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Until now, the Lusatian culture is one of the least examined prehistoric formations in the Lublin region. Until recently, its archaeological source base was very mediocre: in the 1950s the catalogue counted about 40 sites (S. Nosek 1957), in the 1970s and 80s their number exceeded 100, and presently it reaches 4500 (E. M. Kłosińska 2007, s. 227). Over the years, in synthesis of the prehistory of Polish lands, as well as in other minor studies, certain concepts related to different issues have been developed and often they were inconsistent. The origins and the range of this cultural formation were among the examined aspects; also, the available sources were described and dated. In the subject literature a lot of concern was also paid to the issues of nomenclature, unfortunately reinforcing for prolonged period an unfortunate name – “Ulwówek group”. These hypotheses arose from the need to fill the gap existing in the Lublin region, when compared with other areas inhabited by the Lusatian culture. Today, it seems that the main reason for the discrepancy of the judgements was paucity of sources and poor processing of thereof. Undoubtedly, these are worth a mention, although presently, when material source base has changed radically, they must become a part of the past. If a question what needs to be done regarding this culture is asked, then the answer is – everything! At the moment there are extensive studies on the issues of the Lusatian culture in the Lublin region and work continues on its monograph. Although a comprehensive picture in this respect is not yet obtained, yet it is worth noting the so far discovered sources and what is initially drawn on the basis of their processing. The first archaeological sites which may be undoubtedly associated with the Lusatian culture were discovered in the Lublin region already in the 1st half of the 19th century. That century is primarily identified with the field and the exhibition activities of antiquity lovers such as Józef Przyborowski (1876), Stanisław Ostrowski, Władysław Olechnowicz (1900) or the famous inhabitant of Lublin – Hieronim Łopaciński (1902, s. 79). Also a lot of information came from accidental finders and amateur researchers. In this most “pioneering” period of acquisition of sources, explorers recounted only finds of “urns”, “pagan burial grounds” and “vases with ashes”, without specifying their chronology and cultural affiliation. However, one can not rule out the possibility that the earlier findings may have been made already in the 18th century. The urn with ashes found on the banks of the Vistula River in Puławy, and then deposited in the Gothic House founded by Izabela Fleming Czartoryska (Poczet... 1828; A. Abramowicz 1967, s. 9), could belong to the Lusatian culture. But probably the earliest, even though unconscious, discovery was the finding of an urn in Perespa in the 16th century. The urn burial was found during digging of an utility pit near a building from that time (E. Kłosińska 2004a). In 1843 two urns were found in a cremation burial ground in Malice. Later they were included in a collection of the Archaeological Museum of Krakow. Indeed, these were the very first Lusatian urns of the discussed territory, which made their way to a publication – namely the first archaeological textbook in Poland (W. Antoniewicz 1928, s. 316, tabl. 28: 1, 2). A year later a discovery of the vast Lusatian necropolis located “at a distance of nearly two versts from Łęczna in Lublin governorate” was made (H. Łopaciński 1906, s. 79); in the years 1860 and in 1875 further numerous finds, including 50 urns, were acquired from this site. In the second half of the 19th century also subsequent cremation cemeteries were identified, among them: Czemierniki and Czerniejów (J. Przyborowski 1876, s. 10, 26), Dzietrzkowice (nowadays Terpentyna) (W. Olechnowicz 1900, s. 62), Kobło (H. Łopaciński 1902, s. 273), Irena (M. Drewko 1929, s. 283), Sułowiec and Michałów (S. Nosek

Lusatian culture in the Lublin region – history and state of research