Niche burials of the Corded Ware Culture at Kraków-Mistrzejowice, site 85

• Authors: Paweł Jarosz , Ewa Koszowska , Mikołaj Ostrowski , Anita Szczepanek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Two additional niche graves of the Corded Ware Culture were discovered during the rescue archaeological works carried out in the year 2010 on site No 85 in Kraków-Mistrzejowice. The preserved fragments of skeletons allow to assess that in the feature 1307 there were buried two individuals: female at the age of death at iuvenis-adultus and child at the age of death at infans II, the sex was not established. The human remains that were found in the feature 1311 belonged to a man at the age at death of adultus (20–25 years old) with intra vitam body height of 170 cm. Discovered in grave goods especially pottery allow to date them to phase IIIb of the Corded Ware Culture development in Małopolska Upland

Keywords

EN

Corded Ware culture; late Neolithic; Małopolska; niche graves; anthropological analysis; chemical composition

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 67
• Pages: 165-187

Contributors

author

Paweł Jarosz

• Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences; Slawkowska st. 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland

author

Ewa Koszowska

• Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Oleandry st. 2A, 30-063 Kraków, Poland

author

Mikołaj Ostrowski

• Towarzystwo Archeologiczne ARGO, Grażyny st. 9/42, 31-217 Kraków, Poland

author

Anita Szczepanek

• Katedra i Zakład Anatomii, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika st. 12, 31-034 Kraków, Poland