Funeral rites of the Yotvingians : excavations from a cemetery in north-eastern Poland / by Ludwika Jończyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jończyk, Ludwika, author.

Series:

Warsaw studies in archaeology ; v. 14.

Warsaw studies in archaeology ; volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jaćwież--Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Jaćwież.

Jaćwież--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Poland--Suwałki (Voivodeship).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

353 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

illustration

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2025]

Summary:

The burial rites of the Yotvingians, a people who inhabited the Suwałki region of north-eastern Poland, were until recently almost completely unknown to archaeologists. For a long time, it was considered that the funeral rites of this people could not be identified archaeologically, and while finds such as settlement complexes have been excavated, related necropolises were not found. This changed with the identification of the Mosiężysko burial ground in the Szurpiły settlement complex, dated to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries AD, which is the first sepulchral site of the early medieval Yotvingians to have been discovered and surveyed using state-of-the-art archaeological methods. The results from these excavations are presented for the first time in this monograph. The excavations at the site yielded traces of collective cremation burials discovered scattered on the surface of the site, accompanied by stone structures. The equipment of the deceased, intentionally destroyed and burnt, included numerous fragments of ornaments, parts of costume and tools, as well as sporadically occurring weapons and horse riding gear. In addition to finds of artefacts characteristic of the early medieval Suwałki region, it was also possible to distinguish interregional varieties akin to finds from Sambia, Curonia, and other lands inhabited by the Balts. The results of this ground-breaking find, documented here, have now made it possible to expand research into the Yotvingians, and to identify similar sites.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9782503618593

2503618596

OCLC:

1531450270

Publisher Number:

90104830326

CIPO000330374