Researchers were successful in reconstructing the face of one of the richest residents of Bronze-Age Bohemia. Here’s everything you need to know.
One of the richest woman from the Bronze age
Researchers reconstructed the face of a petite, dark-haired Bohemian woman from the bronze age. The woman was one of the richest residents of the region belonging to the Únětice culture. The woman was buried with five bronze bracelets, two gold earrings, and a three-strand necklace containing over 400 amber beads. Additionally, her tomb also contained three bronze sewing needles.
“It’s maybe the richest female grave from the whole Únětice cultural region. It is unclear who she was,” stated Michal Ernée. Ernée is an archeologist from the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
“We have amber in 40% of all female graves. There is more amber in this single cemetery than in all of the Únětic graves in Germany. We have two neighboring regions of one archaeological culture, but the social system[s] was probably not the same,” added Ernée.
Based on the radiocarbon dating of the cemetery, she lived between 1880 BC and 1750 BC. The grave is present near Mikulovice village in the Czech Republic. The area is also known as Bohemia as it was a part of the Bolivian kingdom before World War I.
More on the reconstruction efforts
On the basis of the skeletal remains, researchers were successful in reconstructing the face of the richest woman from the Bronze age. The well-preserved bones contained DNA which enabled experts to find several details. They discovered that her hair and eyes were brown. Additionally, her skin was fair.
Eva Vaníčková, an anthropologist from the Moravian Museum in Brno collaborated with sculptor Ondřej Bílek for creating a torso-up model of the woman.