Oparno, Litoměřice dist., Ústí nad Labem Region
Prehistoric and medieval stome quarry
(150–50 BC, Early Middle Ages)
Mining pits in Prehistorical part of the area. P
Phto M. Kuna, 2014.
La Tène and Early Medieval stone quarries providing stone raw material for the production of rotary mills. Composed of two stones used to grind cereals, rotary mills (quern-stones) represented a major technological innovation in the La Tène Period. Moreover, their production and distribution required relatively complicated social organisation, as is indicated by the fact that the mills were in some cases found more than 100 km from the source. Based on the size of pits and discovered semi-finished products, the eastern part of the quarry was used in the La Tène Period, and the western part in the Early Middle Ages.
References: Zápotocký 1969; Waldhauser 1981, 2012b.
Navigation points: N 50°32'23.71", E 14°00'40.17".
Map notes: A – eastern part of La Tène quarry; B – western part of quarry used in the Early Middle Ages. Map symbols are available in the Downloads section.
Selected fulltext articles and reports for further reading. Complete bibliographical records are available in the Downloads section as the List of publications.
Archeologický atlas Čech – OparnoWaldhauser, J. 1981: Keltské rotační mlýny v Čechách. Památky archeologické 72, 153–221.Waldhauser, J. 2012b: Užívání vápence, kaolinitu a opuky během keltského osídlení Čech. In: G. Březinová – V. Varsik (ed.), Archeológia na prahu histórie. K životnému jubileu Karola Pietu, Nitra: Archeologický ústav SAV, 443–446.Zápotocký, M. 1969: K významu Labe jako spojovací a dopravní cesty, Památky archeologické 60/2, 277– 366.