Depot bronzových artefaktů z Osvětiman (okr. Uherské Hradiště)
| Title in English | The hoard of bronze artefacts from Osvětimany (Uherské Hradiště District) |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta musealia: Muzea jihovýchodní Moravy ve Zlíně a Muzea regionu Valašsko, Vsetín |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://www.academia.edu/83055309/The_hoard_of_bronze_artefacts_from_Osv%C4%9Btimany_Uhersk%C3%A9_Hradi%C5%A1t%C4%9B_District_Depot_bronzov%C3%BDch_artefakt%C5%AF_z_Osv%C4%9Btiman_okr_Uhersk%C3%A9_Hradi%C5%A1t%C4%9B_ |
| Keywords | Moravia; Chřiby Hills; hoard; Bronze Age; Early Iron Age |
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| Description | In 2016, remains of a small bronze hoard were found in the central part of Chřiby Hills. The discovery was made during a systematic detection search at the edge of a forest road, therefore it cannot be excluded, that the depository found was not complete. In the base of a small hollow there were only five artefacts typologically consisting of three cast bronze circles of rounded rhomboid profile and two perforated sleeves twisted into a tube. Both typological groups are, from the point of view of their functional usage, and based on up to date finds context from graves and depositories, associated most often with decoration of clothes, clothes accessories or horse harness. However, both are also found as parts of belt sets. Dating of the hoard Osvětimany 1 is problematic as none of the surviving artefacts are chronologically very sensitive and that is the reason the find can only be dated approximately to the age of Urnfield Culture, reaching to the Early Hallstatt Period. Important information was gained by observing the position of the depository in the land. The hoard was placed in the ground on a slope of a hillock situated at the entrance to a narrowed valley, through which led an old path to the centre of Chřiby Hills, which further continued to South Moravian regions situated on the north west from them. The place is also at he the border of two different country biotopes (heights region opened into the Lower Moravia Valley and a hilly terrain of Chřiby Hills), and close to a confluence of two rivers. Whether the purpose of storing of the hoard was motivated by any ritual, symbolic or practical reasons, it is sure that the chosen place refers to the way the Chřiby Hills were perceived as a unique ritual-sacral land. |