Auksūdžio senkapis III

LT2004 m. buvo atlikti žvalgomieji senkapio archeologiniai tyrimai, siekiant nustatyti objekto vertę, apytikrę chronologiją ir patikslinti teritorijos ribas. Ištirtas 54,35 m2 plotas, kuriame aptiktas 1 dvigubas griautinis kapas ir surinkta 10 archeologinę vertę turinčių radinių [p. 121].

ENIn 2004 in the Auksūdis Cemetery (Kretinga district) an area of 54.35 irr was investigated. A disturbed double burial was discovered. The grave-pit was oblong NW-SE, its dimensions were 2.23 x 0.83-0.90 m. In the grave about 50-70 years old male and a female were buried in a single coffin nailed with wrought nails. Both individuals were laid in a horizontal position, their heads NW at 285°. The left hand of the male was under his back, legs straight, whereas legs of the female were crossed (the left leg on the right). Out of the burial items only a belt buckle was preserved. Its shell was decorated with a stylized ornament reminding inwrought plants. The grave is datable to the 16th-17th century. The earth filing the grave-pit contained wheel-made pottery shards affected by fire and a piece of mica which was considerably burned. These finds imply that the grave-pit was excavated in an earlier location of an ancient homestead fire-place datable to the beginning of the 2nd millennium A. D.