Laurynas Kurila
Born 14 April 1978. Graduated from the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of History, Vilnius University, with a Bachelor's degree in archaeology (2001) and a Master's degree in archaeology (2003). In 2009, he defended his doctoral thesis at the same university on the topic ‘The Social Organisation in East Lithuania in the 3rd–12th Centuries (on the Basis of the Mortuary Record)’.
From 2002 to 2005 he worked as an archaeologist at the Castle Research Centre "Lithuanian Castles". From 2006 to the present he has been a research fellow at the of Department of Archaeology of the Lithuanian Institute of History (currently the Head of the Department).
Since 2014 he has been a lecturer at the Faculty of History of Vilnius University. Member of the editorial boards of the peer-reviewed scientific journals ‚Lietuvos archeologija’ and ‘Archaeologia Baltica’. Expert and member of expert committees of various scientific and heritage protection institutions.
Address: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
From 2002 to 2005 he worked as an archaeologist at the Castle Research Centre "Lithuanian Castles". From 2006 to the present he has been a research fellow at the of Department of Archaeology of the Lithuanian Institute of History (currently the Head of the Department).
Since 2014 he has been a lecturer at the Faculty of History of Vilnius University. Member of the editorial boards of the peer-reviewed scientific journals ‚Lietuvos archeologija’ and ‘Archaeologia Baltica’. Expert and member of expert committees of various scientific and heritage protection institutions.
Address: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
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The article discusses the chronology of the Plinkaigalis drinking horns, with all eight burials radiocarbon dated. The burials are dated to between the early fifth century and the first half of the sixth century AD, with a high probability that they all belong to a narrow time span or are relatively contemporaneous. The similarity of the grave good assemblages and the close spacing of the burials in the cemetery area serve as supplementary evidence of this. All the burials were of armed men, most or all of which were distinguished by their richness. Thus, we may argue that drinking horns were an attribute of a community’s military elite for a relatively short period of time. It is still unknown how these unique objects arrived in central Lithuania, and how much migration or distant contacts had to do with it. At the present stage of research, the chronological analysis carried out allows us to challenge the idea of direct connections with Scandinavia.
known; two trilobate arrowheads were found embedded in human bones (both were from group burials, where other signs of violent trauma were encountered). These finds offered the unique possibility of radiocarbon dating skeletal material directly related to trilobate arrowheads, providing new insights into the narrative of the Huns’ attack. The results of a set of AMS 14C dates are presented and discussed in the article.
Kapinynų sugrįžimą į senuosius pilkapynus reikia sieti su Lietuvos christianizacija. Viena vertus, iki XVI a. Lietuvos provincijos gyventojų evangelizacija nebuvo intensyvi, todėl neįsitvirtino laidojimas bažnyčių šventoriuose ir krikščioniškos apeigos. Kita vertus, Reformacijos ir ypač Kontrreformacijos laikotarpyje sutankintas bažnyčių tinklas, išaugęs Bažnyčios spaudimas laikytis krikščioniškų laidojimo apeigų bei lupikiški mokesčiai už jas, krikščionybės autoriteto stoka galėjo skatinti gyventojų priešiškumą. Jiems teko ieškoti nuošalesnių vietų kapinynams, ir jas kai kurios bendruomenės rado senuose pagoniškuose pilkapynuose.
The Baliuliai barrows represent a unique monument of burials of the Migration Period with traces of untypical burial customs and detected artefacts relating it to the Central and South Europe. The graves studied reflect the changes in ideology and social organisation of that time – spread of burning of the dead, and changes in social position of men and women.
The article discusses the chronology of the Plinkaigalis drinking horns, with all eight burials radiocarbon dated. The burials are dated to between the early fifth century and the first half of the sixth century AD, with a high probability that they all belong to a narrow time span or are relatively contemporaneous. The similarity of the grave good assemblages and the close spacing of the burials in the cemetery area serve as supplementary evidence of this. All the burials were of armed men, most or all of which were distinguished by their richness. Thus, we may argue that drinking horns were an attribute of a community’s military elite for a relatively short period of time. It is still unknown how these unique objects arrived in central Lithuania, and how much migration or distant contacts had to do with it. At the present stage of research, the chronological analysis carried out allows us to challenge the idea of direct connections with Scandinavia.
known; two trilobate arrowheads were found embedded in human bones (both were from group burials, where other signs of violent trauma were encountered). These finds offered the unique possibility of radiocarbon dating skeletal material directly related to trilobate arrowheads, providing new insights into the narrative of the Huns’ attack. The results of a set of AMS 14C dates are presented and discussed in the article.
Kapinynų sugrįžimą į senuosius pilkapynus reikia sieti su Lietuvos christianizacija. Viena vertus, iki XVI a. Lietuvos provincijos gyventojų evangelizacija nebuvo intensyvi, todėl neįsitvirtino laidojimas bažnyčių šventoriuose ir krikščioniškos apeigos. Kita vertus, Reformacijos ir ypač Kontrreformacijos laikotarpyje sutankintas bažnyčių tinklas, išaugęs Bažnyčios spaudimas laikytis krikščioniškų laidojimo apeigų bei lupikiški mokesčiai už jas, krikščionybės autoriteto stoka galėjo skatinti gyventojų priešiškumą. Jiems teko ieškoti nuošalesnių vietų kapinynams, ir jas kai kurios bendruomenės rado senuose pagoniškuose pilkapynuose.
The Baliuliai barrows represent a unique monument of burials of the Migration Period with traces of untypical burial customs and detected artefacts relating it to the Central and South Europe. The graves studied reflect the changes in ideology and social organisation of that time – spread of burning of the dead, and changes in social position of men and women.