Published: 2025-12-16

Cultures of mortuary practices inferred from archaeobotanical and archaeological results from the 17th-18th century Protestant burials of the von Glasenapp family in Białowąs (Balfanz), Western Pomerania

Jakub Stankiewicz , Monika Badura , Agnieszka M. Noryśkiewicz , Jakub Michalik , Marcin Majewski , Małgorzata Grupa
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/77.2025.2.3955

Abstract

The primary objective of this paper is to compile the results of archaeobotanical analyses (seeds/fruits, pollen, wood) of samples taken from 10 coffin burials dating to the 17th-18th centuries, belonging to the Protestant family von Glasenapp at Białowąs (Balfanz). This study provides new insights into local funerary customs and the role of botanical elements in funerals. The plant remains preserved in the coffins indicate considerable restraint in the quantity and type of plants used. The coffins were primarily filled with hop cones, hay, and wood shavings. When considering the history of the von Glasenapp family and the results of the archaeological and archaeobotanical research, it is possible to reconstruct Christian Protestant funerary traditions as practised at the household level.

Keywords:

archaeobotany, funerary archaeology, funerary plants, Protestants, Poland

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Stankiewicz, J., Badura, M., Noryśkiewicz, A. M., Michalik, J., Majewski, M., & Grupa, M. (2025). Cultures of mortuary practices inferred from archaeobotanical and archaeological results from the 17th-18th century Protestant burials of the von Glasenapp family in Białowąs (Balfanz), Western Pomerania. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 77(2), 577–609. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/77.2025.2.3955

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