Chvalšiny depot

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The Chvalšiny Depot (also known as the Chvalšiny hoard ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Chvalšiny in Jihočeský kraj , Czech Republic . It dates to between 1800 and 1600 BC. Today the depot is located in the Regional Museum in Český Krumlov .

Find history

The depot was discovered in 2007 while plowing a field south of Chvalšiny. This was followed by an archaeological follow-up examination. It was probably originally laid in an artificial pit in a rock outcrop with a length of 1.2 m and a width of 1 m. The plow had moved it over an area of ​​15 × 15 m.

The Havalda depot from the same period was discovered 3 km from the site in 1904 .

composition

When examining the site, a total of 66 bronze objects were found, most of which are only fragments. Many fit together, so it can be assumed that the depot originally consisted of 46 bars . The total weight of the finds is 1947 g.

literature

  • Ondřej Chvojka , Jiří Havlice . Měděná žebra starší doby bronzové v jižních Čechách. Nové depoty z Přídolí, Purkarce a Chvalšin - Copper bars from the Early Bronze Age in South Bohemia. New finds from Přídolí, Purkarec and Chvalšiny. In: Památky archeologické. Volume 100, 2009, pp. 67-73 ( 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. 204–205 ( online ).

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 42.7 "  N , 14 ° 12 ′ 33.1"  E