SZURPIŁY, ST. 8 („MOSIĘŻYSKO”), WOJ. PODLASKIE. BADANIA W ROKU 2011

• Authors: Jończyk Ludwika

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Szurpiły, Site 8 (“Mosiężysko”), the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Excavations in 2011

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

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Near the Szurpiły village (the Suwałki region) a large settlement complex is situated with the most intensive phase of usage dated to the Early Medieval Period (9th- 13th c.). In the centre of this complex there is a hillfort (the so-called “Góra Zamkowa”/“Castle Hill”), and relics of a large settlement. In the northern part of the settlement (Site 8) a unique kind of cemetery was found. In the area of ca. 2500 m2 in the humus layer an extraordinary amount of cremated human bones, small pieces of metal artefacts and pottery was discovered. During the expedition in 2011 a trench of43.75 m2 was excavated. In the course of excavations ca. 1000 pieces of pottery, 1044 pieces of metal artefacts and many pieces of cremated human bones were found. The finds confirm the dating of the cemetery in general to the 13th c. In the northern part of the trench a construction with piled stones (6.12x2.35 m) was discovered, which was connected with another one, not so well preserved (ca. 3.3x4.7 m), at a right angle. Both constructions were made from quite small stones, only on the borders there were medium-sized and larger ones. On several stones there were also intentionally made vertical scratches. This find is important because it confirms that the users of the cemetery changed the natural order of the concentra¬tion of stones left here by glacier in great amount.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Światowit
• Year: 2012
• Volume: Tom IX (L), fasc. B
• Pages: 349-353

Contributors

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Jończyk Ludwika

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