Paūdronių senkapis

LT2017 m. buvo tęsiami Paūdronių senkapio (UK 36748), esančio Šalčininkų r., Turgelių sen., Paūdronių kaimo R pakraštyje, 500 m į PV nuo Lietuvos Respublikos valstybės sienos su Baltarusijos Respublika, archeologiniai tyrinėjimai, pradėti 2012 m. Ištirta viena 30,9 m² ploto perkasa 9, rasti 5 kapai (43–47). 2012 m. atliktų detaliųjų tyrinėjimų metu senkapyje buvo ištirtos 3 perkasos (1–3), iš viso 230 m2 , rasti 36 XIV–XV a. griautiniai kapai. Taip pat žvalgytas 3200 m2 plotas į V–ŠV nuo senkapio (ATL 2012 metais, 2013, p. 212–219). 2013 m. KPD užsakymu buvo tikslinamos į privačią žemės valdą patenkančios senkapio dalies ŠV ir V ribos. Žvalgomųjų tyrimų metu tirtos 4 perkasos (4–7), iš viso 40 m2 . Perkasoje 4 rasti du griautiniai kapai (ATL 2013 metais, 2014, p. 189–191). 2016 m. senkapio tyrimai buvo tęsiami. Ištirta viena perkasa 8 – 60,9 m² plotas, rasti 4 griautiniai kapai. Paaiškėjo, kad visoje perkasos R dalyje būta didelių perkasimų, čia buvę kapai visiškai sunaikinti. Kapai kompaktiškai aptikti tik perkasos V dalyje (ATL 2016 metais, 2017, p. 150–155). Visi kapai datuojami XIV–XV a. Permaišytame (perkastame, perartame) grunte rasta nedaug atsitiktinių radinių: labai smulki neaiškaus žalvarinio dirbinio (apgalvio plokštelės?) dalis ir 5 keramikos šukės (11 pav.). Vienas puodo pakraštėlis būdingas XVI a. Dar vienas pakraštėlis datuotinas XVII a. Dviejų puodų sienelių fragmentų datavimas neaiškus. Puodų sienelių fragmentai sietini su naujųjų amžių Paūdronių kaimu (kaip veikiausiai ir puodų sienelių dalys). Lipdytinio (?) puodo dugno šukė gali būti sietina ir su greta senkapio esančiu Paūdronių piliakalniu, preliminariai datuojamu I tūkst. I puse. [...] [p. 187-188, 192].

ENThe excavations, begun in Paūdronys old cemetery (Šalčininkai district, South Lithuania) in 2012 and continued in 2013 and 2016, were continued once again in 2017 when one 30.34 m2 trench (9) was excavated and five graves discovered at a depth of 40-53 cm. A female over the age of 30 had been interred in grave 43 with her head to the W (275°) and with only one grave good, a question-mark earring, which was found on the right side in her neck area. A male (or possibly female) over the age of 30 had been interred in grave 44 with his head to the W (270°) and with only one grave good, an awl, found in the pelvic area. Its discovery location was especially unusual. Part of the awl was found fairly deeply embedded in the front of one of his vertebrae in the pelvic area. Graves 45, 46, and 47 were arranged compactly, one beside the next.A male over the age of 40 had been interred in grave 45 with his head to the W (270°) and with several grave goods: a bronze belt buckle above a vertebra in the pelvic area, two iron loops towards the grave’s foot, and an iron knife with a push tang to the outside of the right femur. An individual over the age of 50 had been interred in grave 46 with the head to the W (275°). The individual’s sex was not determined during the anthropological analysis but judging from the grave goods (an earring), it should have been a female, although one of the grave goods (a loop) is more characteristic of male burials.Several grave goods were found: a question-mark earring in the temple area on the right side of the skull, a bronze band ring on the middle finger of the left hand, a second bronze band ring on the ring finger of the right hand, an iron loop on the bottom vertebra in the pelvic area, and an iron knife with a full tang to the right of the pelvic bone. An individual 5 years of age ±16 months was interred in grave 47 with the head to the E (70°), the first instance in Paūdronys old cemetery where a discovered grave contained an individual with the head in that direction. The only grave good found in the grave was an iron knife with a push tang to the outside of the individual’s right humerus. All of the graves date to the 14th-15th centuries. A few chance finds were discovered in the mixed (dug up, ploughed) soil: part of a very small, unclear bronze artefact (a chaplet plate?) and five potsherds. A total of 18 finds were collected.