Books by Magdalena Piotrowska
The submitted collection of studies was planned as the first series of monographs aimed at presen... more The submitted collection of studies was planned as the first series of monographs aimed at presenting the results of the excavations carried out at the site Kwiatków 11/20, Brudzew commune.
The Kwiatków site was discovered at the end of the XIX century by Seweryn Tymieniecki – a lawyer and an enthusiast of archaeology based in Kalisz. It was him who discovered the cemetery representing the Przeworsk culture, which was located in the immediate vicinity of
Kwiatków.
Kwiatków 11/20 was discovered in 1996. After a consecutive filed walking (2006-2007) the site was subjected to excavations. They were connected with plans to develop the “Koźmin” opencast exposure belonging to the Adamów Lignite Mine SA. The excavation works were carried out in the years 2012-2015. As a result, an area of 17.38 ha was researched. Circa 18.5 thousand of features and layers located outside the features were documented. They were accompanied by
more than 295 thousand of vessels fragments, several thousands of artefacts made of flint and stone, daub with a total weight of around 1,500 kg, about 12,000 of bone fragments and hundreds of products made of metals, including c. 100 coins, 164 fibulae, over 23 belt buckles, 90 temple rings as well as spurs, tweezers, knives, rings, pendants, iron bits, arrowheads, needles and many other types of artefacts.
Popularnonaukowa książka o pradziejach okolicy Kwiatkowa (gm. Brudzew), Wielkopolska.
Papers by Magdalena Piotrowska
Fontes Archaeologici Posnanienses,, 2024
Przedmiotem artykułu są zabytki pochodzące z amatorskich badań przeprowadzonych u schyłku XIX wie... more Przedmiotem artykułu są zabytki pochodzące z amatorskich badań przeprowadzonych u schyłku XIX wieku przez Seweryna Tymienieckiego na cmentarzysku w Kwiatkowie, gm. Brudzew, pow. turecki, woj. wielkopolskie. W artykule w formie katalogu zawarto zabytki z tytułowego stanowiska związane w zdecydowanej większości z kulturą przeworską oraz kilka łączonych z kulturą łużycką. Artefakty wydobyte z muzealnych magazynów, z których część nie była dotąd publikowana, zostały zadokumentowane oraz opracowane w aspekcie typologiczno-chronologicznym. Zachowana dokumentacja archiwalna pozwoliła natomiast na uzupełnienie niedostatków w dotychczasowych publikacjach oraz wyjaśnienie nieścisłości związanych z tym zbiorem.
Raport Archeologiczny 18, 2023
Żurominek 6 is a site that is a production zone of a settlement of the Przeworsk culture. During ... more Żurominek 6 is a site that is a production zone of a settlement of the Przeworsk culture. During the research only 2 fragments of pottery were recovered and as many as 262 features were recorded. Among the uncovered sources, hearths (70%) definitely dominate. Unfortunately, it was not possible to determine their function. The hearths, although devoid of dating materials on the basis of formal features per analogiam, were associated with the Roman Iron Age and the Przeworsk culture. The site completes the "list" of known settlements from the Roman Iron Age with separate zones with concentrations of hearths.
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 2023
Piotrowska M. and Żychliński D. 2023. Cemetery at Luzino-the easternmost located site of the Dębc... more Piotrowska M. and Żychliński D. 2023. Cemetery at Luzino-the easternmost located site of the Dębczyno Group in Poland (Pomerania). Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 75/2, 311-344. The Luzino burial ground is the easternmost site of the Dębczyno group, located in Wejherowo county, in the northern Polish province of Pomerania. The cemetery occupied the summit of a slightly elevated terrain ridge. The remains of 20 graves, most probably only skeletal burials, were recorded, in which, apart from one case, no bone material survived. Grave goods were recorded in five of them. In four graves, small-sized handmade vessels were recorded whose state of preservation allowed their reconstruction, while in one burial an elaborate necklace of beads (glass and amber), a brooch and probably a belt buckle were discovered. The materials found at the Luzino site should be associated with the late stages of the Migration Period. The burials with grave goods, however, show mainly links to the Elbe circle, while Scandinavian influences are lacking in the mobile materials.
