Flint inventories of Lublin-Volhynian culture burials from sites 1A and 2A in Strzyżów, Hrubieszów district, in light of the archaeological and traseological analysis

Abstract

Flint products are a regular element of the grave goods in Lublin-Volhynian culture (further L-VC), at the same they are attributes primarily of male burials. Some well-equipped burials of adult males are accompanied by numerous and diverse fl int inventories, discovered in various locations on the dead, including macroblades and dagger-blades made of Volhynian fl int, lying on the chest, interpreted as objects of prestige. So far, these products have very rarely been subjected to traseological analyzes. This article provides the results of functional analyzes of fl int inventories of several graves of the L-VC classical phase, from sites IA and 2A in Strzyzow, Hrubieszow district.