Between Crimea and Scandinavia. A Unique Migration Period Burial Complex From The Site at Brudnice, Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship

The cemetery at Brudnice, dated to the first–fifth century AD, yielded one of the richest grave assemblages from the Migration Period in Poland. The abundant grave goods accompanying the young woman buried in the grave suggest that she was a member of the then elite. In addition to pottery and casket elements, her grave contained two brooches of type A 172 and an impressive bead necklace, whose components included two unique specimens of types TM 367 and TM 370. The woman also wore a belt fitted with a buckle and a strap-end in a style which should be associated with the Untersiebenbrunn horizon. The belt set is reminiscent of the analogies found in the hoards from Zamość and Kačin, as well as in burials in the Middle Danube region. The rare beads, encountered both in Pontus and Scandinavia, indicate that, during the transition period between the fourth and fifth centuries AD, northern Masovia acted as an intermediary in contacts between these two European regions.