The Vekerzug and other Eastern cultures in the Czech Republic

Abstract

Research on the Hallstatt and La Tène Periods in Bohemia and Moravia covers a number of important topics. So far out of the main interest is the increasing quantity of foreign artefacts which generally belong to the Vekerzug culture (or through its spreading objects of other Eastern cultures). The authors of this paper believe that their systematic evaluation is essential for progress in this area of research. The volume of individual artefacts and associated contexts is constantly increasing. This is due to systematic research conducted by archaeological institutions, extensive development-led excavations (construction of highways, expansion of industrial zones, etc.), and detector survey carried out by amateurs, which has been monitored with partial success. Systematic scientific research by specialists, however, still lags behind. This paper attempts to partly fill this gap.

Remarkable Continuum: Provodov – ‘Rysov’ Hillfort Between 650 – 370 BC

“…Bronze arrowheads of the eastern type -easterntype militaria in moravia are represented mostly by bronze arrowheads (Bartík et al 2017;Klápa 2017). The largest set containing 77 pieces was found at Provodov -'rysov' (Novák 2017;2020a;2020b).…”