Abstract
The article presents both isolated finds and small-scale rescue excavations, which yielded material datable to the Late Roman or possibly the Early Migration period, i.e. the interval from C3 to D1 in central Europe. When it comes to absolute chronology, this is the 4th to the first half of the 5th century AD.
Such a broad chronological framework is given especially due to the fact that the dating of ceramic finds was rather complicated - due to a limited amount of decoration used and few changes in shapes. The article geographically covers the area of the author's work activity, i.e. the Kolín District with a minor overlap into the ajacent Nymburk District.
When it comes to small-scale rescue excavations, especially two sunken-floor features from the village of Pučery should be mentioned, as they yielded a relatively abundant archaeological record. The material dates from C3, or possibly D1.
Secondly, there should be mentioned a feature excavated on the edge of the village of Pašinka. It yielded the larger part of an S-shaped cup dated to C2-C3.
The other objects are just isolated finds, however, their interpretative potential is worth mentioning. Especially a complete neck ring with a hammered-out front part, which was rediscovered among the objects kept at the Museum of Kolín, is remarkable.
It originates from the village of Sány, but no other find circumstances are known. However, the object's completeness and state of preservation suggest that it comes from a grave.
According to an analogy from an inhumation grave at Prague-Radotín, it would date back to the turn of the 4th and 5th century, i.e to the very beginning of the Migration period. The discovery of a fragment of a late Roman fibula, probably a Roman provincial equal-arm fibula at the site of Běšínov near Kouřim indicates a certain connection to the finds of late Roman date which were made directly at the hillfort of Kouřim.
An isolated find of a one-piece fibula with a firm catch plate on the route of the Kolín bypass road, which a metal detectorist handed over to the Regional Museum of Kolín, seems to confirm the results of a rescue excavation carried out in the eastern part of the bypass road where settlement features dating from the Roman period were discovered.