Early Medieval hoard from Gąski near Inowrocław: the oldest (?) silver deposit in the Piast-era Kuyavia
-
Wojciech Chudziak
,
Józef Bednarczyk
Independent researcher
,
Dorota Malarczyk
,
Adam Musiałowski
Independent researcher
,
Hanna Kóčka-Krenz
,
Ryszard Kaźmierczak
,
Piotr Błędowski
und
Marcin Weinkauf
Abstract
The bullion hoard was recovered using a detector tool from the multicultural site at Gąski, Inowrocław commune (site 18) in the years 2008–2015. Originally, the deposit involved at least 273 elements scattered as a result of deep ploughing. It comprises Islamic coins (183 specimens), West European coins (71 specimens), as well as silver jewellery (19 specimens).
The diverse silver bullion hoard unearthed in Gąski, Kuyavia, based on the typological and comparative analysis of its components, was deposited after the year 983. In terms of its structure and fragmentation level, it corresponds to many hoards of the same timeframe known from Greater Poland. However, in Kuyavia, it was the first find of this kind and, at the same time, the oldest well-documented silver hoard in that area.
Zusammenfassung
Der Edelmetallhort wurde zwischen 2008 und 2015 mit einer Metallsonde auf einer kulturell vielfältigen Fundstelle im Dorf Gąski, Kreis Inowrocław (Fundstelle 18), geborgen. Der Hort bestand ursprünglich aus mindestens 273 Fundstücken, die durch den Einsatz eines Tiefpflugs zerpflügt worden waren. Zum Ensemble gehören islamische Münzen (183 Stück), westeuropäische Münzen (71 Stück) und Silberschmuck (19 Stück). Der in Gąski entdeckte mehrteilige Silberbarrenhort wurde nach typologischen und vergleichenden Analysen seiner Bestandteile nach 983 deponiert und entspricht in seiner Struktur und seinem Fragmentierungsgrad vielen synchronisierbaren Horten aus dem Großraum Polen. Für Kujawien handelt es sich jedoch um den ersten Fund dieser Art und gleichzeitig dem ältesten gut dokumentierten Silberhort in diesem Gebiet.
Abstrakt
Skarb kruszcowy został pozyskany przy użyciu urządzenia detekcyjnego z wielokulturowego stanowiska w miejscowości Gąski, powiat Inowrocław (stan. 18) w latach 2008–2015. Depozyt składał się pierwotnie z co najmniej 273 elementów rozwleczonych w efekcie głębokiej orki. W jego skład wchodziły monety islamskie (183 sztuki), zachodnioeuropejskie (71 sztuk) oraz biżuteria srebrna (19 sztuk). Wielopostaciowy skarb kruszcu srebrnego odkryty w Gąskach na Kujawach na podstawie analizy typologiczno-porównawczej jego elementów składowych zdeponowany został po 983 r. Pod względem swojej struktury i stopnia fragmentaryzacji nawiązuje do wielu synchronizowanych z nim skarbów znanych z terenu Wielkopolski. Jednak na Kujawach jest to pierwsze odkrycie tego rodzaju, stanowiące jednocześnie najstarszy skarb srebrny dobrze udokumentowany na tym obszarze.
About the authors
Independent researcher
Independent researcher
© 2025 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- Abhandlungen
- The oldest farmers’ settlement from Poland. New interdisciplinary data on chronology and economy from the Gwoździec site
- One place, many worlds – nutrition strategies of human groups inhabiting the site 3 in Miechów (southern Poland) since the Neolithic until the Iron Age
- New data about the provenance of the Early Eneolithic copper artefacts from western Lesser Poland
- Within the Range of the Watchtowers: Nature and Purpose of Late Bronze Age Hilltop Buildings in the Blagoevgrad Basin, Southwestern Bulgaria
- A Late Bronze Age hoard from Elgiszewo reflects the complex interplay between bronzesmithing, metal hoarding and local identity
- A fabric from the Hallstatt period yet unseen in Central Poland – some remarks on the find from Dąbrowa, Wieluń County
- Bornholm – the island in the middle. Communication, mobility and trade on the example of materials from the Store Frigård cemetery
- Ein Schmiedegrab der Oksywie-Kultur von Czarnówko, Kr. Lębork, Pommern
- The artefact from Kwiatków: the earliest spur featuring a zoomorphic motif from the slavic lands
- Early Medieval hoard from Gąski near Inowrocław: the oldest (?) silver deposit in the Piast-era Kuyavia
- Between East and West Europe. A ducal motte-type residence from the first half of the 13th century in Chełm (south-east Poland)
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- Abhandlungen
- The oldest farmers’ settlement from Poland. New interdisciplinary data on chronology and economy from the Gwoździec site
- One place, many worlds – nutrition strategies of human groups inhabiting the site 3 in Miechów (southern Poland) since the Neolithic until the Iron Age
- New data about the provenance of the Early Eneolithic copper artefacts from western Lesser Poland
- Within the Range of the Watchtowers: Nature and Purpose of Late Bronze Age Hilltop Buildings in the Blagoevgrad Basin, Southwestern Bulgaria
- A Late Bronze Age hoard from Elgiszewo reflects the complex interplay between bronzesmithing, metal hoarding and local identity
- A fabric from the Hallstatt period yet unseen in Central Poland – some remarks on the find from Dąbrowa, Wieluń County
- Bornholm – the island in the middle. Communication, mobility and trade on the example of materials from the Store Frigård cemetery
- Ein Schmiedegrab der Oksywie-Kultur von Czarnówko, Kr. Lębork, Pommern
- The artefact from Kwiatków: the earliest spur featuring a zoomorphic motif from the slavic lands
- Early Medieval hoard from Gąski near Inowrocław: the oldest (?) silver deposit in the Piast-era Kuyavia
- Between East and West Europe. A ducal motte-type residence from the first half of the 13th century in Chełm (south-east Poland)