FOLIA PRAEHISTORICA POSNANIENSIA, 2023
The artefacts described in the paper come from the Przeworsk culture settlement in Kwiatków, wher... more The artefacts described in the paper come from the Przeworsk culture settlement in Kwiatków, where more than 100 fibulae were discovered. Among the artefacts acquired were three knee-shaped brooches with a semi-circular shield on the head. One of them was discovered in a well; the other two came from the surface of the site. This paper is mostly concerned with issues related to the technological aspects of the production of these items. In addition to the analysis of traces of craftsmanship found on the fibulae, XRF tests were performed to determine the material from which they were made. This approach allows one to supplement the typological findings and reconstruct the process of creating a given object. The brooches were microscopically examined for traces of craftsmanship. The attempt to determine the foundry method which had been applied failed to produce the expected results. Usually, individual instances of knee-shaped fibulae have been recorded at sites in Poland and other countries, such as the Czech Republic. In Kwiatków, however, the discovery contained as many as three such artefacts, though they had not been made in a workshop of one craftsman, although two display a high level of similarity.
Wiadomości Archeologiczne, 2022
Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B, 2015
Acta Archaeologica Lo dziensia, 2020
Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 2020
FOLIA PRAEHISTORICA POSNANIENSIA, 2018
A significant increase in the amount of materials obtained from the recent large area excavations... more A significant increase in the amount of materials obtained from the recent large area excavations resulted in numerous finds of wells. For years, these unique archaeological features were not treated as a separate research problem. In order to obtain the fullest research results, an increasing interdisciplinarity involving different fields of science is applied to the studies on wells nowadays. Constructions made of organic raw materials are extremely rare in the space of a typical archaeological site and they are also extremely important sources for gaining knowledge about particular settlements. Wells are accompanied by a certain range of features related to the use of water intake and located in its immediate vicinity. These discoveries allow for extremely interesting interpretations of the functional connections between individual complexes of this type. Functions of wells are an issue _______________ 1 Temat realizowany w ramach projektu badawczego/stażu po uzyskaniu stopnia naukowego dokto-ra o nr 2015/16/S/HS3/00241 finansowanego ze środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki.
Kultura przeworska. Procesy przemian i kontakty zewnętrzne, 2019
Studia Quoternaria 36, 2019
The research was conducted at the Kwiatków site, 1 in the Koło Basin (Central Poland). It include... more The research was conducted at the Kwiatków site, 1 in the Koło Basin (Central Poland). It included a fragment of a low terrace and the valley floor of the Warta river valley. The archaeological investigation documented over 100 wells that archaeological material indicates are associated with the Przeworsk culture. Geomorphological, lithological and geochemical studies were carried out at the archaeological sites and their surroundings. Selected for the presentation were two wells whose fillings were carefully tested and subjected to geochemical and lithological analyses. The wells showed a slightly different content of artifacts, as well as differences in their grain-size distributions, the structure of their filling deposits, and their geochemistry. This allows us to conclude that the two wells were used differently, but also probably about a different course for how each well was filled after the end of its operation.
Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt - RGZM, 2019
The article deals with geological and geomorphological conditions of the construction and functio... more The article deals with geological and geomorphological conditions of the construction and functioning of wells from the Roman period of the Iron Age in a settlement on the Amber Road. This settlement is located in Central Poland (in the vicinity of Kwiatków village), on a flat surface of the lower terrace of the Warta River valley, among the dry channels of numerous streams cutting the terrace, which developed in three generations, from the Younger Dryas onwards. In the Holocene, the area was characterised by an abundance of flowing water in a multichannel system and the stability of the groundwater table. Among the archaeological features discovered there, the most interesting is a large complex of well-preserved wells dated to the early Roman period. The structures of the wells were based or dug in an organic series which constituted the terrace profile at a depth of between 2.0 and 2.5 m, dated to the late Alleröd and the Younger Dryas. In the study, the authors focus on the purpose of locating a large number of wells within a relatively small area abundant with numerous streams. The authors used a range of methods, including lithological and textural analyses, a geochronological analysis and a geochemical examination to describe the properties of the deposits and the quality of the waters. The characteristics of the wells were provided from dendrochronological studies. The archaeological approach included an analysis of the features morphology and the stage of technological advancement, as well as the diversity of the wells’ casings. The spatial and functional relationships of the locations of the wells were also given special attention.
