PETRYKOZY, WOJ. MAZOWIECKIE. BADANIA W 2011 ROKU

• Authors: Roszyk Władysława

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PETRYKOZY, THE MAZOWIECKIE VOIVODESHIP. EXCAVATIONS IN 2011

• Languages of publication: PL EN

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In August 2011 rescue excavation works were carried out at Site 3 (AzP Archeologiczne zdjęcie Polski - Archaeological Record of Poland’ 45-55/44) at Petrykozy, the Zawidz Commune. They were directed by the author. Students of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw also participated in them. The exploration encompassed the area of 322.5 m2. 8 graves of the Lusatian Culture, 1 grave of the Przeworsk Culture and 1 hearth from the Medieval Period were discovered. Furthermore, features of other kind were also recorded and they should perhaps be related to the afore-mentioned cultures. Among the discovered features the following ones were identified: II pits of undefined function, 12 post-holes and 13 destroyed pits, possibly grave ones. Moreover, a Lithuanian copper shilling (so-called boratynka) was found (Fig. 1). It was probably minted in 1661. 8 cremation pit graves with remains of funeral pyres (fig. 2), including 1 possibly mass grave (235/A, B), are to be related to the Lusatian Culture. Based on ceramic finds, they can be preliminarily dated to the end of Period III and Period IV of the Bronze Age. In the south-western part of the cemetery a cremation urn grave (No. 228) of the Przeworsk Culture was discovered (fig. 3). In a trough-like pit there was an urn, covered with a bowl, as well as additional vessels. In the urn, a spearhead was deposited on the bones. The spearhead has an asymmetrically shaped blade and it belongs to Type 7c according to Bochnak (2005: 77) (fig. 4:a). Other finds included a butt cap of Type I according to Kontny (1999: 128) (fig. 4:b), a long knife (fig. 4:c) and fragments of 2 curved brooches (geschweifte Fibeln) with an upper cord (fig. 4:d,e). Based on metal finds the grave can be surely dated to Phase A3 of the Late Pre-Roman Period. In the north-western part of the site, on the side of an oxbow lake of the River Sierpienica, an oval hearth (No. 208) from the Medieval Period was exposed. It probably had a undefined stone construction, perhaps plastered with clay. The fill of the hearth contained fragments of medieval pottery, flint and unburnt animal bones with post-consumption traces. The acquired sources, in spite of a small number of well-preserved features, enrich our knowledge on the ways of burying the dead in the local populations of the Lusatian and the Przeworsk Cultures. Furthermore, they complete a modest source base for the prehistory of settlement of the River Sierpienica basin and thus deserve research attention.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Światowit
• Year: 2012
• Volume: Tom IX (L), fasc. B
• Pages: 331-336

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Roszyk Władysława

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