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An Ancient Sacrificial Site Found in Poland
In a dried up lake in Poland, a group of metal detectorists stumbled on some buried objects — and uncovered an ancient sacrificial site. The more archaeologists dug into the dry lakebed, the more offerings they found.
Metal detectorists with the Kujawsko-Pomorska Grupa Poszukiwaczy Historii located the sacrificial site in January 2023 while searching a dry lake near Papowo Biskupie, according to a study published Jan. 24 in the journal Antiquity.
Initially, metal detectorists found three piles, or deposits, of bronze artifacts that archaeologists identified as part of an ancient sacrificial site. Photos show these deposits.
Follow-up excavations revealed more details — and hundreds more artifacts — at the dry lake.
Sacrificial offerings at the 2,400-year-old site took two main forms: human bones or bronze artifacts, the study said.
Archaeologists found the bones of at least 33 males and females of various ages. The bones were broken up and “severely fragmented” but did not show signs of “blunt or sharp force trauma.” Still, the bones likely belonged to sacrificial victims, the study said.
Excavations also uncovered over 550 bronze artifacts at the Papowo Biskupie site. Most of the objects were “arm and neck ornaments,” including a necklace with “several swallow-tail pendants and a single glass bead.” Photos show these ornamental offerings.
A pair of “nail-like earrings,” a “flint spearhead” and some artifacts made of deer antlers were also unearthed, the study said and photos show.
The human remains were several centuries older than the bronze artifacts, suggesting that rituals shifted over time from human offerings to metal offerings, the study said.
Based on the plant material found at the site, the offerings were likely “packed into baskets made of birch bark and lined with moss” then left in the lake when it was most waterlogged.
Archaeologists linked the 2,400-year-old sacrificial site to the Lusatian culture, a European Bronze Age culture known only from archaeology. The Papowo Biskupie area is “one of the northernmost communities of the Lusatian culture” and, for this reason, was previously assumed not to engage in “metal-hoarding.” The findings at the sacrificial site challenge this idea.
The Papowo Biskupie sacrificial site is one of the first of its kind in Poland and one of the northernmost bog sites found in Europe.
The dry lake near Papowo Biskupie was a boggy lake until the 19th century when it was drained. In the 1980s, it was drained again and turned into agricultural land, the study said.
Researchers noted that these are “preliminary findings” and excavations at Papowo Biskupie are ongoing.
Papowo Biskupie is about 130 miles northwest of Warsaw.
By Aspen Pflughoeft.
#An Ancient Sacrificial Site Found in Poland#metal detectorists#bronze#bronze artifacts#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#history#history news#ancient history#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#bronze age
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While hunting for his mother’s lost earring, a metal detectorist in Norway has made an extraordinary find—rare Viking artifacts on Jomfruland Island!
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Understanding the rules and regulations of metal detecting in order to stay within the law
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Re: the archeology nemesis post, why metal detectors? Do they not work good or is it something else?(I've never used one)
Not so much metal detectors as the people who use them. This post I wrote a while ago sort of explains why.
-Reid
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My local metal detectorists guild has the funniest memes I’ve ever seen, further proving my belief that detectorists are one of the best genres of people.
Anyways watch Detectorists, it’s on Prime and it’s one of my favorite shows.
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Maybe I have something in common with antis
I'm reading a book where someone picks all the shells they find on a secluded beach and go especially for the rarest ones
And I feel I am being overcome with a murderous intent
This is forbidden !!! Stop doing that, character in a book that has no real existence !!! Some people might be influenced by the glee you express at picking up endangered species !
I do hope the very righteous main character comes and scolds them immediately
This is the first pages of a crime story so I am very certain they will be punished by death for their foolishness anyway.
(my anxiety asks me to tell you this is a joke. Okay. I have nothing in common with antis. But if you pick up endangered species wherever I will find you and I will kill you)
#you want worse start talking to me about detecting metal#i will be at your throat immediately#fine with murder but I draw the line at metal detectorists in historical sites and randos picking up endangered species#in this case i am the one comitting the murder
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#findyourthing#redbubble#metal detectorist#treasure hunter#metal detector#dirt shark#awesome#this is what#archeologist#treasure seeker
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Another huge coin hoard found, and I am as yet hoardless. I really should move to a country that has the slightest possibility of coin hoards. New Zealand is sadly lacking in them, although perfect in many other ways.
