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Preliminary results of the excavations

     Up to 2005 more than 17 ares were excavated. Unfortunately, the borders of the cemetery have not been estimated. This concerns mainly the northern and eastern part of the site, previously not available for archaeological research.Click hereNowadays excavations on this part of the cemetery can and should be taken, since this part of the site still deteriorates as a result of modern activity. Up to 2004 at Weklice 492 archaeological structures were discovered, from which more than 400 graves dates back for Roman Period. The population from Weklice buried their dead in two ways.Click herePart o the bodies was burnt, and the ashes were put in clay urns, or in less percentage the burnt bones were poured in to the small pit dug in the ground. The most common form of graves are skeleton burials. They are orientated in line North South, and in less percent East West. These graves have very rich equipment. According to the prevailing customs, the dead were equipped in ornaments and things of everyday use. At present it is a collection of more than 2500 metal objects, made from bronze, iron, and more than once from silver and gold. On the cemetery mostly clay, but also from bronze and glass vessels are discovered. These two last categories together with glass beads were imported from Roman Empire territories. In the graves from Weklice, numerous amber beads and pendants, which were made by local craftsmen, can also be found.
      Beyond the finds the cemetery gave us significant observations concerning the burial rites of the ancient population from Weklice. Click heremagicznych, i specyfiką ceremonialnego stroju. They are connected with form of graves, ways of treatment of the bodies, traces of magic rituals. The dead were buried in different kinds of coffins and wooden logs.On the surface, graves were signed by single stones and stone cists, part of which has traces of intentional tooling. The stones constructions are also discovered inside the grave pits. To the most important form of skeleton graves belongs first discovered on the territories of Poland graves in log boats. This custom was adopted from Scandinavia. Also Sarmatians influences from the South brought customs of using many kinds of amulets. At Weklice were discovered mentioned above and many another curiosities. Nevertheless a lot of things concerning daily life of then population is still unknown. Only modern methodological excavations on the cemetery and settlement as well as researches led by scientists of different disciplines can help in reconstruction of the life of the Weklice population in Roman Period.


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