The Cult Area ( Zolnik ) From a Scythian Hillfort in Chotyniec Near Radymno (Southeastern Poland) in the Context of Radiocarbon Dating

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ID9246002
AuthorsSylwester Czopek (0000-0003-3762-4215), Marek Krąpiec (0000-0003-4270-1668, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume62
Issue6
Pages1599-1611
Publication date2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/rdc.2020.78
OpenAlexW3080531686
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited8

A zolnik excavated in 2016–2018 at the hillfort identified as the Scythian cultural circle in Chotyniec (southeastern Poland, 8 km west of the current Poland–Ukraine border) provided a very large quantity of archaeological sources and organic materials. From the latter, 17 samples coming from different horizons were selected for dating and were used to build a chronological model of functioning of the zolnik. Absolute dating is particularly important because the discovered artifacts (especially the most common handmade ceramics) do not show large chronological diversity. The use of the zolnik was estimated at 250–300 years, i.e. between 7th/6th and 4th/3rd century BC. Stratigraphic observations and good references of absolute chronology based on artifacts, including imported Greek ceramics, first in this part of Central Europe, proved to be significant. Older radiocarbon dates correspond to typological dating of Greek amphoras (7th/6th–6th century BC)

Absolute dating · Archaeology · Chronology · Geography · Radiocarbon dating · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Geology

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