Research in the Crypts of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow

The paper presents the results of archaeological research carried out from 2017 to 2018 in the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow, funded by the National Science Centre. The aim of the work undertaken was to locate, inventory, and explore crypts, and to study in detail burials and grave goo...

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Main Author: Anna Drążkowska
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Lodz University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/archaeo/article/view/9493
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description The paper presents the results of archaeological research carried out from 2017 to 2018 in the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow, funded by the National Science Centre. The aim of the work undertaken was to locate, inventory, and explore crypts, and to study in detail burials and grave goods. The paper discusses different devices, research methods, and procedures developed by the team and used to locate crypts. They allowed to find eighteen crypts in the church and four in the cloisters. All underground chambers were inventoried using 3D laser scanning. During research, ninety-six burials of the lay and the clergy, men, women, and children, were found.
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spelling doaj.art-b4fd9dc661b44139b6f7a107c230083f2022-12-21T19:53:03ZdeuLodz University PressActa Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica0208-60342449-83002020-12-01359710610.18778/0208-6034.35.069389Research in the Crypts of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in CracowAnna Drążkowska0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8180-7273Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Institute of Archaeology, PolandThe paper presents the results of archaeological research carried out from 2017 to 2018 in the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow, funded by the National Science Centre. The aim of the work undertaken was to locate, inventory, and explore crypts, and to study in detail burials and grave goods. The paper discusses different devices, research methods, and procedures developed by the team and used to locate crypts. They allowed to find eighteen crypts in the church and four in the cloisters. All underground chambers were inventoried using 3D laser scanning. During research, ninety-six burials of the lay and the clergy, men, women, and children, were found.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/archaeo/article/view/9493research in cryptscracowfuneral culture
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Research in the Crypts of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica
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title Research in the Crypts of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow
title_full Research in the Crypts of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow
title_fullStr Research in the Crypts of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow
title_full_unstemmed Research in the Crypts of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow
title_short Research in the Crypts of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Cracow
title_sort research in the crypts of the church of saint francis of assisi in cracow
topic research in crypts
cracow
funeral culture
url https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/archaeo/article/view/9493
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