS: MALÝ MEDVĚDÍ TÁBOR AS PART OF A NORTH BOHEMIAN MESOLITHIC LANDSCAPE Jiří Svoboda 1, 2 , Jan Novák 3 , Martin Novák 1 , Petr Pokorný 4 , Sandra Sázelová 1, 2 Figure 1. Malý Medvědí Tábor, general view of the rockshelter. 1 - Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Brno, Královopolská 147, Brno CZ- 612 00, Czech Republic novak@iabrno.cz 2 - Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science at Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno CZ- 611 37, Czech Republic jsvoboda@sci.muni.cz; sazelova@sci.muni.cz 3 - Laboratory of Archeobotany and Paleoecology, Faculty of Science at University of South Bohemia, Na Zlaté stoce 3, České Budějovice CZ- 370 05, Czech Republic prourou@gmail.com 4 - Center for eoretical Study, Charles University, Jilská 1, Praha CZ- 110 00, Czech Republic pokorny@cts.cuni.cz In its middle course between the villages of Svitava and Ve- lenice, the Svitávka River creates a deep and narrow, north- south oriented canyon through the Turonian sandstones. Medieval and later human activities altered the original shape of some of the rocks by sand exploitation, building industrial structures, and hollowing artificial water channels and tun- nels. Such modifications also affected traces of the prehis- toric occupation in this valley. is includes the two large rockshelters named Velký and Malý Medvědí Tábor (Big and Small Bear´s Camps) located in the southern wall of the val- ley (cadaster Velenice). Whereas the larger rockshelter, situ- ated at the foot of a small medieval castle, displays a damaged