The girl with finches : a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland
Cave burials are generally absent from historical periods in Europe. Consequently, the discovery of a post-medieval inhumation of a child buried with at least one bird head placed in the mouth in Tunel Wielki Cave (southern Poland) is an exceptional find. The aim of this paper is to discuss this uni...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/347366 2024-01-07T09:43:12+01:00 The girl with finches : a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland Wojenka, Michał Jaskulska, Elżbieta Popović, Danijela Baca, Mateusz Frog, Mr. Fetner, Rafał Wertz, Krzysztof Rataj, Karolina Gryczewska, Natalia Kosiński, Tymoteusz Kot, Małgorzata Folklore Studies 2022-08-24T22:16:39Z 24 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/347366 eng eng de Gruyter 10.1515/pz-2021-0008 Wojenka , M , Jaskulska , E , Popović , D , Baca , M , Frog , M , Fetner , R , Wertz , K , Rataj , K , Gryczewska , N , Kosiński , T & Kot , M 2021 , ' The girl with finches : a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland ' , Praehistorische Zeitschrift , vol. 96 , no. 1 , pp. 286-309 . https://doi.org/10.1515/pz-2021-0008 ORCID: /0000-0001-5967-6281/work/108463580 2b6e2fc4-58a9-4313-87e8-4cb2a9d8212e http://hdl.handle.net/10138/347366 000689722700011 openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 5143 Social and cultural anthropology 615 History and Archaeology cultural anthropology post-medieval archaeology cave archaeology isotopic studies ancient DNA Harris lines cave burial chaffinch soul-birds Karelians NEONATAL-PERIOD SEQUENCE AGE CHILDREN INSIGHTS GROWTH Article acceptedVersion publishedVersion 2022 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:13:15Z Cave burials are generally absent from historical periods in Europe. Consequently, the discovery of a post-medieval inhumation of a child buried with at least one bird head placed in the mouth in Tunel Wielki Cave (southern Poland) is an exceptional find. The aim of this paper is to discuss this unique burial based on multiproxy analyses conducted on the human and avian remains, including genetic and isotopic analyses as well as CT scans, radiocarbon dating, and anthropological and paleontological assessment. The results reveal the burial was that of a 10-12 year old girl of likely Fennoscandian or Baltic genetic ancestry, who died in the post-medieval period and was buried in the cave with the placement of one, and possibly two, bird heads in the mouth of the deceased. We propose that the girl is associated with Finno-Karelian troops of a Swedish garrison stationed at the adjacent Ojcow Castle during King Carl Gustav's invasion of Poland in 1655-1657. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandian karelian karelians HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Praehistorische Zeitschrift 96 1 286 309 |
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Cave burials are generally absent from historical periods in Europe. Consequently, the discovery of a post-medieval inhumation of a child buried with at least one bird head placed in the mouth in Tunel Wielki Cave (southern Poland) is an exceptional find. The aim of this paper is to discuss this unique burial based on multiproxy analyses conducted on the human and avian remains, including genetic and isotopic analyses as well as CT scans, radiocarbon dating, and anthropological and paleontological assessment. The results reveal the burial was that of a 10-12 year old girl of likely Fennoscandian or Baltic genetic ancestry, who died in the post-medieval period and was buried in the cave with the placement of one, and possibly two, bird heads in the mouth of the deceased. We propose that the girl is associated with Finno-Karelian troops of a Swedish garrison stationed at the adjacent Ojcow Castle during King Carl Gustav's invasion of Poland in 1655-1657. Peer reviewed |
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Wojenka, Michał Jaskulska, Elżbieta Popović, Danijela Baca, Mateusz Frog, Mr. Fetner, Rafał Wertz, Krzysztof Rataj, Karolina Gryczewska, Natalia Kosiński, Tymoteusz Kot, Małgorzata |
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Wojenka, Michał Jaskulska, Elżbieta Popović, Danijela Baca, Mateusz Frog, Mr. Fetner, Rafał Wertz, Krzysztof Rataj, Karolina Gryczewska, Natalia Kosiński, Tymoteusz Kot, Małgorzata |
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The girl with finches : a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland |
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The girl with finches : a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland |
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The girl with finches : a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland |
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The girl with finches : a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland |
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girl with finches : a unique post-medieval burial in tunel wielki cave, southern poland |
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