The shield's age and location suggest that it belonged to a Vandal warrior, according to the archaeologists who excavated the find. The Vandals were Germanic people who lived in Poland at that time. After the Germanic invasions of the Roman Empire, the Vandals, whose name became synonymous with destruction, moved south and eventually settled in North Africa in A.D. 429, long after this shield was buried.
The ancient shield boss — the central iron hub of the full shield — was found in a junkyard in southeastern Poland. (Image credit: Bartłomiej Bartecki, Hrubieszów Museum )
The newfound artifact consists of the shield's central iron "boss," or "umbo," which protected the hand while supporting the wood and leather of the full shield built around it. The wood and leather have now rotted away.
Archaeologists think the bones are from the cremation of a Vandal warrior. (Image credit: Bartłomiej Bartecki, Hrubieszów Museum )
Junkyard find
Examinations showed the plug of dried earth inside the shield boss contained cremated bones. (Image credit: Bartłomiej Bartecki, Hrubieszów Museum )According to the Facebook post, the shield boss was discovered earlier this month at a junkyard in the town of Hrubieszów, near Poland's southeastern border with Ukraine.
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"Unfortunately, we will probably never know what else was found in this destroyed burial — perhaps a sword, spearheads, javelins, a belt buckle, or a cloak clasp," the museum team noted.
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