When searching for the context to the accidental find of a copper raw material lump in the Little Carpathians near the village of Chtelnica in western Slovakia, an unexpectedly intense settlement of some local upland sites in the Early and probably also Middle Eneolith was documented. There is no evidence of fortification at the sites so far. They can be associated with the discovery of nine copper tools – two from a hoard. Intense interest in this area of the Little Carpathians can also be observed in the Late and Final Bronze Age.
Paper deals with a hoard of three bronze spiral rings passed to the collection of the SNM-Archaeological museum in Bratislava in 2004. They were found on the Záruby, the highest peak and the dominant of the Little Carpathians, in the cadastral district of Buková and Smolenice. The alleged location of the hoard almost on the top of the hill might point to the possibility of its ritual deposition. The spiral bracelets made of bronze wire with decorated ends date to the stage HD.
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