Title:

Radiocarbon dating of Neolithic assemblages from Bronocice

Subtitle:

Przegląd Archeologiczny T. 37 (1990)

Creator:

Kruk, Janusz ; Milisauskas, Sarunas

Contributor:

Pazdur, Mieczysław F. (1946–1955) ; Michczyńska, Danuta J.

Publisher:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Kultury Materialnej

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Date issued/created:

1990

Description:

ill. ; 29 cm ; Appendix: Calibration of 14C dates from the Bronocice site

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Neolithic -- Poland ; radiocarbon dating ; Bronocice, Działoszyce commune (Poland)

Abstract:

Bronocice is a large Neolithic site located at the eastern edge of the Miechów Upland region in southeastern Poland. The objectives of the Bronocice excavations were twofold: 1) to investigate the prehistoric environment, chronology, economy, settlement system, and social organization of Neolithic cultures, and 2) to demonstrate the origin of complex societies in the region. Radiocarbon datingprovides information on the duration and sequence of each occupational phase at Bronocice and therefore is essential to understanding Neolithic chronology and achieving the above-stated objectives. For our study, 27 wood charcoal samples were dated at the Dicarb Laboratory in the United States. Since the samples were selected from the pits containing ceramics, the radiocarbon dates can becompared with the relative chronology of the ceramics. This procedure provided a general, yet a fairly accurate evaluation of the data. The primary results from the radiocarbon dating are as follows: 1) the Bronocice settlement was occupied between 3110±110 be and 2130 ±65 be, and 2) the Bronocice settlement spanned six occupational phases: Lublin-Volynian culture (Lengyel-Polgar cycle in southeastern Poland), Funnel Beaker culture (BR I - I I I phases), and the Baden cycle (BR IV-V).

Relation:

Przegląd Archeologiczny

Volume:

37

Start page:

195

End page:

228

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0079-7138

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P III 149 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 272 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 353 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; Activities popularizing science (DUN)

Access:

Open