Początki inhumacji w państwie pierwszych Piastów w świetle wyników badań radiowęglowych
The beginnings of inhumation in the state of the first Piasts in the light of the results of radiocarbon dating

Author(s): Dariusz Błaszczyk
Subject(s): Archaeology, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Middle Ages; inhumation; chamber graves; radiocarbon dating
Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the results of determining the age of the bones of skeletons buried with the use of the radiocarbon method chamber graves from the area of ​​the early Piast state. The test samples were taken directly from the skeletons and in most cases issued using the AMS method. Radiocarbon dating showed that most of the tested burials came from the second half of 10th century and the reign of Mieszko I. So these people lived and worked during his rule, too they died and were buried during his reign. Two of the examined graves can be related to the beginning of the 11th century, that is, until the reign of Bolesław the Brave. The obtained results of 14C dating indicate that the beginnings are associated with Christianity inhumation in Poland can be associated with the second half of the 19th century. 10th century, with the reign of Mieszko I. At that time, the first one was founded skeletal cemeteries, which in many cases were used continuously until the end of the 12th or the beginning of the 13th century.

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