Finds from the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries from Bojná (Slovakia) and its agglomeration

The paper presents a collection of finds dated to the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries, coming from excavations and field prospections at three hillforts located at Bojná. Although the main and larg- est site, Bojná I (Valy), is related mainly to the second half of the 9th century, the beginning of the Slavic settlement at Bojná agglomeration is dated to the 7th century or to the turn of the 7th and 8th centuries. The oldest finds come from the Bojná III (Žihľavník) site. In the 8th century, Žihľavník was a small hill- fort or a fortified settlement, which makes it one of the earliest Slavic hillforts in Central Europe. The number of unique finds as well as the fortifications prove that it had been an important place in the life of that community, maybe a tribal center. Žihľavník was abandoned presumably at the beginning or in the first half of the 9th century, when the settlement moved to Valy hill. However, the significance of the site is confirmed by two burial mounds dated to the second half of the 9th century