%0 Journal Article
%T Grave of the Corded Ware culture from site 2 in Aleksandrowice, Kraków District
%A Peschel, Kamila
%A Włodarczak, Piotr
%J Folia Quaternaria
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/21995923FQ.20.005.13194
%N Vol. 88 (2020)
%P 79-92
%K Eneolithic, Corded Ware culture, Lesser Poland, funeral rite
%@ 0015-573X
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/folia-quaternaria/artykul/grave-of-the-corded-ware-culture-from-site-2-in-aleksandrowice-krakow-district
%X Graves from the Final Eneolithic period are very common in the loess uplands of western Lesser Poland (Małopolska). Their predominant form is a catacomb construction, related to the Kraków-Sandomierz group of the Corded Ware culture. A grave from Aleksandrowice, Kraków district, belongs to a smaller group of features known from the western border of this region. The grave goods are comprised of a stone battle-axe and a long blade knife, and the bones of the burial have not survived due to unfavourable soil conditions. The grave construction and the type of furnishing allow us to suppose that the grave was originally covered with a barrow. The faceted stone battle-axe with western stylistic connotations (Bohemia, Central Germany) is a unique find. It is the first find of this type in the western part of Lesser Poland. Based on the nature of the finds, the grave can be dated to around 2700–2500 BC, which means to the younger stage of the “barrow phase” of the Corded Ware culture.