Published: 2017-11-28

Bradatica from the Strzelińskie Hills

Ewa Anna Lisowska
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA69.2017.017

Abstract

The excavations in the Strzelińskie Hills, regularly conducted for more than 10 years led to discoveries of many interesting sites. In 2015 was examined the area of the Borowe Skałki located on the slopes of the Gromnik - the highest peak of the Strzelińskie Hills. In the vicinity of the rock outcrops were encountered traces of settlements from the Upper Palaeolithic, the Mesolithic, the Iron Age as well as the early and late Middle Ages. Also an iron battleaxe, the so-called bradatica was found associated with the Great Moravian influence. This artefact belongs to relatively rare finds. From the area of south-west Poland it is the seventh battleaxe of this type, and yet one of the best preserved. This find sheds a new light on the other artefacts from the early Middle Ages in the Strzelińskie Hills, which allow to identify new links between this part of the Sudetes Foreland an the Great Moravian sphere of influence.

Keywords:

early Middle Ages, Sudetes Foreland, Strzelińskie Hills, Great Moravian influences, battleaxes of bradatica type, traces of settlement in the vicinity of rock shelters

Citation rules

Lisowska , E. A. (2017). Bradatica from the Strzelińskie Hills . Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 69, 409–419. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA69.2017.017

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