Landscape investigation in the Jakšiškis microregion. The search for ancient settlements and the use of the spot-test Cover Image

Kraštovaizdžio tyrimai Jakšiškio mikroregione. Senovės gyvenviečių paieškos ir fosforo kokybinio testo naudojimas
Landscape investigation in the Jakšiškis microregion. The search for ancient settlements and the use of the spot-test

Author(s): Andra Simniškytė, Aušra Selskienė
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Lietuvos istorijos institutas
Keywords: landscape; settlement site; barrow cemetery; phosphorus (P); spot-test

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to a discussion of the results of research conducted in implementing the ‘Archaeolandscape’ project in the Jakšiškis microregion. The research was conducted in the vicinity of one of the largest Lithuanian barrow group, the Jakšiškis and Knitiškiai barrow cemeteries. The most important objective during the project was the search for the settlements of the communities that left them and a series of related questions: what size was the settlement, how intense was its life, what was the nature of the activities in it, and what was its relationship with the nearby sites. An attempt was made to answer these questions using tradition archaeological methods and the spot test.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 38
  • Page Range: 141-174
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Lithuanian