Ebook: Brudnice Site V: A Przeworsk Culture Cemetery in the Heart of a Settlement Void

As promised a few years ago on the occasion of the publication of the Kuczbork-Osada site (2018), it gives me great pleasure to present you with another, fourth in total, book on the subject of the Borderland and, at the same time, the second monograph in the series, this time concerning site V at Brudnice — the site where much, not to say everything, started. “Finally,” many of you will no doubt think. After all, individual material concerning the Brudnice cemetery has been presented on various occasions. “Already,” I will say to that. Let us not forget that the last shovel was driven into the ground at the site in 2019, and the last grave with Przeworsk culture contents was only discovered in 2017. Many of you will also feel unsatisfied with the publication of only the Przeworsk culture part of the cemetery. However, this is due to the fact that the book presents the results of many specialist analyses, including ones which have not been previously carried out for Przeworsk culture sites and which have significantly affected the cost of preparing the publication. Yet, it seems that such an approach should become standard in the 21st century. As it is, the publication boasts, among others, analyses of fatty acids and biomarkers from the vessels’ walls and analyses of strontium residues from the cremated material. Thanks to such studies, we obtain completely new information on both the everyday life and interpersonal contacts of the then inhabitants of northern Mazovia. Nevertheless, I also hope that we will soon be able to see the second volume of the Brudnice monograph, presenting the next two stages of use of this extraordinary cemetery. The first involves the Wielbark culture occupation in the late Roman period, the second concerns the re–use of the site during the Migration period.