The La Tène period in the northern part of the Boskovice Lowlands in Eastern Bohemia/Northwestern Moravia in light of small metal finds

Abstract

In 2005–2016, a metal detector was used to obtain an assemblage of La Tène metal artefacts in the geomorphologically defined region of Malá Haná on the border of eastern Bohemia and southwestern Moravia. The artefacts establish that settlement of the area began at the latest in LT B2. Occupying a prominent position among finds of local provenance are artefacts connected to the industrial and trade centre in Němčice nad Hanou. A ‘Kronenhalsring’(crown-shaped neck-ring) comes from the environment of the Jastorf culture. A cast bronze fibula and spear butt made according to a Greek model are of southeastern origin.