Kaltanėnų senovės gyvenvietė

LTKaltanėnų senovės gyvenvietė (UK 20655) ir Kaltanėnų piliakalnis (UK 43248) (Švenčionių r., Kaltanėnų sen.) užima maždaug 190 m Žeimenos upės atkarpą prie jos ištakų iš Žeimenio ežero ir abu upės krantus. Piliakalniu kažkodėl pavadintas 5 m virš Žeimenio ežero vandens lygio iškilęs 90x60 m dydžio kranto kyšulys be jokių įtvirtinimų požymių. 2015–2019 m. naras Aldas Matiukas Žeimenos dugne surinko didžiulę įvairių laikotarpių archeologinių radinių kolekciją, pastebėjo medinių konstrukcijų. 2017 m. žvalgomuosius tyrimus ir žvalgymus Žeimenos ištakose vykdė E. Šatavičius (ATL 2017 metais, 2018, p. 31–37), 2019 m. – G. Piličiauskas (ATL 2019 metais, 2020, p. 495–499). [...]. [Iš teksto, p. 23]

ENIn 2020, a field evaluation was conducted at Kaltanėnai Old Settlement and Hillfort (Švenčionys District, East Lithuania). A roughly 330 m long section (3740 m2) of the riverbed was visually surveyed, 16 boreholes were made to a depth of 1–3 m in the river and on dry land, and 6 1x1 m test pits (a total of 6 m2) were excavated on both banks of the Žeimena. 382 finds from various ages were collected in the river and on its banks: 138 pottery, 122 bone – horn, 115 flint, 5 metal, 2 wood, and 1 glass. In addition, the position of 21 wooden stakes was identified on the riverbed. A hitherto unnoticed fishing fence made of wooden stakes and dating to 133–403 cal ad was discovered. Based on the boreholes it was determined that the archaeological layer in the river pool consists of a layer, up to 90 cm thick, of detrital sapropel and silty sand that contains shell fragments and pieces of wood. The test pits excavated on dry land confirmed that both Lake Žeimenys sources of the Žeimena were inhabited during various periods from the Stone Age to the Modern Era. This location was always very convenient for stationary fishing. A 15–20 cm thick unstratified archaeological layer: peat or peaty sand, has survived on both banks. [From the publication]