The Middle, Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cemetery in Skołoszów, site 7, Dist. Jarosław, in the Light of the Results of Non-invasive Archaeological Survey in 2016

Skołoszów 16 – A Spatial Arrangement of the Eneolithic Settlement of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the Rzeszów Foothills (South-Eastern Poland) in the Light of Previous Excavations and Geophysical Survey

“…Furthermore, the geological background cover of loess seems to support the hypothesis of different sedimentological and geochemical material represented on the magnetometric plan. Identical structures, in terms of shape, have been documented during magnetic prospection in Skołoszów 7 (Cwaliński et al, 2018), which were, moreover, verified during the excavations in 2018 and interpreted as trapezoidal, tubular and rectangular-shaped pits. In Skołoszów 16, a total number of 145 such anomalies have been registered.…”

“…Kruk, 1973;1980;Kruk et al, 1996). Within a radius of 5 km from the site, up to 30 functionally diverse FBC sites, including one cemetery with two non-megalithic long barrows, have been registered Król, 2017;2018, Cwaliński et al, 2018.…”

“…In late 2018, a magnetic prospection was planned for the entire summit and slopes of the small hill ( Figure 2), which according to the survey was inhabited by the FBC during Eneolithic times. The choice of the method was driven by the results that were effectively achieved in the nearby site of Skołoszów 7 in 2016 (Cwaliński et al, 2018). A series of pits, burials, as well as other features, were documented by means of magnetometry thanks to the method-friendly environment, namely the loess coverage of the area.…”

“…In order to verify this hypothesis, as well as determine the extent, spatial arrangement and chronology of the settlement, excavation and non-invasive geophysical surveys were carried out. Magnetic prospection had already showed its potential in investigating other Eneolithic sites in the close-by area of Skołoszów 7, where numerous funeral features were revealed (Cwaliński et al, 2018). Therefore, it was decided to use this method to investigate Skołoszów 16, which was comprised of the same geological formation of loess sediments, providing a clear magnetic background.…”