Kario prestižas. Varpinių taurių kultūros bronzinis durklas

LTŠiandieną Rokiškio krašto muziejaus fonduose yra per 110 tūkstančių įvairius Rokiškio krašto istorijos laikotarpius atspindinčių eksponatų. Muziejuje sukaupta nemaža archeologinių radinių kolekcija. Seniausi iš jų, datuojami 3500 m. pr. Kr., – iš elnio plaštakos kaulo pagaminti strėlių antgaliai (RKM-211, RKM-714), rasti Jaros akmens amžiaus gyvenvietėje dar 1933 metais. Fonduose saugoma ir bronzos amžiui priskiriamų įvairių dirbinių iš akmens ir kaulo, tačiau bronzinių/žalvarinių dirbinių iki šiol nebuvo. Šiame straipsnyje pristatytomas unikalus Rokiškio krašto muziejaus eksponatas – ankstyviausias iki šiol žinomas Lietuvos teritorijoje rastas radinys iš metalo – varpinių taurių archeologinei kultūrai (2800–1800 m. pr. Kr.) priskiriamas bronzinis durklas. Raktiniai žodžiai: durklas, bronza, Rokiškis, archeologija, muziejus. [Iš leidinio]

ENThis year, the representatives of Panevėžys-Utena branch of Lithuanian Department of Culture handed over to Rokiškis Regional Museum a find – a brass/bronze boom/spear tip (?) found in Rokiškis district, Pandėlis eldership. This find was detected by a metal detector in a non-working field by Orestas Pauliukas. After consultations with archaeologists, it was revealed that analogous finds belong to the dagger type and are associated with the archaeological culture of the Early Bronze Age bell beakers that existed in Western and Central Europe between 2800 and 1800 B.C. In terms of Lithuania, the closest analogous find belonging to this culture was found in Samoborzec area in south eastern Poland. The term Bell Beaker Culture (Germ. Glockenbecher) according to the shape of ceramic products typical of this culture – inverted bell beaker – was first proposed by Paul Heinrich Adalbert Reinecke, a researcher and archaeologist of German ancient cultures. The culture was widespread throughout western and central Europe, from the Iberian regions and northern Africa to the Danube plains, the British and Irish islands, and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. This culture existed in the British isles for the longest time.The most famous archaeological monument of this culture is the Stonehenge stone megalithic building, which consists of huge stone rings arranged in a circle. Representatives of the Bell Beaker Culture did have a connection with the cultures living in the territory of Lithuania at that time, several individual finds belonging to this culture have been found, but so far no bronze finds have been discovered. Klaipėda University was implementing the project “The research of alloy metallurgy and technological progress of the 1st millennium B.C. in the context of socio-economic development of the society” (led by Prof. Dr. Audronė Bijūnienė), therefore, the object under description was also taken for research. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) investigations were performed on the dagger. The data obtained show that it is a tin-bronze alloy with impurities of other metals. The bronze dagger found in Rokiškis district and handed over to Rokiškis Regional Museum may be the earliest known metal object found in the territory of Lithuania. The dagger is exhibited in Rokiškis Regional Museum. We invite you to visit and get acquainted with this unique find of the early Bronze Age. [From the publication]