Tyrimai Pilies kalne

LTIki šiol įvairaus pobūdžio ir apimčių archeologiniai tyrimai vykdyti įvairiose Vilniaus Pilies kalno vietose. Dalies ankstyviausių, XX a. vykdytų tyrimų medžiagos neišliko. Ankstesni tyrimai ir jų rezultatai jau ne kartą apžvelgti (ATL 1982 ir 1983 metais, 1984, p. 25–26; ATL 2003 metais, 2004, p. 155–157; ATL 2011 metais, 2012, p. 199–204; ATL 2014 metais, 2015, p. 209–210; ATL 2016 metais, 2017, p. 174–183; ATL 2019 metais, 2020, p. 157–163, 177–184). V bokšto aplinkoje 2021 m. ištirtas 5,15 m2 plotas ir žvalgytas 24,4 m2 plotas (1 pav.). Tirtas plotas matuotas taip, kad neliktų neištirto tarpo tarp 2019 m. tirto šurfo 13. 2019 m. tirtame šurfe 13 po piltinio pobūdžio XX a. sluoksniais fiksuotas juosvo smėlio sluoksnis – tai kultūrinio sluoksnio horizontas, datuotas XIII–XV a. pradžia. Po juo fiksuotas gelsvo smėlio sluoksnis interpretuotas kaip eolinės kilmės. [...]. [Iš teksto, p. 176-177]

ENIn 2021, 5.15 m2 were excavated and 24.4 m2 were surveyed in the vicinity of the W tower on Vilnius Castle hill. A disturbed, 40–140 cm thick, 1st-millennium bc – 14th-century cultural layer was identified at a depth of 80–140 cm in the excavated area. Like during the 2019 investigation, a pair of more distinct cultural layer horizons from the 13th–14th centuries and the 1st millennium bc – 7th century were also distinguished. The layer of aeolian sand, which was identified in 2019 as dividing the cultural layer horizons, had likely been destroyed in the 13th–14th centuries at the site of the 2021 test pit. The upper, 13th–14th-century cultural layer horizon contained sherds of partly thrown pots. The potsherds decorated with horizontal and wavy lines should be assigned to the late 13th century. The lower 1st-millennium bc – 7th-century cultural layer horizon contained pottery with rough surfaces: late, 5th–7th-century and early, 3rd–5th-century pottery, as well as pottery with brushed surfaces: late, 1st–2nd-century pottery with distinctly brushed surfaces (pots with inverted rims and corner articulation) and early, Bronze Age pottery with indistinct and chaotic brushed surfaces. [From the publication]