See also: Jawczyce, Masovian Voivodeship.
| Jawczyce | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wieliczka |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Biskupice |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 49.95°N 31°W |
Jawczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-east of Trąbki (the gmina seat), 100NaN0 south-east of Wieliczka, and 220NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
Mounds at Jawczyce were described by Bishop Nankerus in 1322. Kurgan mounds dated to the Neolithic or Bronze Age included a burial of an elderly person, probably male. Some weapons and pottery fragments were also found in the tomb.[2]