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Zeszyty Kaliskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2024

Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia, 2016

The unique find of a copper alloy fitting, discovered during amateur metal detector survey, contr... more The unique find of a copper alloy fitting, discovered during amateur metal detector survey, contributes to the study of the Roman Period north of the Middle Danube. The available information locates the findplace as the rocky NE promontory of Pavlov Hills, an area of the medieval fortification called Dívčí hrady. The fitting, possibly belonging to a balteus, has outer diameter of 97 mm, a thickness of 3 mm and its face is divided into four parts and decorated with pelta motives. It can be dated between the 2nd half of the 2nd century CE and the 1st and 2nd thirds of the following century. XRF and SED-EDX analyses of the material were carried out. The location of the find on the highly exposed site is considered to be significant. Using GIS analyses it was possible to suggest links with Roman military installations within 20 km radius.

Inżynieria Ekologiczna Selected full texts, 2008

A metal detector find of a Roman Provincial openwork fitting from Pavlov, south Moravia

The area of the river basin of the Prosna and the Wartha, which was a significant part of the Amb... more The area of the river basin of the Prosna and the Wartha, which was a significant part of the Amber Route in the ancient times, has recently augmented a number of interesting archaeological discoveries related with the settlement and activities of the Celts. Relics which prove this observation represent mostly the so-called Noric wave of imports (fig. 2-3), dated the second half of the first century BC (LT D2). In the above context, mint-making post on the Janków II settlement, discovered recently by the town of Kalisz, seems a finding of capital importance. Its elements are as follows: clay moulder for producing the so-called cast blanket (fig. 4), standard portions of metal raw material, i.e. the alloy of gold with silver for producing coins and especially the coins
themselves (fig. 5) in the amount of 13 pieces. The nominal value of the shell-shaped coins is 1/8 and 1/24 stater and they possess a very unique stamp image, which is why they have been called
the ‘Janków type’. In spite of being significantly original, it is quite clear that the inspiration for them were shell staters produced in the mint plant in Bratislava. It can be implied then that the Janków II coins belonged to the ‘Great Boii’ mint making system, which collapsed around the middle of the first century before Christ as a result of the Dacian invasion. The coins in Janków, however, continued to be produced.
This paper also underlines a very interesting phenomenon of the co-existence (or more precisely– cohabitation) of the representative of the Celtic population – i.e. merchants and aristocrats – with the autochthonic Przeworsk-culture population, the good example of which is Janków settlement. It is interesting as well that the model of social and ethnic relations observed in Janków, can be found on other
rzeworsk-culture areas, e.g. in the Kuyavia or Tyniec group
by Cracow. This leads to the conclusion that the so-called Lugian Federation (Lugiorum nomen) constituted in fact an interesting cultural and ethnical conglomerate with a quantitative domination of autochthonic (probably German) population and qualitative domination of the Celtic population. The development of the latter one was closely related with the profitable trade along the Amber Route, therefore its end taking place in the last years of the old era was related with taking over the role by the Romans and the Greeks.

Zeszyty Kaliskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2024

Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia, 2016

The unique find of a copper alloy fitting, discovered during amateur metal detector survey, contr... more The unique find of a copper alloy fitting, discovered during amateur metal detector survey, contributes to the study of the Roman Period north of the Middle Danube. The available information locates the findplace as the rocky NE promontory of Pavlov Hills, an area of the medieval fortification called Dívčí hrady. The fitting, possibly belonging to a balteus, has outer diameter of 97 mm, a thickness of 3 mm and its face is divided into four parts and decorated with pelta motives. It can be dated between the 2nd half of the 2nd century CE and the 1st and 2nd thirds of the following century. XRF and SED-EDX analyses of the material were carried out. The location of the find on the highly exposed site is considered to be significant. Using GIS analyses it was possible to suggest links with Roman military installations within 20 km radius.

Inżynieria Ekologiczna Selected full texts, 2008

A metal detector find of a Roman Provincial openwork fitting from Pavlov, south Moravia

The area of the river basin of the Prosna and the Wartha, which was a significant part of the Amb... more The area of the river basin of the Prosna and the Wartha, which was a significant part of the Amber Route in the ancient times, has recently augmented a number of interesting archaeological discoveries related with the settlement and activities of the Celts. Relics which prove this observation represent mostly the so-called Noric wave of imports (fig. 2-3), dated the second half of the first century BC (LT D2). In the above context, mint-making post on the Janków II settlement, discovered recently by the town of Kalisz, seems a finding of capital importance. Its elements are as follows: clay moulder for producing the so-called cast blanket (fig. 4), standard portions of metal raw material, i.e. the alloy of gold with silver for producing coins and especially the coins
themselves (fig. 5) in the amount of 13 pieces. The nominal value of the shell-shaped coins is 1/8 and 1/24 stater and they possess a very unique stamp image, which is why they have been called
the ‘Janków type’. In spite of being significantly original, it is quite clear that the inspiration for them were shell staters produced in the mint plant in Bratislava. It can be implied then that the Janków II coins belonged to the ‘Great Boii’ mint making system, which collapsed around the middle of the first century before Christ as a result of the Dacian invasion. The coins in Janków, however, continued to be produced.
This paper also underlines a very interesting phenomenon of the co-existence (or more precisely– cohabitation) of the representative of the Celtic population – i.e. merchants and aristocrats – with the autochthonic Przeworsk-culture population, the good example of which is Janków settlement. It is interesting as well that the model of social and ethnic relations observed in Janków, can be found on other
rzeworsk-culture areas, e.g. in the Kuyavia or Tyniec group
by Cracow. This leads to the conclusion that the so-called Lugian Federation (Lugiorum nomen) constituted in fact an interesting cultural and ethnical conglomerate with a quantitative domination of autochthonic (probably German) population and qualitative domination of the Celtic population. The development of the latter one was closely related with the profitable trade along the Amber Route, therefore its end taking place in the last years of the old era was related with taking over the role by the Romans and the Greeks.