Skomantų piliakalnio ir papėdės gyvenvietės žvalgymai

LT2011 m. buvo atlikti piliakalnio aikštelės magnetometriniai tyrimai. Nustatyta, kad PR papėdės gyvenvietės plotas yra apie 0,5 ha. Be to, piliakalnio R šlaitas, PR papėdės gyvenvietė ir artimiausia Skomantų piliakalnio aplinka žvalgyta gręžiant gręžinius ir imant mėginius. Archeologinių struktūrų buvimą PR papėdės gyvenvietėje galėtų patvirtinti ar paneigti žvalgomieji archeologiniai tyrimai. PR gyvenvietėje buvo ištirtas 2x1 m dydžio šurfas 1. Kultūrinio sluoksnio storis jame siekė 55 cm. Šurfe rasta keramikos kruopėtu, grublėtu ir lygiu paviršiais bei kaimavietėms būdingos žiestos keramikos. 2011 m. žvalgymai parodė, kad piliakalnio PR papėdėje surasta gyvenvietė, kurios pradinis etapas sietinas I a. pr. Kr. (kultūrinio sluoksnio apačia C14 datuojama 50 BC– 130 AD cal (Vs–2147)). Gyvenvietė galėjo egzistuoti iki XII–XIII a. [...] [p. 75-76].

ENIn 2011, a magnetometer survey was conducted in an 804 m2 area in the enclosure of Skomantai hillfort in those places where boreholes had been drilled and test pit 1 excavated in 2010. The recorded magnetic field measurements showed the huge destruction of the hillfort and settlement layers and rows of postholes reminiscent of the remains of defensive structures or buildings. A magnetometer survey was also conducted on part of the hill of the settlement at the SE foot, over which hill the PėžaičiaiSkomantai Road ran until 1952. magnetograms were recorded from a 165 m2 area. They show not only possible present-day destruction, but also anomalies, which could be connected with archaeological structures (piles of stones). Test pit 1 (2x1 m) was excavated in the SE settlement. The cultural layer in it was 55 cm thick. Pottery with grainy, rough, and smooth surfaces as well as hand thrown pottery characteristic of villages were found in it. In 2011, the surveys showed that a settlement, the initial stage of which should be connected with the 1st century bc (the bottom of the cultural layer having been radiocarbon dated to 50 bc 130 ad cal (Vs–2147)), was found at the hillfort’s SE foot. The settlement could have existed until the 12th–13th century. In 2011, boreholes were drilled in the hillfort’s E scarp since due to natural factors and anthropogenic activity, the cultural layer from the E bank has and is gradually slipping towards the hill’s foot, covering the former settlement’s cultural layer. In analysing the boreholes five different cultural layer horizons were distinguished.