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Truszki-Zalesie lies in the north-eastern part of Poland, in the Masovia region. In this small village a large settlement complex was discovered - four archaeological sites from the Early Medieval Period: a stronghold of “Okop” (‘Entrenchment’) (Site 1), a fortified settlement of “Góra Wieżowa” (‘Tower Mountain’) (Site 2) and two open settle- ments: “Siedlisko” (‘Abode’) and “Nikienki” (Sites 3 and 4). Site 4 was investigated in 2004, 2005 and 2007¬2010 by the team directed by Ewa Marczak (in cooperation with Adam Łukaszewicz) from the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. In six trenches (225 m2) seven stone hearths, eight pits, one half-sunken floored hut, one sunken dwelling and numerous traces of small wooden structures were discover- ed. Among the small finds there were various implements made of iron: 9 knives, 2 hooks, 1 strike-a-light, 1 rhom- boidal arrow-head, a number of nails, and also a fragment of a copper bracelet, 9 clay spindle-whorls, 6 beads of blue glass paste, 2 tools made of animal bone and 1 miniature clay vessel. The settlement is dated to the 10th-11th c. AD. It was a village of blacksmiths and a settlement of iron-workers.