Wczesnośredniowieczne osadnictwo, gospodarka i eksploatacja środowiska przyrodniczego w rejonie Ziemi Puckiej na przykładzie badań w Błądzikowie (st. 7)

This work discusses the results of archaeological and environmental research carried out on site No. 7 in Błądzikowo, bringing new data for a better recognition of the settlement and economy of the Puck Land in the early Middle Ages. Excavations have unearthed the remains of a small wooden-earthen rampart and a dwelling building. Archaeological materials (pottery fragments, a grain roasting vessel, a game’s pawn) as well as organic finds (macroscopic plant remains, animal remains) were acquired. The research results indicate that this place probably served as a watchtower, or possibly a navigation point used from the second half of the 8th century to the beginning of the 9th. The population living there made use of crops (barley, millet, wheat), pursued animal husbandry (pigs, ruminants), as well as gathered (blackberries, hazelnuts), hunted (wild boar, red deer), fished (Cyprinidae species), and caught marine mammals.