550+ bronze artifacts recovered from a dried lake bed in Poland alongside 33+ individuals! The Chełmno group of the Lusatian culture buried metal jewelry including glass beads from the eastern Mediterranean at what researchers call an extraordinary scale of metal ritual consumption.
Key facts:
- Over 550 bronze artifacts recovered from Papowo Biskupie dried lake bed in north-central Poland
- Human skeletal remains from at least 33 individuals including infants, children, adolescents, and adults
- Radiocarbon dating shows bones from 1,400-780 BCE
- Site occupied by Chełmno group, one of the northernmost communities of the Lusatian culture
- Active during late Bronze Age and early Iron Age