AB Archaeologia Baltica 1392-5520 1392-5520 KU 11_056-088_KARCZEWSKA_ET_AL Article The Role of Horse Burials in the Bogaczewo Culture. The Key Studies of Paprotki Kolonia site 1 Cemetery, Northeast Poland Karczewska Małgorzata malgorzata.karczewska@gmail.com ∗ University of Bialystok Karczewski Maciej barbaricum@wp.pl University of Bialystok Gręzak Anna abgrezak@uw.edu.pl Warsaw University Corresponding author. 11 56 88 30 08 2009 30 08 2009 26 02 2009 22 03 2009 12 06 2009 2009 Klaipėda University

The paper presents the problem of archaeological, archaeozoological and anthropological interpretations of horse burials from the Roman Period cemeteries from the Bogaczewo Culture (Masurian Lakeland) territory. It is presented on the basis of the multidisciplinary research of the cemetery in Paprotki Kolonia located in the heart of Bogaczewo Culture territory.

 Horse ritual Roman Period archaeology archaeozoology