Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii

Excavating a possible Christianisation mission: the medieval stronghold in Pyrzyce

Historical accounts of Otto of Bamberg’s twelfth-century Christianisation mission in Pyrzyce, Poland, have inspired archaeological excavations, which in turn influenced anthropological research into contemporary religious imagery. Archaeological investigations at Pyrzyce’s early...

Evidence for long-distance contacts at the turn of eras: A leontomorphic fibula from Kuyavia (Poland). A contribution to the study on the European family of lion-bow fibulae

Abstract Located in the North European Plain and the heart of the Polish lands, the historic region of Kuyavia has long been an area where cultural communication and trade routes criss-crossed. This geographical characteristic had transformative effects on the region’s inhabitant...