Bodzia

Andrzej Buko, Ph.D. (1978), is director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and titular professor of University of Warsaw. Author over 280 papers concerning medieval archaeology, his book The Archaeology of Early Medieval Poland -3 editions in Poland (Warsaw 2005, 2006, 2011), and one abroad (Brill, 2008)- is the prime university handbook for early medieval archaeology in Poland.

"A cemetery at Bodzia was fully excavated during the years 2004 and 2007–9. This book, produced for international readers by an interdisciplinary team of twenty-five authors, presents the material from most possible perspectives. It is welcome to have so comprehensive a book accessible in English so soon. The book is richly illustrated, consists of twenty-five chapters... To sum up, this cemetery provides important evidence, and the book makes an interesting contribution to international research on burial customs, communication, and politics in northwestern Europe from approximately the mid-tenth to the mid-twelfth century."Sæbjørg Walaker Nordeide, Speculum 92.4 (2017).

• List of Illustrations...ixList of Tables...xxviiList of Contributors ...xxixLooking Towards Bodzia: An Introduction...1Andrzej BukoPart 1: The Area of the Middle and Lower Vistula River Valley between the 10th–11th Centuries: Archaeology and History 1 The Archaeological Context of the Bodzia Cemetery and the Trade Route along the Middle and the Lower Vistula during the Middle and Late Viking Period...9Mateusz Bogucki2 The Historical Context of the Discoveries at Bodzia...34Roman MichałowskiPart 2: The Bodzia Cemetery: Site Location, Environmental Data, Graves and their Contents3 Bodzia: Site Location and History of Research...47Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka4 The Effect of Depositional and Post-Depositional Processes on the Preservation of Skeletal Remains in the Bodzia Cemetery...54Iwona Hildebrandt-Radke5 The Inventory of the Burials and their Contents...63Iwona Sobkowiak-TabakaAppendix: Wood and Plant Macro-remains Analysis...139Joanna Koszałka6 Analysis of the Skeletal Population from the Cemetery of Bodzia...143Alicja Drozd-Lipińska and Tomasz KozłowskiPart 3: Grave Goods and their Context7 Overview of the Finds from the Bodzia Cemetery...163Andrzej Buko8 Merchants’ Implements (the Folding Balance)...166Michał Kara9 Weapons...177Michał KaraAppendix: Metallographic Analyses of Selected Finds from a Young Warrior’s Grave (E864/I)...197Zdzisław Hensel10 Status and Magic. Ornaments Used by the Bodzia Elites...202Władysław Duczko11 Glass Beads...222Maria Dekówna and Tomasz Purowski12 Iron Artifacts...262Tomasz Sawicki13 Costume Elements of Leather...272Anna B. Kowalska14 Ceramic and Wooden Containers...288Kinga Zamelska-Monczak15 Objects Made of Antler and Stone...304Kinga Zamelska-Monczak16 The Obol of the Dead...313Stanisław SuchodolskiPart 4: Funeral Rites17 Description of the Cemetery, Organization of the Burial Space, the Burial Rites in the Light of the Cultural and Historical Determinants...343Michał Kara18 Tentative Reconstruction of Coffins...412Tomasz Sawicki19 Symbolic Aspects of the Remains of Wood from the Cemetery...421Joanna KoszałkaPart 5: Chronology of the Cemetery20 Chronology of the Cemetery...427Andrzej Buko and Michał KaraAppendix 1: AMS Radiocarbon Dating of Samples from the Cemetery at Bodzia...438Tomasz GoslarAppendix 2: Radiometric Radiocarbon Dating of Samples from the Cemetery at Bodzia...442Marek KrąpiecPart 6: Locals or Aliens?21 Isotopic Proveniencing of the Bodzia Burials...447T. Douglas Price and Karin Margarita Frei22 Genetic Analysis of Selected Graves from the Cemetery...465Wiesław Bogdanowicz, Tomasz Grzybowski and Magdalena M. BuśPart 7: European Contexts of the Bodzia Cemetery23 The Cemetery at Bodzia in a Broader European Context...481Michael Müller-Wille24 The Cemetery at Bodzia in the Context of the Funerary Practices in the Polish Lands in the Late 10th–11th Century...513Michał KaraPart 8: The Bodzia Cemetery in Light of the Interdisciplinary Research25 The Bodzia Cemetery in Light of the Interdisciplinary Research...525Andrzej BukoBibliography...557Index...602