A New Cemetery of Silesian-Platěnice Culture in Počaply nad Loučnou, distr. Pardubice Cover Image

Nové pohřebiště lidu popelnicových polí v Počaplech nad Loučnou, okr. Pardubice
A New Cemetery of Silesian-Platěnice Culture in Počaply nad Loučnou, distr. Pardubice

Author(s): Radko Sedláček
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Pardubice region; Silesian-Platěnice culture; cremation burial ground; rescue excavation;

Summary/Abstract: The article brings information about the course and results of the rescue archaeological research provided by the firm Labrys in Počaply nad Loučnou, distr. Pardubice in the year 2014. Three cremation burials of the IIIrd phase of the Silesian-Platěnice Culture (HaC and HaD period) were unearthed by the research before building operations. The graves belong to the larger unknown cemetery extended eastward arround the top of the hill. The paper also brings the publication of the rare ceramic material and observes other cultural circumstances in the archaeological highly exposed region.

  • Issue Year: 33/2017
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 359-366
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech