Kurklių Šilo pilkapynas

LT2008 m. KPD užsakymu buvo tęsiami Kurklių Šilo pilkapyno (Anykščių r.) (A1413) tyrinėjimai (žr. ATL 1998 ir 1999 metais, V., 2000, p. 164–166; ATL 2000 metais, V., 2001, p. 60–63; ATL 2001 metais, V., 2002, p. 86–87; ATL 2002 metais, V., 2005, p. 57–59; ATL 2003 metais, V., 2005, p. 83–84; ATL 2004 metais, V., 2006, p. 70–71; ATL 2005 metais, V., 2006, p. 85–86; ATL 2006 metais, V., 2007, p. 113–114, ATL 2007 metais, V., 2008, p. 153–154). 2008 m. tyrinėjimai vykdyti pilkapyno R dalyje, tarp pilkapių. Ištirtos 5 perkasos (10–14), kurių bendras plotas – 54 m² [p. 105].

ENIn 2008, the investigation of the Kurklių Šilas barrow cemetery (Anykščiai District) continued. The E part of the cemetery was excavated between the barrows. Five trenches (10–14) (a total area of 54 m²) were excavated. Small cremated bones, charred wood particles, a crook-shaped iron pin, and a tanged iron knife were discovered in trench 10. It was impossible to distinguish the grave pit or to establish its contours and the cremated bones were not found near the grave goods. Several isolated finds were discovered in trenches 11 and 12: a spool-shaped stone spindle whorl, several unidentified iron artefacts (three bridle parts?), a square bronze buckle, a tanged iron knife, an iron loop, and three pieces of melted bronze. The pit of cremation 3, which was 2 x 2.18 m in size and 20–25 cm deep (from the present ground surface), was recorded at a depth of 10–14 cm. Cremated bones and two grave goods: a square iron buckle and a tanged iron knife were discovered in it. Isolated finds: two tanged iron knives and ten melted pieces of bronze were also found in trenches 13 and 14. Cremation 4 was discovered in trench 13. The grave pit, which was 30 cm deep (from the present ground surface), contained many cremated bones, and among them were a bronze penannular brooch with faceted terminals and fragments of a charred bronze neck-ring. The discovered burials (on the basis of the manner of construction) and the isolated grave goods should be dated to the 12th–13th centuries and should be attributed to the inhabitants who left the East Lithuanian barrows.