Prehistoric finds from the battlefield of Lipany, Kolín District: results of surface and metal detector surveys
Abstract
The submitted text builds on an earlier article by a group of authors (Militká - Beneš - Šámal 2018) and deals with an evaluation of new finds recovered through metal detector surveys in 2018 and 2019, but also through fieldwalking surveys in 1982 to 1984. The combination of obtained results contributed to deepening our knowledge of the development of prehistoric settlement in the cadastral area of Lipany, from the Late Palaeolithic period to the Migration period.
The earlier periods are well documented by finds of chipped and ground stone industries. Beginning with the Bronze Age, the number of bronze finds quickly increased.
A large accumulation of bronze rings is especially worth mentioning, as it probably formed part of a scattered hoard dating from the Late to Final Bronze Age. The finds of Roman-provincial origin, which were discovered through metal detector survey in sector D, are remarkable and quite unique in Bohemia.
The number of finds dating from the Migration period is also gradually increasing. The discoveries a rough, fragmented pot-shaped vessel and a fragment of a child's skull seem to be supportive of a hypothesis that a late Migration period cemetery was disturbed at location A.