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Abstract

The discovery of the pin with an eyelet, incorrectly identified with the vicinity of Biłgoraj, most likely comes from Silesia or Greater Poland. It is a decoration that can be associated with the onset of the Lusatian culture in these areas.

At the end of the last century, a damaged pin with an eyelet was found. The connection of this find with the vicinity of Biłgoraj and the territories east of the Vistula River in general raises serious doubts. Unfortunately, after the death of the collector, whose collection had contained the find for many years, it was not possible to verify the earlier findings. The analysed pin was probably discovered in Silesia or Greater Poland, where there is a concentration of such decorations, which in the literature are generally referred to as type C pins with an eyelet and dated to II period and the beginning of III period of the Bronze Age, at the same time marking the early stage of the Lusatian culture on these areas. In Silesia and Greater Poland, however, there are no such artefacts that could be considered analogous to the discussed pin. It is somewhat similar to the item of the Jelenin variant discovered in Silesia (unknown place), Greater Poland (Gąsawa) and Moravia.