Bajorų kapinynas

LT2009 m. pagal KPD archeologinių vertybių tyrimų programą KU ir KšM tęsė Bajorų kapinyno (Elektrėnų sav., Kietaviškių sen.) tyrinėjimus (žr. ATL 2006 metais, V., 2007, p. 146–153; ATL 2007 metais, V., 2008, p. 192–198; ATL 2008 metais, V., 2009, p. 134–140). Tyrimų metu aptikti radiniai perduoti į KšM. 2009 m. ištirti 7 plotai (iš viso 73,25 m2) kapinyno R ir ŠV dalyse, dar 2 plotai (21,25 m2) – pakartotinai 2006 m. tyrinėtų plotų 3 ir 4 vietoje [p. 128].

ENIn 2009 KU and KšM continued the excavation of Bajorai cemetery (Elektrėnai Municipality). This encompassed 73.25 m2 on the N and E parts of the cemetery’s hill. The horizon from the cremation burials, i. e. black earth with bones as well as ceramic and metal finds, gradually thins out as it moves away from the hill’s centre. But in screening the earth in areas 22 and 23 a new find concentration was found, extending the site’s boundaries to the N – NW. In all, 332 flint finds dating to the Mesolithic – Neolithic period, 822 fragments (1.322 kg) of hand built ceramics with rough surfaces and thrown ceramics, and 1.515 kg of cremated human and animal bones (a total of 10.85 kg during 2006–2009) were discovered in 2009. 255 bronze, iron, silver, tin, glass, and stone finds dating to the 14th – first half of the 15th century were discovered. These include needles, various types of belt and wallet fittings, knives, keys, fire strikers, razors, rings, crotals, and fragments of them. The find concentration discovered in areas 22 and 23: bones, ceramic sherds, and individual finds scattered in the swamp, alter the interpretation of the finds at the hill’s N foot, which has been called a sacrifice site up until now. The 2009 excavation results force one to think that the area in the bog (peat) is part of the same medieval cemetery. After excavating 12.75 m2 here, 655 g of cremated human and animal bones, 190 fragments (224 g) of hand built and thrown ceramics, and 45 individual finds including a rectangular belt fitting known from the excavation of the dry part of the cemetery, a key, a rivet, and a crotal were discovered. A stratigraphic and planigraphic analysis of this find concentration shows that the number of finds gradually increases towards the N and NW.