During the rescue archaeological works carried out on a multicultural site No 85 in Krakow Mistrzejowice, 6 graves of the Corded Ware Culture were discovered. All these graves were considerably damaged, three of them had the niche construction. Human remains ware preserved only in two features (No 29 and 125). Discovered grave goods allow to connect these burials with Krakow-Sandomierz Corded Ware group and date them to phase IIIb of its development in Malopolska Upland.
The article presents new results of rescue excavations in Malzyce (Little Poland; loess covered upland). The mound marked as 'barrow 2' was a rest of TRB megalithic monument. Also four graves of Corded Ware and two graves of Mierzanowice culture were discovered. The article concerns a detailed description of finds, especially of rich catacomb graves of Corded Ware culture. On the basis of the absolute and the relative chronologies it may be assumed that barrow in Malzyce was used in two phases separated by nearly a thousand years; the first phase was related to the TRB (approx. 3600-3300 BC), and the second phase to the Cracow-Sandomierz group of Corded Ware culture (approx. 2500-2400 BC). Moreover, two graves point to the third phase in the history of the place: Early Bronze age.
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