Senkapis Šiauliuose

LT2020 m. Šiaulių senojo miesto vietos (UK 27097) teritorijoje, ties Vasario 16-osios ir Vytauto gatvėmis atlikti detalieji tyrimai, kurių metu ištirtas 340,85 m2 bendras plotas, žvalgomieji tyrimai (10 šurfų (38,25 m2)) bei žvalgyta apie 5750 m2. Vilniaus g. 153A sklype ištirta 11 šurfų (44 m2), žvalgyta apie 300 m2. P. Višinskio gatvėje ištirti 5 šurfai (20 m2), žvalgyta apie 5400 m2. 1934 m. vykdant dabartinės Vytauto gatvės įrengimo darbus, ties sankryža su P. Višinskio gatve rasta 11 palaidojimų. Tuo metu šis radinys sulaukė didelio miestiečių dėmesio. ŠAM (B. Tarvydas) atliko šioje vietoje tyrimus, kurių metu aptiko keletą įkapių (du bizantiškus kryželius ir kardą). Pagal aptiktus radinius archeologas šiuos kapus priskyrė unitams (Tarvydas B., Po Šiaulių gatvių grindiniu kapai, Gimtasai kraštas, Šiauliai, 1934, nr. 3–4, p. 163– 165). Šiaulių žemėse unitai pasirodė XVIII a. viduryje. Jiems dvarininkai paaukojo savo žemes. [...]. [Iš teksto, p. 199]

ENIn 2020, a total of 340.85 m2 were evaluated during a field evaluation and excavation conducted at the intersection of Vasario 16-osios and Vytauto Streets in Siauliai. A burnt building was recorded at a depth of 80–90 cm in trench 3: a roughly 2 m long, 30–40 cm wide, and roughly 30 cm high fragment of interior wall foundation oriented NE–SW, a hardpacked clay floor, and a cluster of stove tiles that probably lay where they had fallen. 23 fully preserved and partially disturbed burials, of which 14 were single and 9 multiple (containing from 2 to at least 6 individuals) were excavated in the old cemetery. The skeletons were unearthed at a depth of 0.3–1 m. In the single burials the individuals had been interred with their heads to the W, the majority without grave goods, only 2 burials containing bronze rings and one a small iron knife and a buckle. In one the individual had been interred in a plank coffin. In the multiple burials they had been interred both supine and prone without grave goods. Based on the grave goods discovered in the single burials, the burials found in the old cemetery date to the 17th century. [From the publication]