Biskupin

Biskupin [b ʲ i'skup ʲ in] is a prehistoric village in the powiat Żniński in the community Gąsawa, Kujawsko - Pomerania ( Poland). One dated Biskupin today to about 700-400 BC Part of the culture is placed in the early Iron Age ( Hallstatt period ), another part is expected stylistically the Late Bronze Age Lusatian culture.

The formerly fortified village was founded in 1933 for the first time systematically investigated and is now considered one of the most important examples from the early Iron Age. In addition, one finds in the north of present-day Poland a number of less well-preserved settlements of comparable design and culture.

The village offered about 1,000 residents along with cattle, pigs and sheep space. The village was situated on a 6900 m² large island in the lake and Biskupiner was built on stilts in the lake, with access via a single bridge, as well as boats.

The wet ground is the preservation of much of the wooden buildings to thank. Wooden groynes work as well as a surrounding wood and earth ring wall, wooden interior buildings awarded the halt, surrounded the island. A single Torgasse cut the ring barrier. A paved with wooden causeway linking the island to the shore. The settlement consisted of a little over 100 built in log home construction, timber houses, which were arranged in 13 parallel rows. Between the rows of houses went with piles occupied streets. The houses were of equal size ( 8 X 9 m). Each had a vestibule on the south side, to a (often in a larger and a smaller department divided ) main room with a stone hearth. The settlement pattern reveals unified planning.

Open-air museum

Today a reconstruction of the village can be viewed as an open air museum. The facility is managed by the Archaeological Museum in Warsaw.

Reception

Who lives in Toronto writer Anne Michaels has Biskupin and its discoverers a literary monument in their published 1996 novel ' Fugitive Pieces ' ( original title ' Fugitive Pieces ').