Antilgės piliakalnis

LT2017 m. VU ir LNM jungtinė ekspedicija, kurios metu praktiką atliko VU Archeologijos studijų programos studentai, toliau tyrinėjo Antilgės piliakalnį (UK 3572) (Utenos r., Daugailių sen.) (ATL 2016 metais, 2017, p. 65–69). Šių tyrimų tikslas – išsiaiškinti piliakalnio aikštelę supančios terasos pobūdį ir susiformavimą. Tyrimai vykdyti piliakalnio PV dalyje. Iki tyrimų keltos dvi šio specifinio piliakalnio reljefo susidarymo hipotezės: ilgojo pastato arba užpildyto griovio. Ištirta perkasa 3, kurios dydis 51 m2 (17x 3 m), atskleidė, kad Antilgės piliakalnis I–II a. po Kr. buvo įtvirtintas grioviu, pylimu ir netvarkingai susmaigstytais kuolais. [...] [p. 91-92].

ENIn 2017, the VU and LNM joint expedition continued its investigation of Antilgė (Utena District, East Lithuania) hillfort with the excavation (51 m2 ) of a terrace ringing the hillfort’s enclosure and ascertained that it had been part of former defensive fortifications. The defensive system consisted of a palisade or several rows of palisades, a ditch, and a bank with stakes. Based on the casting forms for pins with spool-shaped head, crookshaped iron pins, and the predominant late brushed pottery, fortifications dates to the 1st–2nd-century. An abundant find collection was discovered during the investigation: 217 small finds, 54 pieces of charcoal, burnt nuts (47.6 g), and 8103 (29.843 kg) sherds of household pottery. The scientifically exceptional finds are casting forms for pins with spool-shaped heads, the first iron needles in East Lithuania, crook-shaped iron pins without analogy (owing to the ornateness of their heads), and earliest manifestation of twisting technology in Lithuania, which occurred in an artefact with the form of an iron hook.