2025
Objects from the Middle Bronze Age from the Opava-Vávrovice Site and Their Significance for Understanding the Settlement Structure of Czech Upper Silesia
HOŘÍNKOVÁ, AndreaBasic information
Original name
Objects from the Middle Bronze Age from the Opava-Vávrovice Site and Their Significance for Understanding the Settlement Structure of Czech Upper Silesia
Authors
Edition
29th International Conference on the Early and Middle Bronze Age in Central Europe, 2025
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Presentations at conferences
Field of Study
60102 Archaeology
Country of publisher
Slovakia
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Keywords in English
Middle Bronze Age; Tumulus Culture; Opava–Vávrovice; Czech Upper Silesia; pottery; storage vessel; boat-shaped bowl; settlement structure; Věteřov group; Lusatian culture; conference
Changed: 21/10/2025 14:23, Mgr. Andrea Hořínková, Ph.D.
Abstract
In the original language
The conference paper presents the discovery of two Middle Bronze Age features from the Opava–Vávrovice site, uncovered during a rescue excavation conducted by the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in 2019–2020. The analysis of ceramic material — including storage vessel fragments, clay weights, and daub — indicates affiliation with the Middle Danubian Tumulus Culture. A key find is a boat-shaped bowl with a spout and handle, representing the first evidence of this ceramic form in Czech Upper Silesia. The contribution provides new insights into the settlement structure of the region during the Middle Bronze Age, the continuity of settlement between the Věteřov group and the Lusatian culture, and possible cultural connections with the Middle Danube and Mediterranean regions.