Late Neolithic and Bronze Age finds from the High Bieszczady Mountains. Discoveries from 2017-2019 Cover Image

Late Neolithic and Bronze Age finds from the High Bieszczady Mountains. Discoveries from 2017-2019
Late Neolithic and Bronze Age finds from the High Bieszczady Mountains. Discoveries from 2017-2019

Author(s): Andrzej Pelisiak
Subject(s): Archaeology, Prehistory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Bieszczady Mountains; Carpathians; lithic artefacts; transhumance; Neolithic; Bronze Age

Summary/Abstract: By 2019 more than 70 sites had been discovered in the area of the High Bieszczady Mountains, most of them located within the Połonina Wetlińska massif. The sites discovered in 2017-2019 constitute two groups: sites represented by (1) single artefacts (Wetlina 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, Bukowska Pass, site 1) and (2) small series of artefacts (Wetlina 54, 55, 60, 62). Both groups include artefacts datable to the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age. Moreover, there are no sufficient grounds to claim homogeneity of assemblages found in Wetlina 54, 55, 60 and 62. It is possible that at least some of these sites could have been used many times during the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. These finds confirm seasonal use of the High Bieszczady for grazing animals, probably within a system similar to the transhumant pastoralism practiced in European mountains.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 87-102
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English