Švč. Trejybės bažnyčios aplinkos Panevėžyje tyrimai

LT2020 m. Nepriklausomybės aikštės aplinkoje, Sodų gatvėje, atlikti žvalgomieji tyrimai (22 šurfai, 6 perkasos) ir žvalgymai. Iš viso ištirtas 125,66 m2 plotas, išžvalgyta 698 m2 teritorija. Panevėžio miesto centrinėje dalyje atrastos ir tyrinėtos kapinės, esančios šalia Švč. Trejybės bažnyčios, Nepriklausomybės aikštės ŠR dalyje. Detaliųjų tyrimų metu ištirtos 3 perkasos kapinių vietoje, ties Vilniaus gatvės P puse. Šioje vietoje buvo rekonstruojami pėsčiųjų takai. Perkasa 1 (15x10 m dydžio su išpjova) tirta 21 m atstumu į ŠR nuo Švč. Trejybės bažnyčios. Šalia jos į PR pusę prijungtos dar 2 perkasos – 20x2 m dydžio su išplatinimais (perkasos 2 ir 3). Iš viso detaliųjų tyrimų metu ištirtas 218 m2 plotas. [...] [p. 331].

ENIn 2020, an excavation, field evaluation, and field survey were conducted in Independence Square in Naujamiestis, the historic central part of the city of Panevėžys. Disturbed soil and first half of the 20th-century 30–155 cm thick cultural layers were identified in test pits 1, 3, 5, and 8–12; 15–94 cm thick cultural layers disturbed by digging in the late 19th – first half of the 20th century in test pits 2, 4, 6, 7, 13–16, 18, and 22 and trenches 1–3, and 5; and mediocre late 17th–19th-century 32–70 cm thick cultural layers containing 17th–19th-century finds in test pits 17, 19, and 20. 5 inhumation burials were excavated in test pit 21 beside the entrance to Vilniaus Street. Trench 4 revealed a 19th–20th-century, 35–54 cm thick cultural layer and foundation fragments, which can be connected with buildings that existed in the 19th – first half of the 20th century. Trench 6 contained a rich 19th – early 20th-century, 65–115 cm thick cultural layer, a fragment of a demolished foundation, and the ruins of a masonry building. A burial was exposed and excavated in the N part of trench 6. A mediocre 17th–19th-century cultural layer up to 60 cm thick was identified in the surveyed areas. During the excavation, 3 trenches totalling 218 m2 were excavated in the NE part of Independence Square, revealing 102 burials. Based on the anthropological investigation data, many child and subadult burials were identified. Isolated bones from disturbed burials were also found. It was determined that the individuals had been interred more densely on the E side in trench 1, 5 rows of burials in several horizons being identified. In trench 2 the individuals had been interred the most densely towards the NW, 3 rows of burials being identified and no burials being recorded in the middle of the trench. In trench 3 the individuals had been interred more sparsely.In most of the graves, the individuals, supine with extended arms, had been buried in coffins. The position of the arms was not identified in every burial. Mostly they followed a SW–NE or W–E orientation with the head placed closer to the W. In 11 burials an E–W direction was identified with the head to the E. A 17th–19th-century, 97 cm thick cultural layer disturbed by digging was identified in trench 1. A fragment of a first half of the 19th-century stone foundation, which may be connected with the site of the cemetery chapel, was unearthed on the S side of trench 1. A 17th–19th-century, 63–153 cm thick cultural layer disturbed by digging was identified in trenches 2 and 3. 17 burials were recorded with grave goods: coins, crosses, medallions, bead necklaces, clothing buttons, clothing elements, a ring brooch, and a coffin handle. Based on the discovered religious grave goods and artefacts, it is possible to state that the excavated part of the cemetery was used in the 17th – early 19th centuries.