Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.52064/vamz.57.1.3
New archaeological discoveries about the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Prigorje
Janja Mavrović Mokos
orcid.org/0009-0003-8035-5935
*
Franka Ovčarić
orcid.org/0009-0008-1671-7301
Laura Šejić
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
This article presents the new results of archaeological excavation
and field surveys carried out in Prigorje as part of the project
˝Transfer area from the Sutla River across the upper course
of the Sava River during the Bronze and Iron Ages – TRANS RIVERS
˝ financed by the Croatian Science Foundation. We will also
mention all previous research, whether rescue or systematic
excavation, as well as all accidental finds from prehistory in the
mentioned area, handed over to various museums. The goal is
to show how this poorly explored area was very important in
prehistoric communication routes due to its proximity to the
Sava River, which was one of the main arteries in the flow of
goods, ideas and raw materials. The stratigraphic context and
finds from the first systematically excavated Late Hallstatt
house from Sveti Križ and the second partially investigated
structure that adjoins the first one will be presented. These systematic archaeological excavations have been carried out
at Sveti Križ since 2019, and all data from the final excavation
carried out in 2022 will be included here. In the same year, a Late
Bronze Age structure was also excavated at the newly discovered
site of Gračec. The site was discovered on a field survey
during the first year of the project implementation. The location
of the Gračec settlement, the stratigraphic relationships
within the excavated structure, and the archaeological finds
that date the site to the younger phase of the Urnfield culture
will be discussed. This is the first entirely excavated residential
building from the mentioned period in a broader area, which,
with reliable stratigraphy, finds from a closed context and radiocarbon
dates, forms the basis for new knowledge about the
end of the Late Bronze Age.
Keywords
Prigorje, Gračec, Late Bronze Age, Sveti Križ, Late Hallstatt, settlements
Hrčak ID:
320802
URI
Publication date:
19.9.2024.
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