Eneolitická medená industria z okolia Chtelnice

When searching for the context to the accidental find of a copper raw material lump in the Little Carpathians near the village of Chtelnica in western Slovakia, an unexpectedly intense settlement of some local upland sites in the Early and probably also Middle Eneolithc was documented. There is no evidence of fortification at the sites so far. They can be associated with the discovery of nine copper tools – two from a hoard. Intense interest in this area of the Little Carpa­ thians can also be observed in the Late and Final Bronze Age.