A new Roman Period burial ground of the Przeworsk culture from Pakoszówka (the Upper San River basin)

Abstract

The article concerns the discovery of the new Przeworsk culture burial ground, which is only the second known burial site from the Upper San River basin, beside of necropolis located in Prusiek site 25. The site 33 in Pakoszówka was excavated completely during field works carried out between 2015-2018. During the excavations, a number of richly furnished burials were discovered, including extraordinary double warrior grave. Beside of graves where metal parts of weaponry were found, a few graves without rich inventory were discovered. The site is dated to the end of the Early Roman Period and the late Phase C1 of the Younger Roman Period. The burial ground in Pakoszówka corresponds well with the recent funeral finds from Rankovce located in Eastern Slovakia (Košice Region). Together with finds from the Upper Tisa River basin, it indicates migration of the Przeworsk culture population to the areas bordering the Roman Empire in this turbulent time and the special role it played in the events of the end of the second century A.D.

A Late-Roman solidus found at Prełuki (the Upper San River basin)

“…Nonetheless, they would constitute, alongside the other above-mentioned artefacts, the evidence of a relatively intense human activity in this area at that time. Such activity is the follow-up to a trend already commenced in the earlier periods, as confirmed in view of abundant material from the settlement-or sepulchral-based contexts as well as of stray finds (including coins) and at least partly related to the southward transmigration of the settlements of the Przeworsk culture (Madyda- Legutko 1995;1996;Madyda-Legutko, Tunia 2008;Parczewski et al 2012, 26-27;Bulas, Kotowicz 2018;Bulas 2019;Bulas et al 2019). Let us also add that some other unidentified Roman coins were reportedly unearthed at Prełuki before the Second World War (cf.…”

Siekierka brązowa z Falejówki

“…Znalezisko dobrze wpisuje się w obraz, jaki zarysował się w ostatnich latach w rezultacie szeregu odkryć na górze Wroczeń, i potwierdza szczególną rolę tego wzniesienia jako miejsca deponowania gromadnych skarbów i pojedynczych przedmiotów co najmniej od późnej epoki brązu (Blajer et al 2022, 202, 204, 209) do okresu lateńskiego (Bochnak, Kotowicz 2015;Bochnak, Kotowicz, Opielewska 2017). Warto też wspomnieć, iż w dolnej partii jednego z jego południowo-zachodnich stoków odkryto cmentarzysko ciałopalne kultury przeworskiej z młodszego okresu wpływów rzymskich (Bulas, Kotowicz, Okońska 2019). Z tych powodów oraz z faktu "nawiedzania" góry Wroczeń przez działających nielegalnie poszukiwaczy skarbów, postanowiono działać prewencyjnie i rozpoczęto jej planowe przeszukiwania przy użyciu wykrywaczy metali.…”