Ovčáry Depot II

The Ovčáry Depot II (also Hortfund II von Ovčáry ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Ovčáry u Kolína in Středočeský kraj , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. The depot is now in the Kolín Museum .

Find history

The depot was discovered in 2002, northwest of Ovčáry, during the construction of the Toyota plant. The site is on flat terrain that slopes slightly to the north.

Two other depot finds ( I and III ) and a single bar from the Aunjetitz culture come from Ovčáry . The sites of the three depots are each more than 1 km apart, but there are lines of sight. The similarity of the found objects also suggests a connection.

composition

The depot consists of ten bronze eyelet neck rings . They were found secondary relocated together with some ceramic fragments. Some rings are recently damaged or bent.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 137 ( 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 , pp. 229-230 ( online ).

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 5.4 ″  N , 15 ° 13 ′ 6.2 ″  E