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Wyniki sondażowych badań archeologicznych na stanowisku skarbu rzymskich denarów z Półwsi, gm. Zalewo

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Szczepański Ł.

Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie

2018

issue 2(300)

373-377

n 5 March 2016, a resident of Przezmark announced the discovery of a hoard of 86 Roman denarii dating to the first and second century. The coins were located on the surface. From October 27 to November 2, 2016, archaeological research was carried out at the site of discovery. Seven denarii and two fragments of hand–crafted pottery from the period of Roman influence were discovered during the investigations. On October 27–28, 2017, another archaeological survey took place, during which an additional seven denarii were discovered. In total, 100 coins were recovered, which are currently in the Museum in Ostróda. The results of the excavations and field prospecting enable the interpretation of the site as a domestic space or cemetery to be ruled out, and the coin hoard is best understood as being concealed for economic or religious purposes.

Okucie pochwy miecza z Gardzienia koło Iławy. Przyczynek do studiów nad uzbrojeniem na pograniczu bałtyjsko-słowiańskim

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Janowski A., Szczepański Ł.

Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie

2018

issue 3(301)

416-439

n 2017, the lower fitting of a sword scabbard, discovered some 500 m east of Lake Stęgwica near Gardzień, Iława district, was transferred to the collections of the Ostróda Museum. The artefact is damaged, but only superficially. Despite the degradation of some parts of the decoration, on the basis of the general shape, the legible parts and stylistic features, this object can clearly be classified as type Va in the typology of the Lithuanian weapon specialist Vytautas Kazakevičius. The chronology of the artefact spans the 11th–13th centuries. According to the authors, the Gardzień chape should be considered a product of Prussian provenance, or perhaps from Courland, which is suggested by a find from Siraičiai in Lithuania, with the closest analogous ornamentation. The place where the chape was discovered was, during the early Middle Ages, in the zone broadly understood as the Slavic-Baltic border. In this sense, it is possible to connect the context of the discovery to the tripartite division of Prussian territorial ties: tribal territory (Pomesania), land (Prezla) and the lauks (campus Schinewite). The presence of this artefact in the area of today’s Gardzień can be associated with the frontier character of this region in the Middle Ages and the resulting militarisation of the population forced to face neighbouring aggression more often than usual.

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Wyniki sondażowych badań archeologicznych na stanowisku skarbu rzymskich denarów z Półwsi, gm. Zalewo

Okucie pochwy miecza z Gardzienia koło Iławy. Przyczynek do studiów nad uzbrojeniem na pograniczu bałtyjsko-słowiańskim