Unusual vessel without analogy in the materials from the Polish lands. Photo by M.Pronobis, Ł.Kowalski.
Posted on 11/06/2014 8:51:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in Browina (Kujawsko-Pomorskie) discovered objects attesting to far-reaching contacts of the first farmers living in the area of today’s Poland...
It turned out that within the settlement of first farmers, people had also lived in the Iron Age - 1st millennium BC. The latest fragments of ceramic vessels come from that period. Researchers focused their efforts on the analysis of the oldest objects. In addition to storage pits, inside which food had been stored, archaeologists discovered numerous fragments of vessels, flint and stone tools and animal bones. These objects belonged to the agricultural communities, known as Linear Pottery culture and Funnel Beaker culture.
"We also found tools made of chocolate and striped flint from Krzemionki Opatowskie and Jurassic flint from the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. These products could be transported in prehistory up to several hundred kilometres to the settlements near today’s Chełmża" - said Dr. Adamczak.
The most intriguing find, according to the researchers, is a unique vessel the fragments of which were discovered in a pit dating to the fourth millennium BC.
"We do not know similar vessels from the Polish lands. Ornaments and form of the vessel may indicate relations of the communities from the basin of the Vistula with the communities of Eastern European Lowlands" - believes the archaeologist.
Dr. Adamczak explained that it would be contacts of farmers with hunters and fishers. There are numerous examples of lasting ties between such cultures. They could be based, inter alia, on the marital exchange - argues the scientist.
According to Dr. Adamczak the new discovery shows that, despite intensive research in recent decades, the soil and water reservoirs still hide many unique and important finds. Archaeologists plan to return to Browina next year to search for further monuments that could facilitate the study of contacts between prehistoric communities.
(Excerpt) Read more at naukawpolsce.pap.pl ...
Unusual vessel without analogy in the materials from the Polish lands. Photo by M.Pronobis, Ł.Kowalski.
Pottery tells the tale.
Was it a poor translation or is chocolate flint something you give in an Easter basket or to children on Halloween? I would prefer giving chocolate obsidian daggers but sometimes you have to work with the substances at hand.
It’s a robotic translation, programmed in Cocoa.
Must be some dry remarks. /rimshot
tools made of chocolate?
Yes, amazingly preserved too!
lol
rofl
Will-mah!
There are worse ideas, such as tools made of ice cream — but then, it’s obvious that when those two ideas were joined, our ancestors came up with the sundae.
Mesh condoms were the worst idea ever.
Sundae... the only tool required is a spoon
Just wait until they get fired up.
This would seem to be a major find, although I know little about Neolithic Euro archaeology. Very interesting—however singular it may or may not be. Thanks for posting.
The original says "Znaleźliśmy między innymi narzędzia wykonane z krzemienia czekoladowego" -- we found among them different tools made from chocolate coloured flint
There is an interesting archaeological museum in Warsaw that shows the various Celtic artifacts. Before Christ there were Celts here who moved west and south around 500 to 300 BC (sacking Rome in c 300 BC) -- there are still a few people here with RED red hair
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