The North Carpathians at the beginning of the Migration Period

Antiquity ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 65 (247) ◽  
pp. 376-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karol Pieta
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
The North ◽  
Danube Region ◽  
Przeworsk Culture ◽  
And Migration ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Late Roman

The problem of identification of the earliest Slavic settlement in central Europe drew researchers’ attention to the archaeological finds of the Late Roman and Migration periods. The simple hand-made pottery of this period in the northern Danube region showed a certain formal resemblance to the vessels of Early Slavic cultures, which provoked the idea of a direct time connection between the first wave of the Slav expansion from the east and the horizon of the preceding Germanic settlement in this territory. A find group from northeast Slovakia, known mainly from the small settlement at Presov (Chropovský 1962; Točík 1965; Chropovský & Ruttkay 1985), the ’Prešov‘ type, seemed to provide the geographical connection of this ethnic shift. However, different opinions were also expressed, pointing to a possible relationship with the Late Przeworsk culture milieu (Budinský-Krička 1963: 36–7), or connecting the genesis of the Prešov finds with the development of local settlement of the Later Roman period (Lamiová-Schmiedlová 1969: 478; Kolník 1980: 202). Investigations in the North Carpathian area has provided new evidence during the last few years enabling a first evaluation of its settlement.

scholarly journals A newly discovered Przeworsk culture settlement and burial ground from the Late Pre-Roman and Roman period at Bejsce, Dist. Kazimierza Wielka – preliminary results of field-walking survey and rescue excavation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 231-244
Author(s):  
Michał Kasiński ◽  
Jan Bulas ◽  
Magdalena Okońska
Keyword(s):  
Early Phase ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Burial Ground ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
The North ◽  
Surface Survey ◽  
Przeworsk Culture

The article presents preliminary results of surface survey conducted under the leadership of the authors of this paper in spring of 2019 on multicultural complex of sites occupying a hill located in south-western part of Bejsce, Dist. Kazimierza Wielka. Among discovered finds the most numerous were the pottery fragments attributed to the Przeworsk culture dated to the Late Pre-Roman period, Roman period and early phase of Migration period. Settlement or possibly complex of settlements of the Przeworsk culture covered the southern part of the surveyed terrain form, while approximately 300 m to the north from the boundary of the settlement, remains of a badly damaged necropolis, dated to Late Pre-Roman and Early Roman Period were found. Because in case of one grave, situated immediately by a deep balk, ploughing uncovered a part of its fill in situ, to prevent the ongoing destruction of the grave, a decision was made to perform rescue excavations in this place.

scholarly journals A newly discovered fragment of a Hunnic cauldron from site 59-60, Sanok, Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 235-254
Author(s):  
Magdalena Okońska-Bulas ◽  
Jan Bulas ◽  
Mirosław Mazurek ◽  
Aldona Garbacz-Klempka ◽  
Małgorzata Perek-Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
Early Migration ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
Late Roman

The article presents a newly discovered fragment of the Hunnic cauldron, unearthed during investment research conducted at site 59-60 in Sanok, Sanok County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship. As a result of conducted excavations, an extensive settlement from the Late Roman Period and the Early Migration Period were discovered. The fragment of the cauldron in one of the most important discoveries from here. Up to date just over 20 specimens of cauldrons or their fragments are known from Central Europe. The presented one is just the second cauldron discovered in the area of Poland. The article contains the results of stylistic, typological and chemical analyzes confirming the interpretation of this find.

Confirmation of the first Neolithic rondel-type enclosure in Poland

Antiquity ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (334) ◽  
pp. 1084-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Kobyliński ◽  
Otto Braasch ◽  
Tomasz Herbich ◽  
Krzysztof Misiewicz ◽  
Louis Daniel Nebelsick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Aerial Photography ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Danube Region

The early Neolithic rondel is a large curvilinear ditched and palisaded enclosure found in increasing numbers in Central Europe. It has close links with the tells of the Danube region, themselves highly suggestive instruments of the earliest Neolithic. Here the authors extend the distribution of rondels further to the north-east, with the discovery and verification of the first example in Poland. As they point out, it is aerial photography that made this advance possible and we can expect many more discoveries, given appropriate investment in the art.

Glass finds from Area FW at the Kom el-Dikka site in Alexandria (2019)

2020 ◽  
pp. 497-514
Author(s):  
Renata Kucharczyk
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Common Origin ◽  
Local Source ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Mosaic Glass ◽  
Late Roman

New glass finds from the Kom el-Dikka site in Alexandria come from the excavation of Area FW located in the central part of the site. The bulk of the recorded material, made up of conical lamps, beakers and bowls, and poorly fashioned bottles, belongs to the late Roman period (4th–5th century AD). The uniformity in colour, distinctive low quality of the fabric and simple workmanship, all point to a common origin in local workshops covering the needs of the local market. A few pieces, including luxury cast and facet-cut tableware, apparently from a non-local source, represent the late Hellenistic/mid-Roman chronological horizon (2nd century BC–3rd century AD). Meriting note is new evidence of mosaic glass, once again confirming that this type of glass was manufactured in Alexandria in the mid-Roman period. The importance of this assemblage derives from the presence of early Roman luxury tableware which has seldom been observed before at Kom el-Dikka.

