Depot of Libochovice area

The Libochovice Area Depot (also known as the Libochovice Area Hort find ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from the area around Libochovice in Ústecký 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 1865. The circumstances of the find and the exact location are unknown. It is only known that it comes from the area around Libochovice.

composition

The depot consists of three bronze shaft tube axes.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 124 ( 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. 218 ( online ).