Radovesice depot

The Radovesice Depot (also known as the Radovesice hoard ) is a depot from the Early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture from Radovesice in Ústecký kraj , Czech Republic . It dates between 2000 and 1800 BC. The depot is now in the Litoměřice Museum .

Find history

The depot was first mentioned in 1900. It was discovered in a quarry. The exact date of the find and the circumstances of the find are unknown. The site is on the slope of a steep terrace above the north bank of the Eger .

composition

The depot consists of two bronze items : a battle chisel and a dagger blade.

literature

• Václav Moucha : Hoards from the early Bronze Age in Bohemia. Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Prague 2005, ISBN 80-86124-57-6 , p. 147 ( 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. 239 ( online ).

Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 29.3 "  N , 14 ° 4 ′ 2.8"  E