Jakšiškio senovės gyvenvietė

LT2017 m. buvo tęsiami žvalgomieji tyrinėjimai Jakšiškio senovės gyvenvietėje (Anykščių r., Kavarsko sen.) (UK 34683) (ATL 2011 metais, 2012, p. 69–71; ATL 2016 metais, 2017, p. 89–95). Archeologiniai tyrimai 2017 m. vykdyti moksliniais tikslais, kaip sudėtinė mokslinio projekto „Geoarcheologiniai grunto tyrimai kaip priemonė senovės gyvenvietėms pažinti“ (2015–2017), vykdomo LII kartu su Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų centru pagal sutartį su Lietuvos mokslo taryba (MIP– 101/2015), dalis. Projekto tikslas-išbandyti įvairius grunto tyrimų metodus antropogeninės veiklos pėdsakams nustatyti. Tiriant Jakšiškio gyvenvietę numatyta patikslinti kultūrinio sluoksnio paplitimą, surinkti daugiau duomenų apie gyvenvietės chronologiją bei įvertinti grunto geocheminių tyrimų metodikos efektyvumą nustatant antropogeninės veiklos pėdsakus prasto matomumo sąlygomis. Archeologinių tyrimų metu buvo tikrinamos grunto savybių fosforo kiekio, magnetinio imlumo bei organinės medžiagos-reikšmių padidėjimo vietos. Jos nustatytos atlikus gyvenvietės zondavimą kalamuoju gruntotraukiu (padaryti 256 zondai), surinkus ir ištyrus jų grunto bandinius. [...] [p. 103].

ENIn 2017, a field evaluation was conducted at Jakšiškis Ancient Settlement in order to check the incidence of the cultural layer, collect more data about the settlement’s chronology, and evaluate the effectiveness of the geochemical soil testing methods in identifying traces of anthropogenic activity under conditions of poor visibility. During the investigation, locations with increased soil property values: phosphorus quantity, magnetic susceptibility, and organic material were checked. These had been identified through a survey of the settlement using a driven soil probe (256 boreholes) and an analysis of the soil samples. The excavation locations were selected on the basis of the information obtained from the cores. In 2017, five 4–6 m2 test pits (totalling 22.25 m2 ) were excavated The richest cultural layer with finds and sunken structures was identified in area 11, which is currently outside the boundaries of the territory of the established settlement. A cultural layer with finds was also recorded in areas 9 and 10. No cultural layer with finds was identified in areas 8 and 12. In all, five objects were registered: two pits – objects 1 and 2, one of them with charred stones and burnt wood, which was C14 dated to the late 7th-9th centuries, one posthole, and finally two objects with no clear origin or purpose.No finds were discovered in the objects aside from one potsherd in the posthole. Pottery was the investigation’s most numerous find (a total of 727 g with 138 sherds being registered). Hand built pottery with smooth surfaces predominated, followed by moderate quantities of pottery with rough surfaces and partly thrown pottery and only isolated sherds of pottery with burnished and brushed surfaces. In addition to the pottery, two flint finds, 22 g of clay daub, and 10 g bone material were found. The earliest finds at the settlement were flint, one blade perhaps dating to the Mesolithic. Several sherds of brushed pottery date to the 1st–3rd centuries. Pottery with smooth surfaces predominated in the SW part of the settlement, which, based on the radiocarbon dated material collected in area 11, dates to the late 7th–9th centuries. Several sherds of partly thrown 13th–14th century (?) pottery were also found at this location. The latest were several small sherds of partly thrown rustic pottery.