Ostrowite

Early medieval burial place in Ostrowite (near Chojnice, northern Poland) was partialy excavated in 1994 by Jerzy Kmieciński and since 2008 by the Krzysztof Walenta, Jerzy Sikora and Łukasz Trzciński from the Institute of Archaeology of University of Lodz.

Excavation in 2008.

Grave pit of grave 11, with 4 postholes – remains of „house of dead”, from 11 – 12 century.

Grave 11 – skeleton and grave goods: whetstone, two amber beads, knife and bronze binding.

Reconstruction of the „House of Dead” – timber structure over the grave 11.

Grave 17 – silver coin (so called Charon’s obol)

Reklama