Ceramics from the 1st-4th centuries were found at the site of an ancient settlement near Verkhnedvinsk

Archaeological excavations are underway at the settlement in the village of Tyasty, Verkhnedvinsk district, Vitebsk region. First-year students of the Faculty of History of BSU are participating in the expedition. The excavation, covering an area of 80 sq.m, has yielded items reflecting the daily life culture of the Baltic tribes. Among the finds are fishing hooks, knives, awls, axes, a spindle whorl, and weapons. Jewelry made of iron and bronze has also been discovered: bracelets, hairpins, brooches, plaques, and beads.

"A huge amount of diverse pottery. It is all hand-molded but significantly differs from each other. Some of the pottery belongs to the Dnieper-Dvina archaeological culture and dates back to the 1st-4th centuries AD. The found collection also includes fragments of later pottery. Its origin and affiliation with a specific population have not yet been established," the press service stated. In total, about 5,000 artifacts have been discovered during the excavations. The expedition in Tyasty will continue until July 24. The first-year students are supervised by Polina Kurlovich, senior researcher at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and associate professor at the Department of Archaeology and Special Historical Disciplines of BSU, Vladimir Plavinsky, lecturer at the same department, and Olga Lipnitskaya, associate professor at the university's Department of Source Studies. Archaeologists plan to discover a bloomery furnace, dwellings, and utility structures. Further scientific research will help establish the precise dating of the found artifacts. As noted at BSU, this settlement was explored in the early 1980s, and no archaeological excavations have been conducted here since then.

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