Litoměřice depot

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The depot of Litoměřice area (also Hortfund of Litoměřice area ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from the area of Litoměřice in Ústecký kraj , Czech Republic . It dates to between 1800 and 1600 BC. The depot is now in the regional museum of Most .

Find history

The depot was first mentioned in 1925. The circumstances of the find and the exact location are unknown. From Litoměřice there is another depository from the Early Bronze Age and a second from the Late Bronze Age .

composition

The depot consists of five bronze bars .

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. 271.
  • Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 125 ( 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. 220 ( online ).