Milošice depot

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The Milošice Depot (also known as the Milošice hoard ) is a depot find of the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Milošice , a district of Měcholupy u Žatce in Ústecký kraj , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. The depot is now in the Žatec Museum .

Find history

The depot was first mentioned in 1932. It was discovered while plowing. The date of the find and the exact location are unknown.

composition

The depot consists of six bronze objects : two massive oval rings, two arm spirals and two wire rings. One of the oval rings weighs 1.75 kg. The wire rings are not mentioned in the original find report, but their association with the find is proven by an old photo.

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. 272.
  • Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 129 ( 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. 224 ( online ).