V rámci soupisu středověkých a raně novověkých militárií z českých a moravských sbírek byly zpracovány i předměty z muzeí ve Vysokém Mýtě a v Chocni. Pro studii byly vybrány dlouhé meče, z nichž jeden byl údajně nalezen v areálu hradu Žampach a ostatní pak na různých, dnes bohužel blíže neznámých místech katastru Chocně (kraj Pardubice). Meč ze Žampachu je na čepeli značen vlevo běžícím vlkem a jednorožcem, díky čemuž jeho výrobu můžeme klást do Pasova kolem přelomu 13.–14. století. Ze stejné doby pochází typologicky shodný meč z Chocně. Zbývající dva meče (typy XVII, H1, 1 a XVII, H1, 1b) lze datovat do 2. pol. 14. a 1. pol. 15. století. and As part of the process of cataloguing medieval and early modern militaria contained in Czech and Moravian collections, the author processed several items from the museums in Vysoké Mýto and Choceň, Eastern Bohemia. This study focuses on longswords, one of which allegedly was found on the site of Žampach Castle. The others hail from various locations – unfortunately no longer known – within the city limits of Choceň (Pardubice region). On the blade of the Žampach sword, there are a wolf and unicorn running to the left, thanks to which we can identify it as having been manufactured in the town of Passau around the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. A typologically identical sword from Choceň hails from the same period. The remaining two swords (types XVII, H1, 1 and XVII, H1, 1b) can be dated to the second half of the 14th century and the first half of the 15th century.
The temporary lowering of the water level in Dalešice Reservoir for maintenance in the autumn of 2021 created an opportunity to conduct an archaeological investigation of the Kramolín hillfort – a site permanently flooded since the 1970s. A small group of archaeologists reached the shore of Kramolín island by boat and performed the survey with metal detectors and GPS hand held devices. This survey produced a large collection of lithic artefacts, pottery sherds, and isolated metal artefacts from different prehistoric periods (including the Neolithic, Eneolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman period and Early Middle Ages), which had already been identified during previous excavations. However, although the site was illegally surveyed with metal detectors earlier, several important artefacts were still found. In addition, the current state of the overlying sediment and its erosion was documented. The survey showed that the site is not yet exhausted and repeated survey in the case of the lowered water level can again provide more important information about this site.
The archaeological excavation conducted in Prague – New Town in 2013 at the intersection of today’s Národní třída – Mikulandská streets, i.e. in the medieval New Town, yielded, among other things, the unique find of a late medieval long sword. The sword was found in an oval feature of an unknown function (definitely not a cesspit), whose demise dates to the turn of the 16th century. The sword, which can be classified as an Oakeshott type XVIIIb, T14, 12a, can be dated to the period between the second half of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century. These and other findings come from an analysis of the find situation, from metallographic examination, and mainly from detailed typo-chronological analysis of the weapon and marks, by which the sword was signed.
In 2019, a metal-detector find of an exceptionally well-preserved weapon was made in the complex of Ždánice Forest. We can classify it as a long-sword of Type XVIa, H1, 1b (according to Oakeshott 1964; Głosek 1984, 39–40, Fig. 4) and date it to the turn of the 15th century. Its blade was marked on both sides with three marks taking the form of a forked cross, a diagonal consisting of three equilateral crosses and, finally, a bishop's crosier. The weapon was assembled from a blade of Passau provenance and hilt-components characteristic of the wider Central European region. These and other facts concerning the sword were obtained through detailed analysis, which this study introduces.
This study focuses on the discovery of iron components of a wheellock pistol found to the south of Hradec nad Moravicí on the route of a former historical road that linked Opava with Moravia. The find consists of an octagonalsection barrel with a lead projectile and a lock plate with an almost complete lock mechanism. The keys to dating the find and determining its provenance are not only the shape of the barrel, but primarily the design of the wheellock mechanism and the shapes of several of its components. Based on the shape of the dog, the manner in which the lock plate was fixed into the wooden body of the pistol, and particularly the existence of an internal dog leaf spring, the pistol can with a high degree of probability be identified as a product of one of the gunsmiths’ workshops in the German towns of Braunschweig or Goslar during the 1570s or 1580s. The find from Hradec nad Moravicí adds to the group of archaeological discoveries of European and North American firearms with wheellock mechanisms, and the study provides a selective overview of this group.
Při povrchové prospekci s využitím detektorů kovů byla z doposud archeologicky sterilního k. ú. Nová Sídla (okr. Svitavy, Pardubický kraj) získána kolekce necelé stovky kovových artefaktů. Kromě několika pravěkých předmětů je kolekce tvořena řemeslnickými a zemědělskými nástroji, předměty osobní potřeby a militárii datovanými do středověku a novověku. Při průzkumu nebyly zjištěny intaktní archeologické situace, předměty se nacházely v podloží či lesní humusové vrstvě. Nálezová situace chronologicky značně heterogenního souboru ukazuje, že situaci musíme interpretovat jako důsledek dlouhodobých aktivit souvisejících s komunikací, která dnes v terénu nezanechala žádné viditelné stopy. and The metal detector aided surface survey of the up to the present sterile area of Nová Sídla (Svitavy district, Pardubice region) yielded an assemblage of almost a hundred metal artefacts. Apart from several prehistoric items, the assemblage consists from craft and agricultural tools, articles of personal use, and militaria, dated to the Middle Ages and the Modern Period. No intact archaeological situations were detected during the survey, and the objects were found in the subsoil or in the forest humus layer. The depositional context of the chronologically very heterogeneous assemblage shows that it must be interpreted as a result of longterm activities related with communication that left no visible vestiges in the terrain into the present.