Published: 2023-12-12

Rediscovering a Middle Bronze Age cemetery – the barrow necropolis in Pidhoroddya, Western Ukraine

Jan Romaniszyn , Jakub Niebieszczański , Mateusz Cwaliński , Vitalii Rud , Ihor Kochkin , Przemysław Makarowicz
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/75.2023.1.2873

Abstract

The following article presents the archaeological revaluation of the Middle Bronze Age Komarów culture cemetery of Pidhoroddya in Western Ukraine in the Pre-Carpathian region. By examining scarce archival information from the pre-Second World War period, the Polish-Ukrainian research team brought to light evidence of a vast cemetery complex in Pidhoroddya, consisting of 39 barrows. The applied combination of archaeological survey, drilling, and magnetometry prospection revealed aspects of the spatial arrangement of the Komarów culture necropolis, as well as details of the funeral architecture, which allowed associating the burial mounds with the known canon of Komarów culture rites. This study presents the results of the archival research, followed by non-invasive survey, and their potential for revaluating the present state of knowledge regarding this barrow cemetery.

Keywords:

Pidhoroddya Barrow Cemetery, Middle Bronze Age, Geophysical survey, Landscape archaeology, Funerary architecture, Komarów culture

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Romaniszyn, J., Niebieszczański, J., Cwaliński, M., Rud, V., Kochkin, I., & Makarowicz, P. (2023). Rediscovering a Middle Bronze Age cemetery – the barrow necropolis in Pidhoroddya, Western Ukraine. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 75(1), 283–298. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/75.2023.1.2873

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