The early Bronze Age feature from Wilczyce, site 10, Sandomierz district– An interpretation of its functioning in light of multidimensional analysis.

• Authors: Jarosz Paweł , Boroń Tomasz , Witkowska Barbara , Winiarska-Kabacińska Małgorzata , Różańska-Tuta Zuzanna , Skrzyński Grzegorz , Osypińska Marta , Kerneder-Gubała Katarzyna , Szczepanek Anita , Sołodko Anna , Włodarczak Piotr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The aim of this paper is to present the multidimensional characteristics of the feature number 4 at the site in Wilczyce located on the Sandomierz Upland. During exploration of the pit rich flint material, fragments of pottery vessels and animal bones were found and just above the bottom a “deposit” involved a human skull of the young female, two cattle mandibles, a sheep/goat tibia and astragalus, a damaged cattle scapula and radius, and a polishing stone were deposited. The C14 date obtained from the tooth from the cattle jaw was 3790 ± 35 BP. Based on the shape and the size of discovered feature it is possible to classify it as a typical storage pit but presence of “deposit” enable to postulate a ritual character of assemblage that reflect some kind of burial practices of the Mierzanowice culture. Rituals in the form of interring the dead or parts of their bodies can be found also in the Unietice culture so such features may indicate the emergence of a certain supra-regional and cross-cultural trend in the early Bronze Age

Keywords

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Mierzanowice culture, Sandomierz Upland, funeral rite, settlement feature

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology Rzeszów University, Fundacja Rzeszowskiego Ośrodka Archeologicznego
• Journal: Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 77-102

Dates

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2020

Contributors

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Jarosz Paweł

• Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska st. 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland

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Boroń Tomasz

• Interdisciplinary Center of Archaeological Research Polish Academy of Sciences Al. Solidarności 105, 00-140 Warszawa, Poland

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Witkowska Barbara

• Institute of Archaeology Jagiellonian University Gołębia 11, 31-007 Kraków; Poland

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Winiarska-Kabacińska Małgorzata

• Poznań Archaeological Museum Wodna 27 61-781 Poznań; Poland

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Różańska-Tuta Zuzanna

• Room of Archaeology Museum of Warsaw Old Town Market Square 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Poland

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Skrzyński Grzegorz

• Polish Academy of Sciences Museum of the Earth in Warsaw Al. Na Skarpie 20/26, 00-488 Warszawa; Poland

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Osypińska Marta

• Departments for Prehistoric and Medieval Studies Bio- and Archeometric Laboratory Polish Academy of Sciences Rubież 46, 61-612 Poznań Poland

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Kerneder-Gubała Katarzyna

• Interdisciplinary Center of Archaeological Research, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences al. Solidarności 105, 00-140, Warszawa, Poland

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Szczepanek Anita

• Department of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College Kopernika 12, 31-034 Kraków, Poland

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Sołodko Anna

• Urząd Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy pl. Bankowy 3/5, 00-950 Warszawa, Poland;

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Włodarczak Piotr

• Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences Sławkowska st. 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

DOI: 10.15584/anarres.2020.15.6