Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Warrior graves dating back 2,000 years have been found by archaeologists near Bejsce in the province Świętokrzyskie (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), situated in southeastern Poland.
According to the archaeologists, the newly discovered cemetery covers around 1 ha and the cremated remains unearthed at the site include spear or javelin heads, and iron swords.
Archaeologists counted nearly 200 metal artifacts and their fragments after this year`s research. There are also bone, stone and clay items. Credit: Science In Poland
The remains of the cemetery are in an arable field, therefore the graves in which the cremated dead are buried are heavily damaged. In the spring of this year, archaeologists discovered numerous fragments of urns. This took place during surface surveys, which consist of walking through arable fields in search of artifacts lying on their surface. The number of shells and burned bones surprised archaeologists, so it was decided to start excavations.
“We do not know exactly how many graves were in the cemetery because our research is still at an initial stage, the graves are destroyed and often spread over a large area of the field,” says research project leader Jan Bulas from the Institute of Archeology of the Jagiellonian University.
However, the results of August excavations give an idea of a high density of graves. At least 20 burials were discovered in a 200 sq m area. These are only researchers` estimates because some of the graves discovered during excavations are also heavily damaged. Just like their equipment, which has undergone analysis and conservation in recent months.
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