The Turning Point

Preliminary Results of Underwater Research of the Former Herrn-see at the Village of Lubanowo (Western Pomerania, Poland)

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ID19192195
AuthorsBartosz Kontny (0000-0003-3627-046X, University of Warsaw, corresponding author), Tomasz Nowakiewicz (0000-0002-7867-2144, University of Warsaw), Aleksandra Rzeszotarska‐nowakiewicz (0000-0001-7036-3569, Polish Academy of Sciences), Aleksandra Rzeszotarska-Nowakiewicz
Year2016
Volume23
Pages45-57
Publication date2016-07-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeologia BALTICA (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1392-5520 • E-ISSN: 2351-6534
PublisherKlaipeda University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15181/ab.v23i0.1296
OpenAlexW2495730022
LanguageEN
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In October 2014 and June 2015, a team of scholars and students from the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw featuring the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, made an underwater survey in the unnamed lake (formerly Herrn-See) in the village of Lubanowo (formerly Liebenow) in Western Pomerania. During the underwater research, weapons, tools and horse harness parts (including chain reins) were found. They are dated mainly to the Roman Period, but also to the Middle Ages. Some items bear traces of ritual destruction. Parallels may be pointed out with weapons in Przeworsk culture, and to some extent also in Scandinavia. The site should be attributed to sacrificial military deposits. Its extraordinary character lies in the fact that so far it is the only site of its type which is still in its ‘lake stage’, i.e. not a marsh or bog. Most probably it was used by local inhabitants, the people of the Lubusz group

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Marsh · Parallels · Underwater · Underwater archaeology · Wetland · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Engineering · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History

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