Abstract
The magnate's mounds of Brno-Holásky 1 and 2 are found in the eastern part of the Czech Republic (in Moravia), in the Brno-City District. They were investigated by I.
L. Červinka already 100 years ago, in 1925. Over time, they became the typical representatives of magnate graves of the South Moravian Horákov group (earlier a culture),1 which is part of the East Hallstatt culture.2 However, despite their significance, they have not been complexly processed, published and evaluated to this day.
This work sets its aim to review both complete inventories, classify them into their original wholes in Brno-Holásky (H)1 and (H)2 and conduct a chronological and typological assessment along with the less known graves of Brno-Holásky (H)3 and (H)4. Components of the revision are photographic-drawing tables summarizing the historical development of the documentation of the items.
We present a reconstruction of the grave chambers H1 and H2. We categorize the graves into the more extensive context of burial ground/burial complex Brno-Holásky - Chrlice.
The revised collections H1 and H2 are evaluated along with all of the manifestations of the elites in Moravia, classified among immobile (graves, homestead, hillfort with acropolis, cave sanctuary, random finds) and particularly moveable cases. In the conclusion, we categorize graves H1 and H2, based on the presence of a wagon, sword, toreutics, turnspit and other proofs of luxury, among the wealthiest graves from Ha C West Hallstatt and East Hallstatt cultures.