Meškučių kapinynas

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Meškučių kapinynas
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Meškučiai cemetery
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LT2015 m. LNM archeologinė ekspedicija toliau tyrė Meškučių kapinyną (UK 38605) (Kaišiadorių r., Kruonio sen.) (ATL 2008 metais, V., 2009, p. 504–505; ATL 2014 metais, V., 2015, p. 151–158). Buvo renkami duomenys apie laidoseną ankstyvaisiais viduramžiais buvusios Rytų Lietuvos pilkapių kultūros teritorijoje. Ištirtas vienas 10 m2 plotas (perkasa 2), aptikti radiniai perduoti saugoti į LNM. 2015 m. tyrimai papildo duomenis apie laidoseną Meškučių kapinyne, jo chronologiją ir stratigrafiją, kelia naujus klausimus apie kolektyvinius degintinius kapus ir mirusiųjų deginimo paprotį viduramžių Lietuvoje apskritai. Tyrimų rezultatai patvirtina 2014 m. ekspedicijos išvadas, Meškučių archeologinėje vietovėje leidžia išskirti kelių skirtingų laikotarpių paminklus. Titnago ir didžioji lipdytos keramikos radinių dalis skiriami neolito-bronzos amžiaus pradžios gyvenvietei, o ypatieji radiniai (išskyrus molinės liejimo formelės fragmentą) ir degintiniai kaulai-XII–XIV a. kolektyviniams degintiniams kapams. II Pasaulinio karo metais per Meškučius driekėsi fronto linija, o kapinyno paviršiuje rastas juostinis pentinas su ratuku juostelės viduryje turi būti skiriamas ne ankstyviesiems viduramžiams (žr. ATL 2014 metais, V., 2015, p. 156, pav. 11), o XX a. pradžioje, ypač I Pasaulinio karo metais populiariam raitelių pentinų tipui. [...] [p. 168, 172].

ENIn 2015, the LNM archaeological expedition continued its investigation of Meškučiai cemetery (Kaišiadorys district, Kruonis eldership). During the expedition, data about the funeral rites in the territory of the former East Lithuanian barrow culture during the early middle ages were collected and 10 m2 were excavated. A continuation, which was up 34 cm thick, of the multiple cremation horizon was recorded during the investigation. This layer contained cremated bones, fused fragments of 12th-14th century artefacts, and sherds and very small pieces of hand built and partly thrown pottery. 1,833 kg of cremated bone (14 094 field specimens) were collected. The determined minimum number of cremated individuals was one (a child?), but the actual number of individuals must have been far greater. A total of 89 small finds: iron, bronze, clay, bone, and glass artefacts and fragments were discovered, including pieces of a twisted wire neck-ring, four penannular brooches, two rings, two crotals, a bronze coil bead, a fragment of a glass bead, a belt fitting, pieces of five larger coil beads and a chain, 5 small loops, a staple, fragments of bone combs, knife handle scales, or bridle bit shanks, a fragment of a clay casting mould, etc. 179 sherds of hand built and partly thrown pottery (with a total weight of 144.5 g) were found, at least ten of which are ascribable to early brushed pottery. 38 flint artefacts were discovered, including 33 flakes, 2 blades, a piece of raw flint, and triangle (?) point with retouched margins, and part of a charred axe with a ground surface.The results of the investigation at the Meškučiai archaeological site allow one to distinguish sites from several different periods. The flint finds and the bulk of the hand built pottery can be assigned to a neolithic-early bronze age non stratified multi-period sandy site, the small finds (except the casting mould fragment) and cremated bones to 12th-14th century multiple cremations.

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1392-5512
Related Publications:
The Last Yotvingian pagans. The Case of the Mosiężysko cemetery in Northeast Poland.. From paganism to Christianity: burial rites during the transition period. Vilnius : Lietuvos istorijos institutas, 2024. P. 227-251.
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