Badania wykopaliskowe na wczesnośredniowiecznym grodzisku w Gniewkowie, pow. świdnicki, w 2007 roku

• Authors: Sylwia Rodak , Damian Werczyński

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EXCAVATING THE EARLY MEDIEVAL EARTHWORK AT GNIEWKÓW, DISTR. ŚWIDNICA. INPUT FROM SEASON 2007

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The excavation of the early medieval earthwork at Gniewków undertaken in 2007 by the Institute of Archaeology University of Wrocław was supervised in the field by Assistant Professor K. Jaworski and S. Rodak MA. In view of the ongoing deterioration of the site caused by animals (numerous badger burrows observed in different areas of the linear defensive system) and treasure hunters, the decision was made to undertake archaeological work which would have the nature of a research and a rescue project. The main aim was to recognize the early medieval occupation of the stronghold and its neighbourhood and confirm the previous dating of this defended site. In 2007 eight trenches were laid out, with a combined area of 80 m2. Six of them expanded on older sondage trenches, not all of which, presumably, had been connected to archaeological work (sondage trenches from the research made in 1975, marked as trenches 1-6/1075). New trenches (I-VIII/2007) were set up in the inner area of the earthwork, in its SE area (I, II, III, IV, V and VII/2007) and NW area (VI/2007), whereas trench VIII/2007 was planned on outside, to the north of the stronghold rampart, and covered a fragment of the rampart, a possible moat/ditch and the service settlement of the stronghold. Analysis of the ceramic series secured from this season’s fieldwork allows us to link the site at Gniewków with the nearby strongholds at Dobromierz, Graniczna Górna and Góra Bazaltowa (Mount) in Strzegom. The earthwork’s chronology (9th-10th c.) was determined mainly basing on the ceramic series through comparison with ceramic material from the earthworks in the immediate vicinity of Gniewków. After the investigation season 2007 it was possible to determine the stratigraphic situation of the earthwork, the substantial quantity of ceramic material collected helped us refine its chronology; investigation had been started of the construction design of the earthwork ramparts and the service settlement of the stronghold. The coming season will complete the work in progress and, presumably, bring answers to other questions on the function of the stronghold complex in its region.

Keywords

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EARLY MEDIEVAL; EARTHWORK; CERAMICS

• Publisher: Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
• Journal: Śląskie Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 53
• Pages: 43-54

Contributors

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Sylwia Rodak

• Stacjonarne Studia Doktoranckie Nauk o Kulturze, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. Szewska 48, 50-139 Wrocław, Poland.

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Damian Werczyński