Stebno-Nouze: a remarkable La Tène hoard from Western Bohemia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2017.4Keywords:
La Tène period, Bohemia, toreutics, import, ring ornament, plant macro-remains analyses, pollen analyses, hoard, ritualAbstract
The article presents an assemblage of artefacts discovered at the foot of a rock near Stebno (Louny distr.) and interpreted as a ritual hoard from stage LT B1/B2 from which there are no other traces of human presence in the region. The assemblage included a pottery bowl, La Tène women’s ring ornament set and a unique bronze basin of central Italian origin. An analysis of the hoard, including macro-remains and palynological analyses, raises questions on the relationship between central Europe and the Mediterranean, the human presence in the region during the La Tène period and on ritual activities in the La Tène period.