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Books by Magdalena Piotrowska
The Kwiatków site was discovered at the end of the XIX century by Seweryn Tymieniecki – a lawyer and an enthusiast of archaeology based in Kalisz. It was him who discovered the cemetery representing the Przeworsk culture, which was located in the immediate vicinity of
Kwiatków.
Kwiatków 11/20 was discovered in 1996. After a consecutive filed walking (2006-2007) the site was subjected to excavations. They were connected with plans to develop the “Koźmin” opencast exposure belonging to the Adamów Lignite Mine SA. The excavation works were carried out in the years 2012-2015. As a result, an area of 17.38 ha was researched. Circa 18.5 thousand of features and layers located outside the features were documented. They were accompanied by
more than 295 thousand of vessels fragments, several thousands of artefacts made of flint and stone, daub with a total weight of around 1,500 kg, about 12,000 of bone fragments and hundreds of products made of metals, including c. 100 coins, 164 fibulae, over 23 belt buckles, 90 temple rings as well as spurs, tweezers, knives, rings, pendants, iron bits, arrowheads, needles and many other types of artefacts.
Papers by Magdalena Piotrowska
The Kwiatków site was discovered at the end of the XIX century by Seweryn Tymieniecki – a lawyer and an enthusiast of archaeology based in Kalisz. It was him who discovered the cemetery representing the Przeworsk culture, which was located in the immediate vicinity of
Kwiatków.
Kwiatków 11/20 was discovered in 1996. After a consecutive filed walking (2006-2007) the site was subjected to excavations. They were connected with plans to develop the “Koźmin” opencast exposure belonging to the Adamów Lignite Mine SA. The excavation works were carried out in the years 2012-2015. As a result, an area of 17.38 ha was researched. Circa 18.5 thousand of features and layers located outside the features were documented. They were accompanied by
more than 295 thousand of vessels fragments, several thousands of artefacts made of flint and stone, daub with a total weight of around 1,500 kg, about 12,000 of bone fragments and hundreds of products made of metals, including c. 100 coins, 164 fibulae, over 23 belt buckles, 90 temple rings as well as spurs, tweezers, knives, rings, pendants, iron bits, arrowheads, needles and many other types of artefacts.
stanowisku zarejestrowano m.in. jeden pochówek kultury przeworskiej. Przeprowadzono także badania za pomocą wykrywacza metali, jednak nie pozyskano zabytków, które można byłoby wiązać ze wspomnianą kulturą.
Zarys prezentowanego obiektu nie był wyraźnie czytelny na tle piaszczystego calca.
W momencie odkrycia naczynie nie było zachowane w całości, a zapinka znajdowała się między fragmentami ceramiki. Silnie skorodowana fibula prawdopodobnie była pierwotnie umieszczona wewnątrz kubka pełniącego rolę pojemnika na przepalone szczątki. Zarówno naczynie, ze względu na cechy mikromorfologiczne – pogrubiony brzeg bez facetowania oraz wałeczkowate ucho, jak żelazna zapinka nawiązująca do
typu B według Kostrzewskiego i grupy 18 według Gebharda, datowane są na fazę A2 młodszego okresu przedrzymskiego.
Zaprezentowany grób może być jedyną pozostałością przestrzeni grzebalnej ludności kultury przeworskiej lub jednostkowym pochówkiem dziecka zlokalizowanym poza cmentarzyskiem lub na jego obrzeżach. W sąsiedztwie nekropolii znajdować się musiała osada, która charakteryzowała się dogodnym położeniem na tle sieci hydrograficznej.
Bezpowrotnie utracone i zniszczone materiały kultury przeworskiej mogły się przyczynić do lepszego poznania osadnictwa przeworskiego w tym rejonie, zwłaszcza w okresie młodszoprzedrzymskim, z którego źródła są słabiej reprezentowane niż te z pierwszych wieków naszej ery.