Late Bronze Age treasure found in the field near Chojnice

Naukaw Polsce ^ | January 2, 2014 | aks/ gma/ mrt/

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28 objects from the Late Bronze Age have been discovered by a farmer during field work near Chojnice (Pomerania). The artefacts found their way to the museum. The farmer -- discoverer can count on a reward.

The discovery was announced on December 16 by the spokesman for the Pomeranian Conservator Office, Marcin Tymifski. He explained that the treasure consists of three axes with sleeves and handles, a chisel, spearhead, fragments of a spiral brooch and bracelet, as well as numerous items that were parts of a horse harness, including six ornamental plates, bells and other items that once ornamented the part of the harness called the bridle.

All the objects have been found in the village of Charzykowy, and come from the late Bronze Age -- approx. 900-700 BC. Barbara Zagorska, director of the Museum of History and Ethnography in Chojnice, to which the conserver transferred the treasure, told PAP that such objects are characteristic of the Lusatian culture.

"According to the archaeologists who saw these objects, finding this type of objects in the southern tip of Pomerania is very rare. Such items are more commonly found in Lubusz and Szczecin Land. They will be truly unique for our collection" -- Zagorska told PAP.

She added that in the vicinity of Chojnice more frequent were finds from a slightly later period than the Bronze Age, including the Roman era -- especially from the 2nd century AD. "We have a very interesting collection of objects from this period, including unusual Roman vessels and objects from a Roman princess tomb: beads, fibulas and other ornaments, even a dress fragment; those items were found in Leeno near Chojnice" -- said Zagorska.

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[umgud]

Really Kewl

[onedoug]

Northern Poland, I think.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The ability of archeologists to identify objects amazes me. To me, that looks just like what I see when I dig around the 3/4 inch copper water supply to my house.

[VeniVidiVici]

It's mine!!

[mosesdapoet]

In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Late Bronze Age treasure found in the field near Chojnice, onedoug wrote:
Northern Poland, I think.

It’s in the area where one the the three Polish distinct slavic dialect lingusitic groups the Kashubes which comprize Poland (people of the sea) lived. That included btw Stettin which for a time was controlled by Sweden and extended into the Mecklinberg peninsula. Sounds like that site is in that province known as Kashube along the Baltic sea coast. Masuri,(people of the rivers) Polany (people of the fields)are are the other .

[bunkerhill7]

“bells and other items that once ornamented the part of the harness called the bridle.”

All them cutters up`n here on got them thar bells.

[Sawdring]

Just think how many items have been found and melted down over the centuries. I like the fair market value scheme Britain uses to give people an incentive not to hide an artifact or to sell it on the black market.