Published: 2021-11-21

The Scandinavians on the Parsęta: a contribution to the history of Polish archaeology in the second half of the 20th century. Polemical comment to the article by Władysław Duczko

Marian Rębkowski , Michał Kara
Archeologia Polski
Section: Discussions and polemics
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/APol66.2021.011

Abstract

The text is a polemic with some of the ideas presented by Władysław Duczko in an article published in the previous issue of “Archeologia Polski”, entitled The Scandinavians on the Parsęta river: the Viking graves in the cemetery at Świelubie in Western Pomerania. At the present stage of research one cannot easily uphold the hypothesis presented in that article that Scandinavians to the exclusion of all others were buried in the Świelubie cemetery. The main object of criticism, however, are the opinions formulated by the author of the article, ascribing “anti-Normanism” to three late Polish scholars who dealt with Slavic–Scandinavian relations in the early Middle Ages, including the explorer of Świelubie, Władysław Łosiński, and that they were moved in their reasoning by factors other than scientific.

Keywords:

Poland, Pomerania, Świelubie, early medieval period, cemeteries, Scandinavian material culture, history of archaeology

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Rębkowski, M., & Kara, M. (2021). The Scandinavians on the Parsęta: a contribution to the history of Polish archaeology in the second half of the 20th century. Polemical comment to the article by Władysław Duczko. Archeologia Polski, 66, 285–300. https://doi.org/10.23858/APol66.2021.011

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