Skarulių pilkapių vieta

LT2008 m. vykdyti archeologiniai tyrinėjimai kelio Kaunas–Zarasai–Daugpilis (A–6) 32,7–32,9 km ruože, patenkančiame į Skarulių kaimo, esančio Jonavos miesto PR dalyje, kairiajame Neries krante, ribas. Archeologiniai tyrinėjimai vykdyti projektuojamo kelio vietoje, apie 300 m į PV nuo Skarulių Šv. Onos bažnyčios, į PR nuo Skarulių gatvės, į V nuo Skarulių dvaro, remiantis 2002 m. vykdytų žvalgomųjų archeologinių tyrinėjimų išvada, jog šioje teritorijoje, prieš pradedant kelio tiesimo darbus, yra būtini archeologiniai tyrinėjimai [p. 114].

ENIn 2008 excavations were conducted on the segment of the Kaunas–Zarasai–Daugavpils road within the boundaries of Skaruliai village (Jonava District). The aim was to investigate the road’s future route. Ten trenches were excavated (821 m² exposed, 539.26 m² fully excavated). In trenches 7–9 disturbed cultural layers from a New Ages village site that contained pottery sherds from the late 16th–19th centuries were discovered. A total of around 1000 sherds of wheel thrown pottery were discovered during the excavations. More than 30 pits, the majority of which are late and have no archaeological value, were discovered in the excavated trenches. Of them, seven recorded in trench 7 could be described as storage pits, which were filled with darker earth containing wheel thrown pottery sherds and in places animal bones and flint finds. 164 flint finds dating to the final Paleolithic and Mesolithic were discovered in trench 7. Three cremations dating to the 9th–12th centuries were discovered during the excavation. Burial 1 was discovered in trench 3. A large quantity of cremated bones as well as grave goods were collected: a green blue glass bead, another melted bead, a pottery sherd, a small bronze loop, an iron knife, and other chance finds. Burial 2 was discovered in the same trench. It contained a few very small cremated bones and no grave goods. The location of burial 3 was determined to be in trench 9. The burial had been badly destroyed. Besides cremated bones, fragments of bronze coil beads and three sherds of hand built pottery were found (with another four pottery sherds being discovered outside the pit’s boundaries). All three burials have a common feature: the individuals were buried in pits, which were fairly shallow but had different shapes. The cremated bones were placed in the pits directly from the pyre site since there were pieces of charcoal and charred wood particles with them.