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Archaeological research on site 1 in Bytkowo, Rokietnica commune, was carried out in 2010 as part of the works preceding the construction of a western section of the Poznań bypass. 1738 items, mostly related to settlements of the Lusatian culture, were discovered on the area of 295.77 ares. Relics of an early Slavic settlement were unearthed in the southern end of the excavated area; they consisted of 17 residential and outbuildings buildings located on the western slope of the Samica River valley. They constituted a continuous line of structures with the length of 110 m and the width of 18 m, stretching transversely to the valley. 1105 fragments of earthenware vessels, 687 fragments of drying pans, 105 animal bones, an iron spur with inward hooks, and a fragment of an iron sickle were acquired from the fills of the settlement pits. On the basis of the portable monuments, it was established that the discovered part of the settlement dated back to the 8th century.