Depot III from Halle-Kanena

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The depot III of Halle-Kanena (also Hortfund III of Halle-Kanena ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Kanena , a district of Halle (Saale) ( Saxony-Anhalt ). It dates between 2000 and 1700 BC. The depot is now in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle (Saale).

Find history

The depot was discovered in 1934 during dredging work in the Alwine lignite mine south of Kanena (today the location of the exhibition hall ).

The area around Halle is extremely rich in finds from the Aunjetitz culture. Another hoard find ( Depot II ) was discovered at another location in the Alwine mine in 1923 . As early as 1908, the Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin bought a first find from Kanena ( Depot I ). Other important hoard finds come from Dieskau to the south ( Depot I , Depot II and Depot III ) and Bennewitz to the east ( Bennewitz depot ).

composition

The depot was placed in a ceramic vessel. This contained 48 marginal ridge axes , four eyelet neck rings , five open foot rings, three arm spirals, and a dagger blade . Other items may have been lost when the depot was uncovered.

literature

  • Wilhelm Albert von Brunn : The hoard finds of the early Bronze Age from Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia (= writings of the Section for Prehistory and Early History / German Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Volume 7/1). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1959.
  • Martin Jahn : A cultural center near Halle / Saale during the early Bronze Age. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 34, 1950, pp. 81-89.
  • Harald Meller : The Nebra hoard found in the mirror of early Bronze Age landfill customs. In: Harald Meller et al. (Ed.): 1600 - Cultural upheaval in the shadow of the Thera outbreak? 4th Central German Archaeological Day from October 14 to 16, 2011 in Halle (Saale) (= conferences of the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle. Volume 9). State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt / State Museum for Prehistory, (Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-944507-00-2 , pp. 493-526 ( online ).
  • Helmut Otto: The chemical composition of some hoard finds from the Halle area. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 34, 1950, pp. 90-100.
  • Ralf Schwarz : The axes from the hoards of Dieskau III and Halle-Kanena III and the archaeological implications of the chemical and metallurgical analyzes. In: Harald Meller, François Bertemes (ed.): The departure to new horizons. New perspectives on the European Early Bronze Age. Final conference of the research group FOR550 from November 26th to 29th 2010 in Halle (Saale) (= conference of the State Museum for Prehistory Halle. Volume 19). State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2020, ISBN 978-3-948618-03-2 , pp. 113-132.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Jahn: A cultural center near Halle / Saale during the early Bronze Age. P. 84.