ABSTRACT
In the Morava valley loess was used as an universal building material for earthen constructions including traditional rammed earth mounted with wooden formwork (nabíjenice). Properties of earthen material could be improved by the addition of ceramic fragments (Jewish ghetto in Uherský Ostroh). On the edges of lowland, in the White and Central Carpatians, where the suitable gravelly soils were available in abundance, the rammed earth even became the main technique for the construction of the massive earthen walls.
