Przemiany społeczno-kulturowe w okresie formowania się państwa piastowskiego w Wielkopolsce północno-zachodniej na podstawie materiałów archeologicznych z Santoka i Międzyrzecza

The middle and upper Obra river basin is an environmentally unique area. This large area, located in the vicinity of black soil sheets, is characterized by very favorable conditions for human occupation. The first Neolithic settlements are related to the Linear Band Pottery culture. The most commonly represented Neolithic societies belong to the Funnel Beaker Culture. During the Late Neolithic, the area was less intensively occupied. This process may be related to climate changes. The Early Bronze Age was represented in the middle Obra river basin by the Kościan group of the Unetice culture – a local community with the barrow cemetery in Łęki Małe and the fortified settlement in Bruszczewo. A continuous occupation of this area from the Early Neolithic Age to the Early Bronze Age has been proved

Chronologia późnych faz kultury dniepro-donieckiej na Białorusi w świetle najnowszych oznaczeń radiowęglowych ze stanowiska Prorva 2, rejon rogaczowski

The paper presents an analysis of the newest radiocarbon dates from Prorva, site 2 in the Rogaczów region. It provides a basis for the chronological studies of the Dnieper-Donetz culture in Byelorussia.The paper presents an analysis of the newest radiocarbon dates from Prorva, site 2 in the Rogaczów region. It provides a basis for the chronological studies of the Dnieper-Donetz culture in Byelorussia

O pochodzeniu pomorskich grobowców bezkomorowych kultury pucharów lejkowatych

The article presents a short overview of discussion on the origin of the Funnel Beaker Culture in particular regions of Pomerania. In particular, an origin of the Pomerania long barrows with a stone construction is debated. The study implies that prototypes o f these monuments are to be found in the Lower Elbe region and influences from Kujavia are only detectable in the latest phase. The article tackles also a theory linking an emergence of long barrows with the late Danubian tradition („long houses”).The article presents a short overview of discussion on the origin of the Funnel Beaker Culture in particular regions of Pomerania. In particular, an origin of the Pomerania long barrows with a stone construction is debated. The study implies that prototypes o f these monuments are to be found in the Lower Elbe region and influences from Kujavia are only detectable in the latest phase. The article tackles also a theory linking an emergence of long barrows with the late Danubian tradition („long houses”)

Kilka uwag na marginesie badań stosunków społecznych ludności „łużyckiej”

The presented paper aims at addressing one of aspects of study of social relations in the Lusatian culture, namely exclusion of some children bodies from the kin cemetery. In the course of the Lusatian culture development, this self-inclusiveness of human groups ceased leading to attributing the kin status even to the newborns. However, recent studies of numerous Lusatian cemeteries seem to question this hypothesis. This discrepancy can be partly explained by burying some infants, as well as adults, in consecrated places outside the kin cemeteries. This is well manifested in case of the settlement at Łęczyska, Łodź province where dozens of children and adults have been buried in distinctively isolated three zones, which correspond to the triple model of the rite de passage. This clearly implies that even individuals, otherwise excluded from a given social group, are treated with due honor and respected after the death so their souls can be granted eternal peace.The presented paper aims at addressing one of aspects of study of social relations in the Lusatian culture, namely exclusion of some children bodies from the kin cemetery. In the course of the Lusatian culture development, this self-inclusiveness of human groups ceased leading to attributing the kin status even to the newborns. However, recent studies of numerous Lusatian cemeteries seem to question this hypothesis. This discrepancy can be partly explained by burying some infants, as well as adults, in consecrated places outside the kin cemeteries. This is well manifested in case of the settlement at Łęczyska, Łodź province where dozens of children and adults have been buried in distinctively isolated three zones, which correspond to the triple model of the rite de passage. This clearly implies that even individuals, otherwise excluded from a given social group, are treated with due honor and respected after the death so their souls can be granted eternal peace

Jednoprzestrzenne kościoły romańskie z terenu Wielkopolski

‘Rural’ ecclesiae laicorum have remained mute witnesses of our history; they have been deserted, forgotten and frequently falling into ruin. Single-nave Romanesque churches from the territories of Poland have not been much interest for the scholars of the Middle Ages. A full monograph on such churches from Greater Poland has not been written yet. This remains in a striking opposition to analogues buildings from Western Pomerania, Silesia or the New March. The only incomplete and to a large extent outdated work on this subject is Stanisław Wiliński’s paper Granite village churches of 12th century in Greater Poland or an exiguous paper by Alicja Karłowska- Kamzowa addressing the question of their foundation. The main aim of my book is the presentation of single-nave churches from Greater Poland erected in the period between the second half of the eleventh century and the end of the thirteenth century, in their historical and settlement context. Only churches that have been subject to archeological excavations have been included. Therefore, two factors determined whether a church has been chosen and included in this study: firstly, some archeological excavations must have been carried out within it, and secondly, the church must have played a basic role as a Christianization centre for ‘rural’ areas