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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-833 Czersk 130/62    Age:  1085 ± 100 BP 
Sample name:  Czersk 130/62
Submitter:  Rauhutowa J.
Institution:
 
 
 PAN Warszawa
 Instytut Historii (IHKM)
 Swierczewskiego 105   00-140 Warszawa

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Rauhutowa J.
 Aug 1962

Additional information:  From Grave 130/62, Ar 27C, depth 2.8 m, assoc with animal bones and pieces of Medieval pottery
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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