Hrdlořezy Depot II

The Custodian II of Hrdlořezy (also hoard II from Hrdlořezy ) is a hoard of Early Bronze Age Unetice culture from Hrdlořezy , in Středočeský kraj , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. The depot is now in the Regional Museum in Mladá Boleslav .

Find history

The depot was discovered in 1967 north-east of Hrdlořezy on the prehistoric settlement Předliška during an inspection by a lay archaeologist. The settlement lies on a spur of the terrain .

In 1954, an archaeological excavation at the Předliška settlement discovered the first deposit ( Depot I ). In addition, three individual finds of bronze objects from the Aunjetitz culture (a ridge ax and two dagger blades) are known from here . Another depot ( Depot III ), the exact location of which is unknown, dates from the late Bronze Age .

composition

The depot consists of three bronze bar arm rings with paw ends. A ring is decorated.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 112 ( online ).
• Tilmann Vachta : Bronze Age hoards and their sites in Bohemia (= Berlin studies of the ancient world. Volume 33). Edition Topoi, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-9816751-2-2 , p. 211 ( online ).

Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '20.1 "  N , 14 ° 53' 2.9"  E