Średniowieczne cmentarzysko kamienne w Siemienicach koło Kutna
The Medieval Stone Cemetery in Siemienice near Kutno

Summary/Abstract: Among the old collection of the Archaeological Museum in Cracow, under the inventory numbers MAK/3478, 3664, 4255, there lie the furnishings from the graves in Siemienice. The miniature bronze axe belongs to the type II acc. to N.A. Makarov. It’s a devotional artifact – Christian amulet associated with the cult of the Norwegian King St. Olaf (Olaf II Haraldsson, 995–1030), the import from Kievan Rus’. The iron spearheads belong to the types IV and V acc. to A. Nadolski, while the battle axe belongs to the type Vc acc. to A. Nadolski. The iron handle and fragments of iron hoop was a part of small wooden bucket. The miniature clay pot belongs to a group of vessels with a cylindrical neck typical for Mazovia. The features from Siemienice represented so-called stone graves – a skeleton burials covered with cobbles, which make up stone cemeteries. It can be surmised that the set dates back to the second half of the 11th century or to the beginning of the 12th century. It’s an examples of the grave of the end-stage phase of the druzhina culture. The sparse and, unfortunately, only partially preserved furnishings from the burials in the stone graves in Siemienice, which are presented here, supplement the knowledge concerning archaeological materials obtained from Polish stone cemeteries in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century.

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