5.11.2017 Searchers with detectors discovered a bronze treasure
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A bronze treasure containing sickles, an awl and a bronze treasure was discovered four years ago by prospectors with metal detectors in the forest near Vroutek in the Podbořany region. They handed over the find to archaeologists.
The depot dates back to the period between 1250 and 1000 BC. It contained sixteen fragments of sickles, an awl, a metal bracelet and fifteen pieces of bronzeware. Archaeologists were able to document the site thoroughly as prospectors with metal detectors reported the discovery in an exemplary manner.
According to archaeologist Vojtěch Peksa from the Institute of Archaeological Heritage Care of Northwest Bohemia, this was a very extraordinary find. For several reasons.
"This is the first similar find from the vicinity of Vroutek and only the third prehistoric depot or treasure with a larger number of objects in the Podbořany region. And secondly, not far from the site of the discovery, a previously unknown prehistoric hillfort, the preliminary dating of which also falls at the end of the Bronze Age," Peksa explained.
The treasure near Vroutek in the Podbořany region was discovered by Dominik Čermák and Josef Bielik in a forest plot. They immediately informed specialist institutions and handed over the findings to Peksa from the Institute of Archaeological Heritage Care of Northwest Bohemia.
With the participation of the archaeologist Petr Holodňák from the Žatec Museum and other collaborators with metal detectors, the site of the discovery was examined and documented.
"The site was subsequently thoroughly investigated and documented. We found no remains of any packaging, such as a ceramic vessel, so they could have been deposited freely," Holodnyak described.
According to Holodňák, the objects were located on a larger area and could have been removed from their original location by wild animals or agricultural machinery during ploughing. Experts managed to find two more fragments of sickles in addition to the original set.
A year earlier, archaeologists had discovered a hitherto unknown prehistoric hillfort near the site of the find on Kružínský vrch, whose preliminary dating also dates back to the end of the Bronze Age. That is, the period 1250 to 1000 BC.
Sources: www.muzeumzatec.cz, www.denik.cz, www.idnes.cz
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