Nowa Cerekwia is often described as one of the most important La Tène sites north of the Carpathians. But this raises a simple question: why here? The answer was probably not only fertile land, although that certainly mattered. The settlement lay in a region attractive for agriculture, on the northern foreland of the Moravian Gate […]

The La Tène settlement at Nowa Cerekwia is usually discussed as one of the most important Celtic sites north of the Carpathians. Its pottery, metal finds, coins and evidence of craft production clearly place it within the La Tène cultural world. Yet the settlement also produced material that does not fit this tradition so easily. […]

The Iron Age was not only the age of iron. Although iron dominated the production of tools and weapons, objects made of copper alloys remained an important part of material culture, especially in the case of ornaments, dress accessories and small decorative items. A recent study by Joanna Ewa Markiewicz, Dawid Sych and Beata Miazga […]

Nowa Cerekwia is one of the most important La Tène period sites in southern Poland. Its significance does not come from a single spectacular discovery, but from the exceptional diversity of finds recorded there over more than a century of research. The site has yielded settlement features, pottery, metal objects, coins, glass ornaments, stone tools, […]

The jubilee 100th issue of Archeologia Żywa is more than a special anniversary volume. It is also a broad overview of archaeological collections from across Poland, prepared with the participation of 100 museums. Seen together, the objects presented in this issue form a kind of map of contacts, movements and cultural links that connected different […]

Nowa Cerekwia has been known to archaeologists and local history enthusiasts for a long time. The first discoveries were made in 1921, while professional archaeologists arrived at the site in 1925. They were informed about the finds by Max Stiebler, a local landowner and later village head, who discovered the first Celtic pottery from the […]

A new monograph devoted to the Iron Age site of Nowa Cerekwia will be soon published under the editorship of Dr Przemysław Dulęba. The volume brings together the results of many years of research conducted at one of the most important La Tène period sites in southern Poland and offers new perspectives on the role […]

Together with dr Dawid Sych and prof. Beata Miazga, we are preparing a paper on small bronze objects from Nowa Cerekwia (gmina Kietrz), recovered from La Tène and Jastorf-related settlement contexts. The assemblage (including fibula fragments, rivets and fittings) is analysed in terms of production techniques, reworking and use-wear. We are also interested in their […]