Collective Flint Deposits in Graves of the Corded Ware Culture: Examples from the Sandomierz Upland, Lesser Poland

The subject of this article is to present a special type of collective finds, namely compact deposits of flint artefacts in the graves belonging to the Corded Ware culture, to the Kraków-Sandomierz group. Grave deposits from two cemeteries: Kichary Nowe and Wilczyce, situated in the Sandomierz Upland and located in the Opatówka-river valley serve as an example. The authors propose a new perspective on issues related to the placement of such deposits in human graves, hoping that this will contribute to a broader discussion on the meaning and function of finds of this kind in the socio-cultural context of Late Neolithic communities, with particular emphasis on their role in funeral rites.