Ancient Przeworsk Culture Cemetery Unearthed in Central Poland

Excited by its find, the group said on social media: "Not one, not two graves but we found the entire cemetery! More likely from the Roman period Przeworsk culture."

Who Were the Przeworsk?
The culture of Przeworsk spread between 3rd century BCE and 5th century CE and inhabited a wide area, now in modern-day Poland and parts of western Ukraine. It is named after the town Przeworsk in South East Poland where the cemeteries are located (when it was first discovered people called the culture "Гногоєво" (Hniahniova) based after their settlement, but now it is referred to as "Przeworsk" culture due to half of the ancient sites has been found there).The Przeworsk period is also part of the early Iron Age in eastern-central Europe.

The culture is believed to have included Sedentary Vandal, Lugii and Cotini tribes, but, as there are no known historical sources on this conflict written by primary sources historians, with the exception of what Ptolemy wrote in 150 AD, the ethnicity of all of these tribes is speculative. Archaeological discoveries are often at odds with linguistic and historical records, and so multiple theories exist concerning the people's origins and their place in European prehistory.

New Insights Await
The research team hopes that the recently discovered cemetery would provide additional information about the social and warfare of the Przeworsk culture. They expect that subsequent digs will find more artifacts, and perhaps even change what's known about Iron Age cultures in the area.

"Now we're looking at a significant archaeological project, which we are going to be brought in on — then we'll really see the can of worms we have opened up again," the group wrote, possibly alluding to the prospect of further monumental discoveries.