| Abstract [eng] |
In 1991 a fragment of the Lithuanian elongated bar ingot was recovered at a pine forest close to the Neris River, beside two fireplaces dating to the 13th–14th centuries (Luchtanas, 1992, p. 28). During excavations at the Aukuras (Offering) Hill in 1993 four fragments of money ingots were recovered in the cultural layer of the 13th–14th centuries. One of these was found to be a fake of silver-plated copper alloy (Luchtanas, 1994, p. 52). During excavations at the 13th–14th century Kernavė-Kriveikiškės burial ground in 1994 a fragment of a Lithuanian elongated bar was found in the arable soil. This monetary ingot most likely comes from a disturbed burial. The largest number of elongated Lithuanian bars – a total of eight fragments – was recovered in 1998–2001, during excavations at a 14th century homestead in the upper town of Kernavė, 140 m east of the hillfort of Mindaugas’ Throne (Vaičiūnienė, 2000, p. 133; 2002, p. 41; 2002, p. 59). The investigated place of the homestead is situated in a ravine, into which finds and the cultural layer from the nearby upper locations drifted in the course of time. It therefore remains unclear whether the ingot fragments had been hidden or lost. In 2002 a fragment of what then was taken for a further monetary ingot was found in a field northeast of the Lizdeika Hill hillfort. In 2004 and 2008 investigations were carried out at the site of a homestead in the upper Kernavė town, located about 120 m north of the Castle Hill hillfort and 4 more fragments of Lithuanian ingots were recovered in the 14th century cultural layer (Vaičiūnienė, 2006, p. 52; Baltramiejūnaitė, 2009, p. 331–332)... |
