20:
32:
242:
19:
202:
117:
found in a number of graves of very high-ranking warriors of the second half of the 5th century. Also two identical gold
158:
24:
85:
103:, a seax, a bow, a saddle and three green glass vessels, besides items of personal jewellery, including a 50
55:
192:
65:
The burial dates to the second half of the 5th century, i.e. the period of alleged unrest, as the
114:
198:
138:
44:
31:
247:
89:
81:
134:
122:
118:
104:
100:
66:
59:
236:
130:
227:
126:
182:
A total of 20 known examples are listed by Frank
Siegmund in Ian N. Wood (ed.),
74:
51:
159:"View CZECH REPUBLIC MAP PRIOR TO 7TH CENTURY.PDF - PDFy - Instant PDF Host"
93:
80:
The grave is situated on Strže hill, above the confluence of the Litava and
188:
107:
97:
47:
184:
70:
162:
30:
18:
113:
The Blučina sword is a rare example of an "Alamannic type"
62:. It was excavated in 1953 by Karel Tihelka (1898–1973).
96:?) King (Rex), deceased in his thirties, arrayed with a
16:
Migration Period princely burial site in Czech
Republic
121:of the same type have been found in present-day
8:
243:Archaeological sites in the Czech Republic
150:
7:
35:Terrain silhouette of burial hill)
14:
88:. It contained the remains of a
197:, Boydell & Brewer, 1998,
1:
195:: an ethnographic perspective
215:Das Fürstengrab von Blučina
23:Artefacts from the burial (
264:
25:National Museum in Prague
73:never ever even went on
36:
28:
69:were never defeated,
67:Germania Magna Pagens
56:South Moravian Region
34:
22:
86:Dyje–Svratka Valley
193:Merovingian period
115:gold-hilted spatha
37:
29:
203:978-0-85115-723-8
255:
206:
180:
174:
173:
171:
170:
161:. Archived from
155:
139:Germania Slavica
45:Migration Period
263:
262:
258:
257:
256:
254:
253:
252:
233:
232:
224:
210:
209:
181:
177:
168:
166:
157:
156:
152:
147:
123:central Germany
119:Germanic swords
48:princely burial
17:
12:
11:
5:
261:
259:
251:
250:
245:
235:
234:
231:
230:
223:
222:External links
220:
219:
218:
208:
207:
175:
149:
148:
146:
143:
135:Germania magna
84:rivers in the
60:Czech Republic
41:Blučina burial
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
260:
249:
246:
244:
241:
240:
238:
229:
228:Blučina sword
226:
225:
221:
216:
212:
211:
204:
200:
196:
194:
190:
186:
179:
176:
165:on 2015-07-12
164:
160:
154:
151:
144:
142:
140:
136:
132:
131:Villingendorf
128:
124:
120:
116:
111:
109:
108:gold arm ring
106:
102:
99:
95:
91:
87:
83:
78:
76:
72:
68:
63:
61:
57:
53:
49:
46:
42:
33:
26:
21:
214:
213:K. Tihelka,
183:
178:
167:. Retrieved
163:the original
153:
127:Pleidelsheim
112:
79:
64:
40:
38:
125:located in
98:golden-hilt
75:Czech lands
237:Categories
169:2015-06-13
145:References
94:Langobards
205:, p. 192.
189:Alamanni
90:Germanic
191:in the
133:. (see
82:Svratka
54:in the
52:Blučina
248:Tumuli
217:(1963)
201:
185:Franks
105:solidi
101:spatha
71:Atilla
43:is a
199:ISBN
187:and
129:and
39:The
50:at
239::
141:)
137:,
110:.
77:.
58:,
172:.
92:(
27:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.