Test pit excavations in Chycina in western Poland in 2019 focused on a central square within the village which is now a playing ground and volleyball pitch for local children. This was because this was the only location whose owner was prepared to give permission for archaeological test pit excavations. A total of 12 test… Read more Chycina test pit excavations 2019 – archaeological results
Chycina is a small village in western Poland, today inhabited by approximately 100-120 people. The village is first recorded in written sources dated to the early fourteenth century, but previous archaeological finds indicate that the local area has been inhabited since prehistory. However, historic maps show that the area where the 2019 test pits were… Read more Chycina test pit excavations in 2019 – background
Poland has one the highest rates of rurality in Europe and a long rich tradition of rural settlement studies (Wójcik 2009; 2012). This is primarily understood through historical data and characterized by elaborated forms of mapping settlement spatial arrangements, encompassing villages with different origins and forms as well as exploring the same village at various… Read more Poland – settlement research and community archaeology to date