METAL FINDS AND OTHER SMALL ARTEFACTS FROM THE LATE AND FINAL BRONZ EAGE FORTIFIED HILLTOP SETTLEMENT AT THE DESERTED CASTLE IN ZVOLEN, CENTRAL SLOVAKIA

• Authors: Beljak Pažinová Noémi , Godiš Jakub , Beljak Ján
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study evaluates the selected metal and other small findings from the Late and Final Bronze Age fortified hilltop settlement at the Deserted Castle, Upper castle in Zvolen (central Slovakia). This was part of a network of hillforts built at strategically advantageous locations in the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains at the end of the Bronze Age. The studied assemblage of the artefacts comes from the 2016 – 2023 systematic excavation and is supplemented by some significant earlier discovered finds. Its diversity evidences the people’s intense presence, movements, and activities at this hillfort during the Urnfield culture period. The evaluation of the finds complements the analysis of the ceramic material. It confirms the habitation phases of the site from the Late Bronze Age (stage HA1) to the beginning of the Hallstatt period (stage HC1), or roughly from the 12th to the 8th century BC.

Keywords

EN

ZVOLEN; DESERTED CASTLE; LATE AND FINAL BRONZE AGE; URNFIELD CULTURAL GROUPS; METAL ARTEFACTS; CENTRAL SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 85 – 112

Contributors

author

Beljak Pažinová Noémi

• Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Katedra archeológie, Trieda Andreja Hlinku 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9743-9789

author

Godiš Jakub

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6450

author

Beljak Ján

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7781-7313

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/szausav.2025.72.5