Results of excavations conducted at the stronghold of Damice, Iwanowice Commune, Kraków District, in the years 2004 – 2006

Stronghold at Damice, situated on the right bank tributary of the Vistula – the Dłubnia River has been known since 1911. In the years 2004 to 2006 systematic excavations were carried out by the Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University. During these excavations the course of inner moats and embankments was confirmed. They divide the surface of the stronghold into 3 units. The construction of embankments dividing the interior of the embankments was recognized. It was a single line of palisades and wooden-earth wall. From the outside embankments were preceded by "dry" moat, of a width of 2.7–4.5 m and depth to 3.7 m. The two-phased perimeter embankment was also recognized. During the research a number of features of the Lengyel Culture were discovered as well as slightly less numerous Early Medieval features, most likely functioning simultaneously with embankments and moats (i.e. in the VIII-X centuries).