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Location

  • Poland, Bronocice
  • geo:50.34222,20.349167
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • -3500~ / unknown

Classification

  • object
  • Visible

Bronocice pot

data access 20765

Bronocice clay pot was unearthed in Neollithic settlement of Funnelbeaker archaeological culture in Bronocice Village by the the Nidzica River (South Poland ) in 1976 during the archaeological excavation. It contains an image of a four wheeled vehicle with a shaft for a draught animal. Dated to ca 3500 BC by the radiocarbon method. It is the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle.

  1. Sarah Bockmeyer, The earliest evidence of wheels and wagons in Neolithic Central Europe and the Early Bronze Age of the northern Pontic areas (3500 – 2200 BC) - http://www50.342222, 20.34916.academia.edu/24294429
  2. Xiang Wan, The Bronocice motif and the Chinese character nán 南 ‘South’- http://www.academia.edu/1089737

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2015-06-23) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/20765
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: , E. , Bronocice pot. https://vici.org/vici/20765, accessed 2026-07-01.