URNOVÉ POHREBISKO V PODTURNI VO SVETLE VÝSKUMU JULIUSA NEUDECKA

The article deals with a report and a drawing of Julius Neudeck. They are in the legacy of Friedrich Kenner in Vienna. Neudeck had reported about a burial-ground in the vicinity of Podtureň (county Liptov). His drawing shows a pottery urn, bronze tools and a map of the cemetery. Neudeck (1835 – 1909) was an amateur archaeologist of Austrian origin. He lived after his military service in Podtureň, but after the 1890s he was an Engineer in Serbia and later a consular clerk in Sofia. His report for Kenner is an important source about the cemetery of Podtureň. Thanks to his drawings, it was possible to evaluate the finds. They belong to the pre-Lusatian culture and the early phase of the Lusatian culture.