A disturbed Late Hallstatt period princely grave with a two-wheeled chariot and bronze vessels in Sedlina Forest near Rovná in South Bohemia: a preliminary report

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Chytráček, Miloslav - Chvojka, O. - Egg, M. - John, J. - Kozáková, Radka - Křivánek, Roman - Kyselý, René - Michálek, J. - Stránská, Petra
A disturbed Late Hallstatt period princely grave with a two-wheeled chariot and bronze vessels in Sedlina Forest near Rovná in South Bohemia: a preliminary report.
Archaeological sites in forests. Strategies for their protection. München: Volk Verlag, 2017 - (Irlinger, W.; Suhr, G.), s. 83-90. Inhalte - Projekte - Dokumentationen: Schriftenreihe des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege, 14. ISBN 978-3-86222-226-1.
[Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists /19./. Plzeň (CZ), 04.09.2013-08.09.2013]
Grant ostatní: Rada Programu interní podpory projektů mezinárodní spolupráce AV ČR(CZ) M300021201
Program: M
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: Late Hallstatt period * princely grave * bronze vessels * forest * South Bohemia * tumulus graves * disturbances
Obor OECD: Archaeology

Disturbances of prehistoric tumulus graves and other archaeological sites are commonly registered today in the forested areas of Southern Bohemia. A Late Hallstatt period princely burial mound in Sedlina Forest near Rovná (dist. Strakonice) with a diameter of at least 25 m was illegally damaged in 2009 by unknown treasure hunters. They dug out a unique assemblage of five bronze vessels, later obtained by the Southern Bohemian Museum in České Budějovice. The paper focuses on preliminary results of a rescue and preventive excavation project, supported by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic based on collaboration with the Southern Bohemian Museum, the University of Southern Bohemia and with Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. The complete archaeological excavation in the years 2012 and 2013 enabled the documentation of the grave good distribution within the rectangular grave chamber and produced valuable information about the context of the bronze vessels. Modern archaeological techniques involving a number of natural scientific fields (geophysical survey, petrographic study, photogrammetric documentation, pollen analysis, chemical analysis of food remains, phosphate analysis, osteological and anthropological analysis, radiocarbon dating) enabled a remarkable reconstruction of the magnificent grave furnishings spread over the burial chamber. The question of how to limit further loss and secure similarly important archaeological monuments remains unanswered. There are many archaeological sites that are still hidden in forests and are currently exposed to thoughtless damage. Unfortunately, current legislation does not represent an effective means of defence against treasure hunters equipped with metal detectors. Preventive rescue excavation of endangered sites cannot be considered the optimal solution for the situation, however, at present this is often the only effective method for preventing further destruction of selected sites in forest environments.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0274365