Object's details: THEY BURN AT THE STAKES WHEN THEIR KING OR CHIEF DIES AND THEY BURN HIS HORSES TOO. AN EARLY MEDIEVAL CREMATION SITE WITH REMAINS OF A HORSE FROM CHODLIK, OPOLE COUNTY, LUBLIN PROVINCE

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THEY BURN AT THE STAKES WHEN THEIR KING OR CHIEF DIES AND THEY BURN HIS HORSES TOO. AN EARLY MEDIEVAL CREMATION SITE WITH REMAINS OF A HORSE FROM CHODLIK, OPOLE COUNTY, LUBLIN PROVINCE
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MIECHOWICZ, ŁUKASZ
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The article presents the results of research into an early medieval kurgan in Chodlik, Karczmiska county, where cremated human and horse remains were discovered. The settlement complex in Chodlik (8th-10th c.) forms a vast hillfort of more than 8 ha and the surrounding hamlets. For over a century, it has been subjected to archaeological excavations but it was not until recently that the related cremation burial sites were identified. The first kurgan, examined in 2010, contained buried remains of a human and a horse, most probably buried at a stake together. The other objects found in the upper part of the kurgan included pieces of clay vessels and bronze elements of a horse tack. By means of radiocarbon dating, the burial site’s chronology has been established as the 8th-9th centuries. The text presents comparative analyses with other famous discoveries of the type and considerations of the importance of horses to the early medieval Slavs.
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Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 ŁUKASZ MIECHOWICZ
Date:
2021.11.08
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Language:
Polish
Source:
Slavia Antiqua. Rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim; No. 62 (2021); 147-169;
Slavia Antiqua. Rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim; Nr 62 (2021); 147-169;
0080-9993
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application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sla/article/view/29860/26432
Subject:
Western Slavs;
funeral rites;
human and animal burial sites;
cremation;
kurgan burial;
burial with horse
Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sla/article/view/29860
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Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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