Depozyt dwóch naszyjników brązowych z okresu halsztackiego z Cetynia, pow. Bytów

• Authors: Krzysiak Agnieszka

Title variants

EN

The deposit of two bronze necklaces from the Hallstatt period found in Cetyń, Bytów district

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In 2021 two open bronze necklaces found in the Trzebielino Forest District within the administrative borders of Cetyń, Trzebielino commune. The jewellery objects were deposited in a pit, within a layer of loose, fine-grained sand. The place of discovery is the slope of a small valley in the area of the Bytowskie Lake District. Two sites are located nearby: settlement site No. 5 in Starkowo and a vast barrow burial ground (burial grounds) No. 19 in Cetyń. The deposit in question consisted of two well-preserved, massive bronze necklaces. These are undecorated specimens made of a rod with an octagonal cross-section, with almost touching ends, slightly different in size and weight. The diameters of the middle parts of the artefacts are slightly larger than the tapering ends. The closest analogy to the discussed one is the specimen from Tatów, Biesiekierz commune, found in an assemblage of eight polygonal and twisted necklaces, dated to the Ha D period. It is characterized by an octagonal, approximately circular cross-section and lack of decorations. All three analysed, unornamented specimens, unlike the others discovered in Tatów, show no signs of use. This fact supports the thesis that these may be unfinished jewellery items. It is difficult to clearly indicate the nature of the hoard. It can be assumed that it is related to the hoarding of metals. It could also be a deposit of a kind of commodity money. The so-called pure hoard of necklaces may also testify to the increased social and economic role of women in the Hallstatt period.

Keywords

PL

wczesna epoka żelaza; naszyjniki; skarb

EN

Early Iron Age; necklaces; hoard

• Publisher: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Gdańsku
• Journal: Pomorania Antiqua
• Year: 2023
• Volume: Tom XXXII
• Pages: 83–90

Dates

published

2023-11-10

Contributors

author

Krzysiak Agnieszka

• Muzeum w Lęborku, ul. Młynarska 14-15, 84-300 Lębork