The site of Brodno 3 (Środa Śląska district, Lower Silesia) remains one of the key places in our study of the Late Pre-Roman Iron Age in Central Europe. Excavated already in the 1970s, it has long been known for its mixed archaeological record — finds typical of both the La Tène cultural sphere and the northern (Jastorf-type) communities.

What makes Brodno fascinating is precisely this overlap. Pottery with clear “northern” traits occurs alongside imports and artefacts linked to the Celtic world, including a Mötschwil-type fibula, a small but telling sign of contacts across the Sudetes. Such items show that Lower Silesia was not an isolated frontier but part of a dynamic cultural corridor connecting the Danubian and Baltic regions.

Our team continues the documentation of the old excavation archives and the digital recording of finds. We also select samples for archaeozoological and archaeobotanical analyses to explore everyday life in this mixed community: what they grew, what animals they kept, and how far their subsistence resembled or differed from their southern La Tène neighbours.

? Brodno gives us a unique opportunity to see