Kukuliškių piliakalnio su gyvenviete tyrimai

LT2020 m. tęsti moksliniai Kukuliškių piliakalnio su gyvenviete (UK 44513), (Klaipėdos r., Kretingalės sen.) tyrimai (ATL 2017 metais, 2018, p. 115–119; ATL 2018 metais, 2019, p. 82–87). Iki 2017 m. šis piliakalnis ne tik kad nebuvo tyrinėtas, jis nebuvo žinomas mokslui ar visuomenei. Po 2018 m. tyrimų buvo padidintos saugomos ribos, prijungiant naujai aptiktą gyvenvietės teritoriją. Šių metų tyrimų tikslas buvo surinkti dar daugiau mokslinių duomenų apie čia gyvenusią vėlyvojo bronzos amžiaus (VIII–V a. pr. Kr.) bendruomenę. Pasirinkta atlikti detaliuosius tyrimus piliakalnio aikštelėje ir žvalgomuosius – naujai atrastos gyvenvietės teritorijoje. Buvo ištirtas 35 m2 plotas: 25 m2 – piliakalnio aikštelėje (5x5 m dydžio perkasa) ir 10 m2 (5x2 m dydžio perkasa) – gyvenvietėje. [...]. [Iš teksto, p. 132]

ENIn 2020, the scientific investigation continued on the grounds of Kukuliškiai Hillfort and Settlement with the aim of collecting even more scientific data about the Late Bronze Age (8th–5th-century bc) community that lived there. An excavation (a 5x5 m trench, 25 m2) was conducted in the hillfort enclosure and a field evaluation (a 2x5 m trench, 10 m2) in the settlement. Trench 2 yielded 11 objects sunken into sterile soil. They were divided into two function groups: defensive or protective and utility. The postholes (objects 2–7) were ascribed to the defensive or protective group. These were 20–49 cm diameter posts, which were sunk up to 60 cm into sterile soil and the fill in all of them was grey soil mixed with loam. Various-sized pits (objects 1, 8a, 8b, and 9) were ascribed to the utility objects. They were distinguished by their size, regular oval cross-section, and rich black or dark gray soil fill, which contained considerable charcoal and finds. These pits should be connected with the nearby dwellings. A 1,1 m thick damp archaeological layer with abundant organic material and wooden structures made of stakes, between which lay small logs, was excavated in trench 3. They are connected with a fence or enclosure that stood there. The ground water level in this trench was high, which led to the survival of the bone and wooden artefacts. Trenches 2 and 3 yielded 9.2411 kg of archaeological finds (705 items, the majority of which consisted of household pottery, amber, clay daub, and flint but also included 3 bone pins and 2 awls). The AMS cal. dates (732–400 bc, 773–482 bc, 777–518 bc) obtained by the FTMC from three grains of domestic barley (Hordeum vulgare) discovered in the trenches confirm that the hillfort and settlement were inhabited and that all of the finds and structures can be dated to the Late Bronze Age. [From the publication]