Abstract

In 2011, theinstitute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw team led by theauthor undertook third season ofexcavations on Early Medieval burial-siteatTwarogi Lackie, the Podlaskie Voivodeship. in the north part of the site five flat graves with stone-settings were discovered – a typical form of graves in this region, between thesecond half of the 11th and the 13th c. They consisted of large stone surrounding and a few-layer cobblestone covering the remains of the dead (Fig. 3). Two of them contained cremation burials and the three others included completely decomposed remains of an inhumation. in these graves silver and silver-plated templerings (Figs. 1, 2), glass beadsand sherds werefound. in the south and west part of the site, twelve inhumation pit-graves were discovered. Two of them were covered with a one-layer cobblestone. Two graves contained the dead’s equipment, including tin temple rings, glass buttons, iron knife and flint. These graves were partially destroyed by younger ones without dating finds. in the east periphery of the site a single inhumation burial from the Early Modern Period was discovered. Excluding this object, the already explored part of the site is dated from the second quarter of the 12th to the first or second half of the 14th c.