Down by the river to the middle of nowhere? Avar-period metal artifacts discovered in Janowiec, site 3, Puławy district
Grzegorz Kuś|Maciej Trzeciecki|Paweł Gan
The text discusses the results of typological and metallographic analyses metal objects dated to 7th-8th centuries from Janowiec on Vistula River, including five bronze strap fittings, two silver bracelets with trumpet-like endings, bars, lumps melted metal. fittings indicate their direct associations Avar Kaganate. Currently, comprise most numerous assemblage imports Polish lands. form technology manufacture is typical for area between middle Dnipro Danube, while decorative patterns refer art Avars. Interestingly, such an was discovered in territory currently regarded as peripherical or even wholly uninhabited. finds document contacts emerging “tribal” elites northern north-eastern Lesser Poland Transcarpathian areas role a communicational axis.
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne