SPRAWOZDANIA ARCHEOLOGICZNE 58,2006 PL ISSN 0081-3834 Robert Bodnar (Dąbrowa Górnicza), Dariusz Rozmus (Dąbrowa Górnicza) Bartłomiej Szymon Szmoniewski (Kraków) zywvutsronmlkjihgfedcbaZYWVUTS EARLY M EDIEVAL ARROW HEADS FROM SM UGOWA GÓRA NEAR TROKS IN OLKUSZ DISTRICT zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZX The arrowheads presented here were found in one deposit on the southern slope of Smugowa Góra, which is located near Troks, in Olkusz district (Fig. l). Smugowa Góra is situated in the northern part of Olkusz Upland, where the uniform areas of the plateau are dominated by single hills or inselbergs (Gilewska, Starkel 1980,36). Primarily Smugowa Góra was overgrown with beech woods and in its lower parts with pine and mixed forests (Medwedecka-Kornaś, Zając 1980, 91, 92) Presently Smugowa Góra is deforested, its top is flat giving a perfect view over the area below. It is very likely that the woods were cut down in the early medieval period. The find included 10 arrow- heads preserved to a varying degree. Description of the find: 1. Iron arrowhead with a tang (Fig. 2:4; 5:4) measuring: length 8,7 cm, leaf width 1,7 cm, breadth at the arrowhead point 0,15 cm, length of the tang 2,4 cm, diameter 0,4 cm. The arrowhead has a slim leaf, flat in cross-section, slightly damaged. It has to be recognized as type 67, according to A. F. Medvedev. 2. A leaf of an iron arrowhead with a broken tang (Fig. 2:1; 5:1) measuring: preserved length 5.4 cm, leaf width 1.9 cm, breadth 0.1 cm, preserved length of the tang 0.8 cm, tang diameter 0.5 x 0.4 cm. The arrowhead has a slim leaf, slightly widening in its upper part, flat in cross-section, partially damaged. A fragment of the tang, quadrangular in cross-section, was preserved. It can be defined as type 67, according to A. F. Medvedev. 3. Iron arrowhead with tang measuring (Fig. 2: 2; 5: 2): full length 4,9 cm, leaf width 1,1 cm, breadth at the leaf point 0.1cm, length of the tang 1.8 cm, tang breadth 0.2 x 0.2 cm. The arrowhead has a narrow leaf, widening towards the blade, flat in cross-section, and the rhomboid tang. It resembles type 67 according to A. F. Medvedev. http://www.rcin.org.pl