Help needed to pin down an answer | enigmatic artefacts
One of the delightful things about having a presence in archaeology-related social media is that I frequently receive requests for help, advice, and assistance from a wide variety of people. Some questions I can answer directly and some I can at least offer pointers as to who may be better placed and more knowledgeable. In any case, I always feel honoured that people think I can help and reach out for assistance. In this case, I am, however, stumped! I was recently contacted by a student of archaeology at Warsaw University , in Poland. She is currently working with a collection metal detected finds from central Poland. Most of the artefacts date to the period for the 1st to 3rd centuries AD (the Roman Influences Period) and appear to derive from a cemetery related to the Iron Age Przeworsk Culture . However, the collection also contains some pieces of Migration Period date (4th and 5th centuries AD) that appear to have affinities with German artefacts. She is having difficul...