Odlévací forma ze Žichlic, okr. plzeŇ - sever : PŘispĚvek ke genezi jednoho typu antropomorfnich zÁvĚskU˙

A casting mould for the manufacture of bronze pendants was found by chance in 1997. The article concerns the geographical and chronological spread of related types of hourglass (Sanduhranhanger) pendant, and pendants with anthropomorphic designs. The development of these pendants is followed through the course of the Later and Final Bronze Ages (Br D to Ha B3) across the whole of their range, i.e. from south-eastern Europe and the Carpathian basin through the Czech lands to the Baltic. Attention is also paid to the south German cultural sphere, where anthropomorphic pendants with indented terminals (Schwalbenschwanzanhanger) are found; the casting mould from Žichlice comes from the West Bohemian zone with which this latter was in contact, and the pendants made from it have composite morphological elements. According to the results of comparative analysis, the mould can be dated towards the Later Bronze Age, specifically to the Ha B2-3.