Mříč Depot I

The Mříč Depot I (also Hortfund I from Mříč ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Mříč , a district of Křemže in Jihočeský kraj , Czech Republic . It dates to between 1800 and 1600 BC. The remaining part of the depot is now in the South Bohemian Museum in Budweis .

Find history

The depot was discovered in 1946 southeast of Mříč on the spur-like hill Dívčí Kámen above the confluence of the Křemžský potok with the Vltava . It was at a depth of 60-80 cm. A settlement from the final phase of the Aunjetitz culture and the Middle Bronze Age was located here . In the Middle Ages one was here castle built. In 1960 a further depot of the Aunjetitz culture was found just a little north .

composition

The depot originally consisted of 45 bronze arm rings . Only one of these has survived. According to Václav Moucha , however, it is a mountain of legs . The ring has spirals at its ends and is 170 mm high.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , pp. 130-131 ( 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. 225 ( online ).

Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 21.8 ″  N , 14 ° 21 ′ 24 ″  E