Problematyka badawcza osady w Konopnicy, stanowisko 6, powiat Wieluń, w kontekście nadwarciańskiego zespołu osadniczego kultury przeworskiej
Research issues of the settlement in Konopnica, site 6, Wieluń district, in the context of the Warta River settlement complex of the Przeworsk culture

Summary/Abstract: The settlement in question (site 6) together with barrows (site 5; phase B2 of the Roman Period) and burial ground (site 7; younger Pre-Roman Period to phases C2-D of the Roman Period) creates one of the most important settlement complexes of the Przeworsk culture in the zone of the upper Warta River. In the course of excavations carried out by the University of Lodz in the years 2003-2013 about 0.5 hectares of the settlement’s surface was unearthed (its size is suspected to be around 2-3 hectares). The portable material includes primarily hand made and workshop (wheel-thrown) pottery, not numerous metal objects and small Roman imports (including denarius from the time of Marcus Aurelius). The settlement was occupied from phase B2 (B2a) to phase C2-D of the Roman Period and the Migration Period. There were discovered sunken buildings (13), remains of above-ground buildings, economic features (hearths, granary, storage pits) and production ones (pottery kiln, lime kiln, iron furnaces). Type of construction as well as economic and craft activity of the Przeworsk culture population is characteristic of the upper Warta River basin areas. The spatial arrangement of features recorded within the excavated area indicates a circular model of settlement. An important feature is presence of many dwelling buildings, observable especially in early phase of the settlement existence. There is no clear separation of residential and craft areas. The settlement complex in Konopnica (settlement, barrows, burial ground) bears a strong resemblance to the complex in Przywóz (settlement, barrows, a burial ground is unknown) in terms of the model settlement space division into sacred and profane zone. Both aspire to positions of important settlement formations in the area of the course of a communication route running along a meridional section of the upper Warta River, creating a part of the Amber Route system.

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