Opening graves and turtles<b>. The pond turtle (<i>Emys orbicularis</i> L.) from the cemetery of the Wielbark Culture in Czarnówko and the question of post-funeral interferences in the past</b>
Journal: Praehistorische Zeitschrift
Year: 2023

Abstract In 2010, the remains of a pond turtle were discovered at the bottom of a secondary pit (“robbery” trench) in one of the graves (feature 963) in the Wielbark Culture cemetery at Czarnówko (PL). This paper attempts to characterise the find from Czarnówko in the context of two important questions: the opening of graves and the presence of turtle remains in the grave against the background of similar finds from the Central and East European Barbaricum. The problem of post-burial manipulatio