Description

• Title:
  A unique find of merchant’s tools from Jaryszki. A contribution to the study of the role of Poznań’s surrounds in the early Middle Ages
• Creator:
  Waszczuk, Kamilla;
  Żychliński, Daniel;
  Kuzioła, Aneta
• Description:
  During research at an early medieval site located 11 km away from Poznań’s Ostrów Tumski (Cathedral Island), a set of tools for weighing bullion was found, consisting of balance scales, 10 standardised weights, and a decorative copper alloy necklace clasp. Due to the state of preservation, mechanical features and the place of uncovering, these artefacts prompted a multi-faceted analysis of the possible reasons why such valuable objects were left in one of the sites of the extensive settlement, located  by the Kopel and Michałówka valley. As a result, new evidence has been obtained on the links between the main strongholds of the Polish state and the subordinate settlements, as well as on the existence of possibilities of communication between them (hitherto unconsidered) and on local variations in social stratification. At the same time, the need to carry out methodical research on archaeological sites and to exercise conservation protection over them was stressed, in the face of a threat of losing ample interpretative opportunities when the sites become victims of illegal forms of exploration
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/deed.en ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2024 Kamilla Waszczuk, Daniel Żychliński ,Aneta Kuzioła
• Date:
  2024.11.22
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Slavia Antiqua. Rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim; No. 65 (2024); 263-282;
  Slavia Antiqua. Rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim; Nr 65 (2024); 263-282;
  2545-0212;
  0080-9993
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sla/article/view/45016/37038
• Subject:
  merchant’s tools;
  balance scales;
  weights;
  Wielkopolska;
  Piast dynasty
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sla/article/view/45016
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text