The reason for this article was the 90th birthday of Professor Stanisław Tabaczyński (born on April 1, 1930). However, at the last stage of editorial work, the sad news of his death reached us (November 28, 2020). All the more we would like to commemorate the Professor, recalling his achievements and merits, which place him among the most outstanding Polish archaeologists, including actual members of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He made a great contribution to the development of Polish and world archaeology in the area of theoretical and field archaeological research. Many of his scientific initiatives concerned the theory and anthropology of culture as well as the methodology of archaeological research and the syntheses of prehistory and the early Middle Ages. His achievements and influence on shaping the minds of archaeologists of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century cannot be overestimated.

Prezentowany zbiór tekstów poświęcony jest pamięci niedawno zmarłej Profesor Zofii Sulgostowskiej, wybitnej specjalistki w zakresie prahistorii starszej i środkowej epoki kamienia. Składają się nań wspomnienia uczniów, współpracowników i przyjaciół Pani Profesor, związanych głównie z dwiema naukowymi instytucjami archeologicznymi (w których Pani Profesor była zatrudniona): Państwowym Muzeum Archeologicznym (dr Wojciech Borkowski, mgr Elżbieta Ciepielewska) i Instytutem Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk (dr Hanna Kowalewska-Marszałek, mgr Halina Królik, prof. dr hab. Maria Dekówna, mgr Katarzyna Kerneder-Gubała, dr Dagmara H. Werra, prof. dr hab. Jacek Kabaciński, dr hab. Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka, obecnie profesor Uniwersytetu im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu). Znalazły się w nim także wypowiedzi osób z innych placówek naukowych: Muzeum Archeologicznego w Poznaniu (dr Małgorzata Winiarska-Kabacińska) oraz Muzeum Archeologicznego i Etnograficznego w Łodzi (dr Dominik Kacper Płaza).

During archaeological excavations at Kichary Nowe, Site 2, near Sandomierz, five graves belonging to the Kraków-Sandomierz group of the Corded Ware culture were unearthed, three of which contained metal artefacts, including ornaments and tools made of gold and copper. The presentation of these finds in the context of other metal specimens belonging to this culture is the subject of this article. The results of their chemical composition analyses will also be discussed.

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.