Vraný Depot I.
The custodian of Vraný I (also hoard I of Vraný ) is a hoard of Early Bronze Age Unetice culture of Vraný in Středočeský kraj , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. The depot is now in the Slaný Museum .
Find history
The depot was discovered east of Vraný in 1953 during an archaeological excavation on a Bronze Age fortified hilltop settlement . The depot was in a small pit. The settlement lies on a small ridge north of the Vranský potok . Another depot and several individual finds of bronze objects from the Aunjetitz culture come from Vraný .
composition
The depot consists of a total of 15 bronze wire rings that form several hangers. The first consists of a ring of double wire with a wire cuff with three smaller rings hanging from it. The second is a small ring of simple wire with three similar, smaller rings hanging from it. The third is a small ring of simple wire with two similar, smaller rings hanging from it. A fourth pendulum consists of two connected small rings made of simple wire. There are also two single rings made of double wire, one of which was deformed in prehistoric times.
literature
- Martin Bartelheim : Studies on the Bohemian Aunjetitzer culture. Chronological and chorological investigations (= university research on prehistoric archeology. Vol. 46). Habelt, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7749-2867-3 (also: Berlin, Freie Universität, dissertation, 1998), p. 267.
- Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 164 ( 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. 254 ( online ).
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 45.8 ″ N , 14 ° 2 ′ 11.2 ″ E