Bodzia, Archaeological village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Bodzia is a village in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland, known for a medieval burial ground discovered during excavations in the late 2000s. It sits within the commune of Gmina Lubanie and is otherwise a small rural settlement surrounded by agricultural land.
Excavations carried out between 2007 and 2009 uncovered 58 graves dating to the 10th and 11th centuries. The finds showed that people from different parts of Europe had lived and been buried at this location during that period.
The graves at Bodzia contained objects that show how people from very different backgrounds were buried side by side in the same place. Some items found there point to connections with Scandinavia and the territories around Kyiv.
There are no visitor facilities at the site itself, as the excavations have long been completed. Anyone wanting to see finds from the dig should look into regional museums in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, where some of the objects may be on display.
Scientists analyzed the bones using isotope methods and found that some of the people buried here had grown up in southern Scandinavia or the Kyiv region. This means they had traveled hundreds of miles before ending up in this small corner of Poland.
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