A newly discovered hoard of Bronze Age artefacts from western Latvia
Volume 32, Issue 1 (2025), pp. 47–65
Pub. online: 16 December 2025
Type: Article
Open Access
Received
29 September 2025
29 September 2025
Revised
20 October 2025
20 October 2025
Accepted
12 November 2025
12 November 2025
Published
16 December 2025
16 December 2025
Abstract
The article discusses a hoard of Late Bronze Age artefacts recently discovered near the River Venta in western Latvia. This is only the seventh Bronze Age hoard from Latvia. The find consists of eight to nine whole and fragmentary bronze artefacts. This publication describes the circumstances of discovery and presents an analysis of the artefacts, their chronology and metal composition, seeking to place the hoard within the general context of Late Bronze Age Europe. The objects constituting the Liedikas hoard have been conserved and are held at Kuldīga District Museum.