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Me whenever I see someone using a metal detector on tv:
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Metal Detectorist Discovers Medieval Wedding Ring
Every metal detectorist dreams of unearthing something valuable. For one man the English countryside yielded an incredible find when he stumbled upon a medieval diamond wedding ring in "almost perfect condition" near Thorncombe, in the South West of the country.
Now the item is expected to fetch between £30,000 and £40,000 (Sold For: £38,000) when it goes on auction later this month.
David Board, 69, found the "stunning" ring on his second attempt at becoming a metal detectorist after a stint in the 1970s in which he scoured local beaches but found nothing of much consequence, a press release from auction house Noonans said earlier this week.
Board called the ring "a once-in-a-lifetime" find.
During a recent interview, he said: "There will probably never be another one like it. Back then, each ring was individual and unique, not mass produced like today. It's stunning."
Board took up metal detecting again in 2019. During the second day of a field search, he had almost given up when he got a signal on his metal detector by a footpath.
Initially, the culprit looked like a sweet wrapper but Board soon realized that it was a gold ring.
When he dug it up all covered in mud, Board said he thought it was just "scrap metal" and popped it into his pocket.
"It was once I got home and washed it off that we realized it was a lot better than we thought," he explained.
The ring is in "almost perfect condition," Nigel Mills, a consultant in coins and antiquities at Noonans, said in the release. The jewelery has a golden hoop of two entwined bands to symbolize marital union and an inverted diamond set into it.
Inside the band is a medieval French inscription that reads, "Ieo vos tien foi tenes le moy," translating as, "I hold your faith, hold mine," according to the auction house.
Due to the location of the find and the quality of the ring, Noonans' experts surmised that it's the wedding ring of Joan Brook, given to her by her husband, Thomas Brook.
Their marriage in 1388 brought great wealth to the Brook family, the release said, as Joan was the widow of Robert Cheddar, a wealthy cloth merchant and twice mayor of Bristol -- a city in western England.
It was at a time when medieval notions of chivalry and courtly love were at their zenith, concepts which the ring reflects, Noonans said.
Now known as The Lady Brook Medieval diamond ring, the item will be auctioned on November 29.
Board goes out three times a week, weather permitting, in hope of uncovering another great relic among the musket balls and King George I coins.
"It will be amazing if I did," he responded, adding "you never know what the next signal is going to bring."
The discovery adds to a list of incredible finds by detectorists in the UK.
One amateur uncovered a haul of Bronze Age objects in a Scottish field in 2020, in what experts at the time called a "nationally significant" discovery.
And last year it was reported that a huge hoard of Iron Age gold artifacts had been found by a rookie detectorist in Denmark.
By Hafsa Khalil.
#Metal Detectorist Discovers Medieval Wedding Ring#The Lady Brook Medieval diamond ring#metal detector#metal detecting finds#jewelry#ancient jewelry#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#histopry#history news#ancient history#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#medieval history#gold#diamond ring#treasure
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A hoard of rare Iron Age treasure has been unearthed on a sacred island in Wales, and each one is blazoned with mystical symbols. The question is, were they used for trade, or left behind as offerings to the gods?
#metal detectorists#coins#hoard#treasure#gold#staters#Wales#treasure hunter#ancient#history#ancient origins
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emojiangcheng ➡️ undetectorist
#time to let go 😔#I wanted to be detectorist but it was taken by an actual metal detectorist so fair I guess
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June 2023 TVMDC BIG Money Seeded Hunt
#detectorist#metaldetectingidaho#metaldetector#metaldetectorfun#metaldetectoring#metaldetectorists#metaldetectors#metal detecting
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Roman-era silver 'toilet spoon' discovered in Wales
A Roman-era silver "toilet spoon" discovered by a metal detectorist in the U.K. has been declared a "treasure" by experts.
Valentinas Avdejevas made the peculiar finding in 2020 while exploring Vale of Glamorgan, a county in Wales. He surrendered the metal artifact to the Portable Antiquities Scheme for Wales, a local authority that works directly with metal detectorists who have unearthed artifacts. The utensil is currently in the possession of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, according to a statement.
The narrow silver spoon (also known as a Roman ligula) contains a shallow, circular bowl attached to a thin, bent handle and would have been used to scoop out cosmetics and perfume from long-necked bottles. Read more.
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