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HOW TO INFORM OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDING??

A finding of cultural value is defined as a natural object or movable of historical, archaeological, scientific, artistic or other cultural value, found in the ground or on the ground, in a construction or building, in water or in the sediments of a water body; the object does not have an owner or its owner cannot be identified. A finding of cultural value belongs to the state. The finder must preserve the finding place as it is and notify the National Heritage Board or rural municipality or city government immediately of the finding. The finder has the right to remain anonymous. The finding must be left in the finding place until it is transferred to the National Heritage Board. The found object may be removed from the finding place only if the preservation of the object is at stake. It must not be damaged by cleaning, landscaping, breaking etc. and its parts must not be disassembled.

Report about the finding:

Select the type of the finding place*

Name and surname of finder

Phone number

Fax number

E-mail address

Please name other persons involved in the discovery

When did you determine the location of the object?

What do you think it is?*

Please describe the place of finding*

Please specify the coordinates of the finding

Is the finding place completely in the ground / underwater or revealed?

Please describe visible parts of the object (position, condition, material, etc. of the finding)

Take aphoto of or draw the finding and send us

Add notes where necessary

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