Znak ZRC ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK

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ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK 67, 2016

Primož PAVLIN, Aleksandar JAŠAREVIĆ

The Early Urnfield period hoard from Paležnica Donja near Doboj (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Abstract

The Regional Museum in Doboj contains a hoard from Krčevina meadow at Paležnica Donja consisting of 64 bronze objects with a total weight of 7115 g. It consists of offensive weapons (spearhead, dagger, axe), tools (sickles), and fragments of ingots, including the edge section of an oxhide ingot. In terms of its composition, the hoard is related to the Pannonian-Carpathian Urnfield Culture workshop circle, and is placed chronologically in the Ha A1 phase or the second phase of the Urnfield period hoards of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the chronology of Peter König.

Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bronze Age, Urnfield Culture, Ha A1, hoards, decorated spearheads, daggers, socketed axes, button sickles, tanged sickles, oxhide ingots, plano-convex ingots

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