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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-3102 Czersk 134/80/Pgr789    Age:  840 ± 30 BP 
Sample name:  Czersk 134/80/Pgr789
Submitter:  Rauhutowa J.
Institution:
 
 
 PAN Warszawa
 Instytut Historii (IHKM)
 Swierczewskiego 105   00-140 Warszawa

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Rauhutowa J.
 Aug 1980

Additional information:  Grave 789/80, Trench 3D, depth 3,3 m.
Material of sample:  bone(s)
Contamination:   
Type of site:  excavation
Field of study:  archaeology

Sample location:
Site name:  Czersk
Latitude:  
Longitude:  
Detailed description of the sample location:
Margin of Vistula river terrace, near Piaseczno, Warsaw district. The cemetery is
located on top of a hill, ca. 20 m above the valley floor of the Wisla River.

Environment description:
Cemetery assoc with Medieval castle and settlement, hill with Medieval castle.
Graves were dug in medium-grained sands, underlying an anthropogenic layer
2.5-3 m thick.

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List XI

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