Identifying the Urnfield culture vessels from Dobřenice in the Institute for Archaeology (Charles University, Prague)
2016
Abstract
The article presents a story of ceramic vessels in the archaeological collection of the Institute for Archaeology (Charles University, Prague) alleged to be excavated on the Urnfield culture cemetery at Dobřenice, Eastern Bohemia, in 1907. The excavation was carried out by the town museum of Hradec Králové and some amateur archaeologists.
Five ceramic vessels dating to the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age were donated from the Museum to the Institute shortly afterwards. Regrettably, it became apparent that a mistake occured during the accessioning.
The author attempts to identify the original assemblage from Dobřenice and to reconstruct the circumstances of its discovery.