The aim of the paper is to present the results of a typological and chronological analysis of movable finds obtained during excavations at site no. 20 in Przemyśl in the years 2005–2007. The site covers the area located directly on the west side of the cathedral church, around the building of the former Cathedral School at the Cathedral Square. Due to the location of the site on the eastern side of the castle hill in the vicinity of the Romanesque rotunda of St. nicholas, this site is an important research point with reference to Przemyśl. The remains of intensive open settlement were exposed at this site in the form of residential and utility features in two phases: 1. Roman influence (phase B2–C2) and 2. early Middle Ages (between the second half of the 10th or the beginning of the 11th and the end of the 12th century). The immovable features together with the initial report were published after the completion of the research in 2006 and 2007. It was noted that after using the open settlement, an earth rampart was built here, in which six subsequent phases were distinguished. The early Middle Ages ceramic material was the only type of artefacts that were discovered in the subsequent six phases of the earth rampart. On the basis of some characteristics – technology, ornamentation or rim shapes, an attempt was made to determine the chronology of piling up successive layers of the rampart. The material in all layers is similar and it can be dated to the 11th–13th century. Therefore, the rampart was probably created from the end of the 12th or 13th century. A large collection of Modern period pottery sherds was obtained from the mound of the youngest 6th phase of the rampart, which was established as the period from the end of the 16th to the 1st half of the 17th century.
Przemyśl 20 site is an important research point of the early medieval city. Archaeological research confirmed the existence of intensive settlement before this time. During field works, two parts of a casting mold for the production of axes, 17 cm long, 7.5 cm wide and 4 cm thick, were found at the bottom of the settlement layer. On the discovered form, no traces of copper were observed, on the outside were visible signs of burnout. This form is the only find of this type in Poland and ascibed to the Mierzanowice culture. petrographic tests performed using polarizing and scanning microscopes as well as microapaleontological examinations allow the identification of the mold material as spongiolite (spiculite), most likely from the vicinity of przemyśl, where the outcrops of this rock are located. Considering the results of micropaleontological research, it is not possible to unequivocally interpret whether the material from which the foundry mold was made comes from works classified as radiolar shale formations from Barnasiówka, or from silicoclastic turbidites rich in sponge spicules. with high probability it can be stated that this material comes from the upper part of the Lgota beds covering the abovementioned lithostratigraphic units. The type of raw material used meets the conditions for using it as a casting mold. The obtained data allow to conclude about the local production of this form.
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