Bedugnės kapinynas

LT2018 m. rugsėjį ir spalį LNM ir PKI archeologinė ekspedicija atnaujino Bedugnės kapinyno (Trakų r., Senųjų Trakų sen.) (UK 36622) tyrimus. Ekspedicijoje buvo renkami moksliniai duomenys apie mirusiųjų deginimo paprotį viduramžių Lietuvoje, to meto diduomenės materialinę kultūrą, siekta patikslinti kapinyno chronologiją (ATL 2012 metais, 2013, p. 170–177). Iš viso ištirtas 20 m2 plotas (dvi perkasos), metalo ieškikliu išžvalgyta apie 1,5 ha dydžio teritorija. Aptikti radiniai perduoti saugoti į LNM. Tyrimų plotas preparuotas mentelėmis apie 3 cm storio sluoksneliais. Paviršius kiekvieną kartą iš naujo tikrintas metalo ieškikliu, preparuotos žemės, prieš tai pamatavus tiriamo kvadrato aukštį, krautos į atskirus individualiai metrikuotus kibirus. Visos iškastos žemės, taip pat mentele atpjauta kontrolinės juostos velėna išsijotos sijoklėje su 4x4 mm tankio sietu. Sijojant surinkti smulkiausi degintiniai kaulai, keramikos šukės, titnago radiniai, įvairių dirbinių fragmentai. [...] [p. 128].

ENIn 2018, the LNM and PKI resumed the investigation of Bedugnė cemetery (Senieji Trakai district municipality, Trakai district). Scientific data about the cremation customs in Medieval Lithuania and the material culture of contemporaneous high society were collected during the expedition in order to improve the cemetery’s chronology. In all, 20 m2 were excavated and roughly 1.5 ha were surveyed using a metal detector. The bones from at least one cremated individual (7076 pieces totalling 971.9 g) were discovered during the investigation, but the precise number of individuals or their age and sex remain undetermined. The horizon of the collective cremations is a 22–40 cm thick layer with cremated bones, small pieces of charcoal, burnt grave goods, grave goods that have not been in a fire, and sherds of hand built and partly thrown pottery. During the archaeobotanical investigation, two carbonised seeds of the genus chickweed/cerastium (Stellaria/Cerastium sp.) were identified. The species could not be determined.In all, 304 iron, bronze, silver, and glass finds were discovered, i.e. grave goods from cremations: a fragment of chain mail consisting of 13 links, 127 individual chain mail links, 28 lamellae, 7 armour plates of indeterminate type, 8 crotals (one of them from a bridle), 7 bridle fittings, 6 fittings of indeterminate purpose, 6 rings and ring pieces, 5 knives, 5 penannular and tutulus brooches, 5 beads, 5 buckles and buckle pieces, 4 large and small loops, 4 staples, 3 razors, 2 stirrup pieces, 2 awls, 2 needles, 2 small weights, a sword pommel and a scabbard chape, a broadaxe head, a spearhead blade, a chisel, a purse fitting, a fragment of a half-round silver ingot, part of a flat bracelet, an omega- shaped pendant, 51 fragments of iron, bronze, and silver artefacts that had fused in a fire or had never been in a fire, etc. In addition, 99 sherds of hand built and partly thrown pottery, 16 flint finds, a piece of clay daub, and 84 g of charcoal were found. The discovered finds allow the cemetery to be dated to the 14th century and the two sherds of rough pottery attest that an iron age settlement or camp existed in the area. Isolated finds discovered in the cemetery can be assigned a date no earlier than the late 15th century or the 19th–20th centuries; the embankment on the W part of the hill and the discovered ammunition and explosives attest to the events of the Second World War.