Early medieval inhumation cemeteries in Gródek-Volyn’. Research status and future perspectives
Journal: Lietuvos istorijos institutas eBooks
Year: 2024

After a delay of more than 50 years the results of the excavation seasons 1952 to 1955 investigating the interior of the hillfort at Gródek (eastern Poland) were published comprehensively in 2018. The defence settlement at Gródek is identifiable with the stronghold of Volyn’ known from early chronicles (the earliest written record is for the year 1018). A significant series of radiocarbon dates obtained recently revised the dating of burials inside the hillfort as 11th to 13th century (from the