Bavoryně depot
The Bavoryně Depot (also known as the Bavoryně hoard ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Bavoryně in Středočeský kraj , Czech Republic . It dates to between 1800 and 1600 BC. The depot is now in the National Museum in Prague .
Find history
The depot was first mentioned in 1884, the exact circumstances of the find are unknown. When he bought it, Josef Smolík mistakenly thought it was a piece of clothing from a grave.
composition
The depot consists of two bronze bars and a fragment of a third. The latter has recently been broken off and deformed.
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. 258.
- Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , pp. 100-101 ( 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. 200 ( online ).