Medieval Bone and Antler Artefacts from the Settlement Located Near the Gord of Czermno (site 2)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22302473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olha Synkovska (0009-0003-7053-0269), Joanna Piątkowska-Małecka (0000-0002-2269-2736), Tomasz Dzieńkowski (0000-0002-3899-3170), Marcin Wołoszyn (0000-0001-5319-6746) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Issue | 63 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Światowit (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0082-044X • E-ISSN: 2657-6031 |
| Publisher | University of Warsaw (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.31338/0082-044x.swiatowit.63.14 |
| OpenAlex | W7140317098 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
In 2022-23, excavations were carried out at the settlement near the gord of Czermno (site 2), which is part of the settlement complex of the former Cherven. During the excavations, a large collection of animal osteological materials was obtained, including typologically and functionally diverse objects made of bone and antler. They were subjected to formal-typological, archaeozoological, and traceological analysis in order to identify the raw material and the methods of its processing and use by the communities inhabiting the settlement in the early Middle Ages (late 10th to 13th century). The collection comprised 35 items (varied in terms of function) with traces of processing, and in some cases also of use. They included pawns/buttons, skates, linings, fragments of combs, game pieces, spikes, and a horse bit element, as well as semi-finished products and production waste. They were usually made from deer antlers or, less frequently, from various bone elements (long bones, often from the metapodial section, talus, radius and femur bones, and ribs) of domesticated animals, mainly horses and sheep or goats or (less frequently) cattle. Microscopic observations revealed the presence of various technological traces (chopping, planing, grinding, drilling holes) and functional traces (smoothing, polishing, linear marks)
Antler · Domestication · Excavation · Osteology · Settlement (finance) · Taphonomy · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies
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| Highly cited | No |
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