Published: 2025-12-03

Old and new at Dąbrowa. Richly furnished Early Iron Age graves at a Lusatian culture cemetery in Wieluń district, central Poland

Radosław Janiak , Alicja Drozd-Lipińska
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/77.2025.1.4124

Abstract

The Lusatian culture burial ground at Dąbrowa, Wieluń district, lies in the upper Warta River basin. Due to its location in the south-western part of central Poland, it accumulated imports from the Halstatt zone (bronze serpentine clasp, iron and bronze spearheads). This was evident in the inventories of two early Iron Age graves. Local artefacts were also discovered in the cemetery, which were imitations of imports (bronze clasps). This was demonstrated by the results of surveys conducted in 1927 and 1928. This makes it possible to identify representatives of the local elite among the buried. Research undertaken on the same cemetery in 2021 confirmed the presence of burials from the Halstadt period. However, their equipment was not as prestigious (swan-necked pins, iron sickles). It is worth noting that this cemetery was already established earlier, during the Younger Bronze Age. 

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Central Poland, Lusatian Culture, Hallstatt Period, cemetery, elite

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Janiak, R., & Drozd-Lipińska, A. (2025). Old and new at Dąbrowa. Richly furnished Early Iron Age graves at a Lusatian culture cemetery in Wieluń district, central Poland. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 77(1), 347–368. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/77.2025.1.4124

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