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A cemetery at Żdżarów, district Sochaczew, woj. mazowieckie, was discovered by chance in 1982. Great part of the cemetery was destroyed by sand extraction. 211 cremation graves of the Przeworsk Culture (1–201), dated to the Roman Period and early phase of the Migration Period, and 19 other prehistoric pits (I–XIX) were discovered at the undamaged part of the site. The oldest graves are dated to the phase B2, maybe the younger stage. They are dated with brooches of type 5 of trumpet shaped brooches, brooch of 7th series of the Almgren V group and typical pottery. These graves are dispersed in the cemetery, only graves 64A, 64B and 64C created a small concentration. Only a few graves originate from the phase B2/C1. They are dated by the brooches of type A.41b (grave 197), A.129 (grave 144), A.132/137 (grave 122), type 2b of the Masovian variant of the Almgren group IV (grave 158), 8th series of the Almgren group V (grave 61), and type A.193 (grave 151). Graves 41 and 125, furnished with the terra sigillata pottery (Samian ware), may also be connected with this phase. A number of the Late Roman period graves, furnished with wheel-made pottery, is striking. Pieces of such pottery were found in 54 assemblages. These graves occupies clear zone on the peripheries of the cemetery; they are not so numerous in the centre. More precise dating of most of the late Roman period graves is impossible because of the poor furnishing. The A.158 type brooch dates grave 40 to the phase C1. Brooches of the A.162 type coming from the graves 106, 107, 147, 175, 195 and a brooch type A.211 from the grave 123 indicates the phase C2. From this phase also originated graves 103, 138, 195 furnished with fragments of terra sigillata vessels, and, among stray finds, pieces of the silver brooch of type Zakrzów type, and bronze fibula of so-called Raupenfibel type. A sudden collapse (decrease of the number of graves) is seen in the latest period of use of the cemetery (phase C3–D). The graves concentrate on the western and eastern edge of the explored part of the necropolis. Most of them are dated by fragments of glass vessels originated from the 4th century, coming from the Black Sea (grave 10?, 186) and Rhineland workshops (grave 165A). Grave 173 – a warrior’s grave – with a complete set of weapons especially draws attention.