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Sacrifices among the Slavs: Between Archaeological Evidence and 19th Century Folklore

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Wenska I.

Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia

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2015

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vol. 10

271–312

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This article discusses the subject of sacrifices among the Slavs using textual, archeological and ethnographic evidence. Although it is a well-known fact that there are not many textual sources concerning early medieval Slavic culture and religion, some aspects of their customs and rituals can be reconstructed by referring to folkloristic materials. According to many scholars, Slavic folk culture (especially that of Eastern Slavs) has preserved some traces of pre-Christian practices, but it is important to maintain a careful approach to ethnographic sources and avoid far-reaching interpretations of archeological evidence in their light. In spite of methodological difficulties, by critically combining different categories of sources it seems possible to offer new interpretations of Slavic beliefs

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Strój pyrzycki w świetle źródeł etnograficznych i ikonograficznych zachowanych w Muzeum Narodowym w Szczecinie

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Karwowska I.

Materiały Zachodniopomorskie

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2018

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vol. 14

193-224

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The article discusses selected elements of traditional Pyrzyce costume, archive records and an oil painting by August Ludwig Most that survived in the collection housed in the Department of Ethnography of Pomerania at the National Museum in Szczecin. The painter’s sketchbook drawings held in the Department of Old Art were also taken into account, showing the look of the costume in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Circular weights in Przeworsk culture – fishnet sinkers or elements of a looms. An attempt of interpretation

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Niezabitowska-Wiśniewska B.

Acta Archaeologica Carpathica

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2020

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vol. LV

137-196

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Clay circular weights are most often interpreted as sinkers for fishing nets or weaving weights – an elements of the vertical warp-weighted looms. The starting point for writing this article was the presence of such specimens at four settlements of the Przeworsk culture located on the right side of the Vistula River (Dobre, Nieszawa Kolonia, Oronne, Puławy-Włostowice). The oldest circular weights are dated back to the Neolithic period. With varying intensity, they are also recorded within the sites of all subsequent periods and in various parts of Europe. The youngest are related to the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The article focuses mainly on circular weights from the Roman Period and the early phase of the Migration Period (Przeworsk culture, Wielbark culture, Masłomęcz group, Luboszyce culture / Elbe circle), also using chronologically and culturally different analogies, as well as the results of experimental archaeology, iconographic and ethnographic sources. Circular weights were analysed for the possibility of relating them with weaving and / or fishing. In the first case, I focus on the analysis of factors such as: the context of the discovery, the number and condition of the weights, as well as their shape, weight and the presence of use-wear traces. In the second, issues such as raw material, accuracy and method of production, as well as weight, place and context of discovery, accompanying artefacts were considered.

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Sacrifices among the Slavs: Between Archaeological Evidence and 19th Century Folklore

Strój pyrzycki w świetle źródeł etnograficznych i ikonograficznych zachowanych w Muzeum Narodowym w Szczecinie

Circular weights in Przeworsk culture – fishnet sinkers or elements of a looms. An attempt of interpretation