Marek Szymaszkiewicz

W programie:
– Joanna Tokaj Monety Władysława Wygnańca
i Bolesława Kędzierzawego w świetle badań
- dr hab. Dariusz Rozmus - Wczesnośredniowieczne hutnictwo srebra i ołowiu –perspektywy badawcze
- Anna Sadło-Ostafin
Nowożytny skarb z Czyżówki – krótki komunikat
- Marek Szymaszkiewicz Późnohalsztackie wyroby ołowiane
ze zbiorów Muzeum w Chrzanowie
Dyskusja
Wystawa czynna
od 24 stycznia do 26 lutego 2018 r.

The article is devoted to the results of archaeological supervision conducted in 1988 after the discovery of mining shafts in Libiąż. This is one of the rare examples of archaeological studies in the relic
of ore mining, in the border areas of Górny Śląsk and Zachodnia Małopolska. During the archaeological supervision and the construction work a vertical shaft was discovered, from which spread at least
3 horizontal drifts projected in a radial manner. The drifts were located at the depth of 2.5–3 m in a dolomite rock layer whose structure was of relatively poor density. The horizontal tunnels (adits) had
a flat bottom, relatively straight lateral walls and an arched vault. Their width was about 100 cm and their height was about 80-100 cm. One of the tunnels bifurcated – there was a side tunnel, oriented
at about 25 degrees. The chronology of the finds is a source of mystery. Most probably the finds are associated with early medieval ore mining. One may also venture a legitimate hypothesis that they
may be associated with the Hallstatt period. Therefore they are the traces of the mining work which was conducted by the people who represented Lusatian culture and experimented with the technology
of smelting lead from local ores and with the production (from this material) of ornaments found among the burial gifts in the region in question (a cremation grave in Żarki located about 5 km from
the place where the shafts were discovered).