Lid

The circumstances of the discovery of the described object, as with most archaeological artefacts, were decided by chance. The artefact was found as equipment from one of the graves in the Stocki Forest cemetery in the Puławy poviat. During World War II, the owner of the field discovered it during works. Unfortunately, the discoverer of the grave used some of the stones with which the grave had been laid for household purposes and buried the rest in the ground together with the remains of human bones. After the war, he sold the relics he had found to a veterinarian in Kurów. It was not until the post-war excavations carried out in 1947 and 1949 by professor S. Nosek that four more graves were discovered, including grave no. II, which contained a clay lid.

This relic has the form of a small, almost cylindrical bowl. As can be seen, the entire outer surface is ornamented, decorated with cord and rectangular stamp impressions.

The clay lid was one of nine vessels discovered in the grave. In addition, two flint axes, a flint chip and a fragment of belemnite were found in it.

The structure of the grave had an embankment and a border of limestone. In it, the incomplete skeletal remains of a woman were discovered, as well as part of a male skull placed on a stone, inside with traces of fire. The remains of three bonfires were also found in the burial chamber. The traces of fire may indicate rituals which took place during the burial.

Based on the funerary customs, grave furnishings and thanks to c14 dating, the cemetery can be attributed to the people of the Globular Amphora culture, who lived in this area over 4500 years ago.