scholarly journals The migration of the Vandals and the Suebi to the Roman West and archaeological accounts

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 197-214
Author(s):  
Michel Kazanski
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Great Migration ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
Central European ◽  
Funeral Rite ◽  
The North ◽  
The Great Migration ◽  
Przeworsk Culture ◽  
The Moment

This article addresses a few archaeological finds from the earliest stage of the Great Migration Period (late fourth to the first half of the fifth century AD) in the territory of the Western Roman Empire related to Central Europe by origin, which could testify to the migration of the Vandals and the Suebi to the Roman West in 406 AD. These finds comprise different types of crossbow brooches discovered in the Roman provinces in Gallia, Spain, and North Africa, which parallels originate from the lands to the north of the Danube, in the zone where the Vandals and the Suebi lived by the moment of the migration to the West in 406 AD. Besides, some features of the funeral rite discovered in the early Great Migration Period in Eastern Gallia, particularly ritually destroyed weapons, meet with analogies in the cemeteries of Central European barbarians, particularly in the Przeworsk culture. These archaeological pieces of evidence were partially related to the arrival of the Vandals and the Suebi to the Roman Empire’s territory in 406 AD, and also reflected the presence of the Central European barbarians in the Roman military service.

scholarly journals The Region of Caucasus and Central European-Carpathian Territory in the Final Eneolithic and the Bronze Age (a Contribution to the Transfer of Technologies and Knowledge)

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-548
Author(s):  
Jozef Bátora ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
Eurasian Steppe ◽  
Steppe Region ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
Danube Region ◽  
The Bronze Age

This article shows that the cultures in the Middle Danube/Carpathian territory were not just peripheral cultures of the developed Aegean-West Asian cultures, but also the western periphery of the Eurasian steppe region. From this aspect, the cultural-historical development in this area was influenced and associated with the cultural-historical development in the Caucasian and Northern Pontic regions as well. This is confirmed by several artifacts of the Caucasian character in the territory of Central Europe. First of all, we can mention single-edged copper axes, whose oldest exemplars in Europe come from the North Caucasus (the Maykop and Novosvobodnaya cultures). With the arrival of the Yamnaya culture, technology of their production emerged in the Northern Balkans and Central Europe along the Danube, through the Northern Pontic region. Their oldest exemplars in this territory are the Baniabic type axes. There are also weapons or tools; and jewellery which is represented by earrings of the so-called of Transylvania type associated mainly with the Únětice, Košťany and Otomani cultures in the Carpathian-middle Danube region. Their prototypes can be found in the North Pontic region — Yamnaya culture. The remaining cultural contacts between Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Bronze Age are confirmed by the dagger of the Srubnaya type from Sklabiňa in Central Slovakia. The existence of contacts between the Caucasian region and the territory of Central Europe as late as the final Bronze Age is proved by the finds of Cimmerian character. As a pars pro toto example, a dagger of the Kabardino-Pyatigorsk type from Malý Cetín in southwest Slovakia can be mentioned.

scholarly journals Occurrence of the Red Kite Milvus milvus in Slovenia

Acrocephalus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (172-173) ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejan Bordjan
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
Breeding Grounds ◽  
Milvus Milvus

Abstract The Red Kite Milvus milvus breeds alomost exclusively in Europe, its population is in decline. In the past, it was regarded as a rare migrant in Slovenia. In the 1990s it was classified as a possible breeder, extremely rare winter guest with more observations during migration. Between 1977 and January 2017 117 records of 121 individuals were gathered. Most (113) involved single birds on migration. Exceptionally, birds were present for a longer period - a single record of a summering bird is known. Since 1980 the number of birds per year increased from 1 to 1.1, 3 and 9 after 2009. Possible reasons are increased awareness and population increases to the north and northeast of Slovenia. Red Kites were observed throughout the year with the lowest numbers during summer and winter, which surprising, because the species is increasingly common during winter in central Europe. Migration of Red Kites in Slovenia begins in February with a peak in early April and May and between August and mid-November with a peak in early in October. The migration period coincides with arrivals and departures from breeding grounds. Red Kites have been observed all across the country, with more observations at well-watched sites. Birds were observed between sea level and 1740 m a.s.l. with only a handful of observations above 1000 m a.s.l.

scholarly journals Hooked Pins in the Przeworsk Culture – Typology, Chronology, Distribution and Function

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 103-124
Author(s):  
Wojciech Stącel ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
Przeworsk Culture ◽  
And Function ◽  
Typological Classification

Thanks to the analysis of hooked pins in the Przeworsk culture, a new division of this category was introduced. A new typological classification of the hooked pins was made and their two types (1–2) and their subtypes (A–B) were defined. The article takes into account the territorial and chronological range of their occurrence, from the early Pre-Roman Period to Roman Period and the Migration Period. The function of the hooked pins is also presented.

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