Archaeologists completed this year's excavations on Mienka. What did they find?
On June 4, excavations at Maly Haradzishcha in the Minsk district concluded. Researchers not only managed to find unique artifacts but also obtained significant evidence that life at this site did not cease for almost three centuries after a devastating fire, writes pristalica.by.
This year, two sections of Maly Haradzishcha were investigated. On the first, archaeologists excavated to a depth of 2 meters, and on the second — 1.40-1.50 meters. The work of students from the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts was supervised by Andrei Vaitsyakhovich, head of the Department of Archaeology of the Middle Ages and Modern Times at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
The scientist admitted that he did not expect such results after two weeks of research.
"We found out how the fire [dated to the 11th century] relates to later layers. Now we can confidently say that after the fire in the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, a feudal manor stood here, and it functioned continuously," Andrei Vaitsyakhovich said.
A number of artifacts were recovered from the earth. Among them are several dozens of metal objects, early Slavic ceramics, and bronze pendants, which indicate the settlement of the territory by Slavs. Particularly valuable finds include a spearhead and a silver temporal ring, found on the last day of work.
Of particular note are the remains of a burnt wooden plate.
"Wood is not preserved at all here, but now there is a unique opportunity to see wooden tableware used in the Middle Ages. We didn't even know about the existence of such tableware at this monument," Andrei Vaitsyakhovich noted.
The carved tableware is already undergoing conservation.
With this, the work season at Haradzishcha has concluded. The next excavations will take place only in 2027.
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