Speakers
Dawid Maciejczuk
(University of Wrocław)
Marcin Bohr
(University of Wrocław)
Mateusz Matula
(Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław)
Description
The discovery of a hoard of thirteen Roman coins (2nd-century CE sestertii) in the Krucze Mountains leads us to revise the image of the Sudetes as an area almost completely devoid of human settlement in the Roman period. The hoard is absolutely unique in the context of the Central European Barbaricum. The find from Święta Góra has a clearly symbolic character, connected with the spiritual sphere of ancient communities established in the region during the period of Roman influence. It confirms the use of the Sudetes mountain passes as a communication route between areas settled by the Przeworsk Culture in the north and by the Germanic tribes of the Upper Elbe cultures.
Primary authors
Dawid Maciejczuk
(University of Wrocław)
Marcin Bohr
(University of Wrocław)
Mateusz Matula
(Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław)
