RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE HUMAC SITE IN BRINJE (2018–2020)

Glavičić, Miroslav; Glavaš, Vedrana

doi:10.31953/sz.52.1.1

Senjski zbornik : prilozi za geografiju, etnologiju, gospodarstvo, povijest i kulturu, Vol. 52 No. 1, 2025.

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RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE HUMAC SITE IN BRINJE (2018–2020)

Miroslav Glavičić orcid.org/0000-0003-2391-5740 ; Odjel za arheologiju, Sveučilište u Zadru *
Vedrana Glavaš orcid.org/0000-0003-2963-2178 ; Odjel za arheologiju, Sveučilište u Zadru

* Dopisni autor.

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APA 6th Edition

Glavičić, M. i Glavaš, V. (2025). RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE HUMAC SITE IN BRINJE (2018–2020). Senjski zbornik, 52 (1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.52.1.1

MLA 8th Edition

Glavičić, Miroslav i Vedrana Glavaš. "RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE HUMAC SITE IN BRINJE (2018–2020)." Senjski zbornik, vol. 52, br. 1, 2025, str. 5-20. https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.52.1.1. Citirano 28.05.2026.

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Glavičić, Miroslav i Vedrana Glavaš. "RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE HUMAC SITE IN BRINJE (2018–2020)." Senjski zbornik 52, br. 1 (2025): 5-20. https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.52.1.1

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Glavičić, M., i Glavaš, V. (2025). 'RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE HUMAC SITE IN BRINJE (2018–2020)', Senjski zbornik, 52(1), str. 5-20. https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.52.1.1

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Glavičić M, Glavaš V. RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE HUMAC SITE IN BRINJE (2018–2020). Senjski zbornik [Internet]. 2025 [pristupljeno 28.05.2026.];52(1):5-20. https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.52.1.1

IEEE

M. Glavičić i V. Glavaš, "RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE HUMAC SITE IN BRINJE (2018–2020)", Senjski zbornik, vol.52, br. 1, str. 5-20, 2025. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.52.1.1

Sažetak

The authors present the preliminary results of archaeological excavations carried out between 2018 and 2020 at the Humac site in Brinje. The impetus for organising the excavations was the accidental discovery of a marble head of Emperor Augustus, which belonged to a statue erected in honour of the first Roman emperor at the end of the 1st century BCE or the beginning of the 1st century AD. Given the known historical and documented archaeological context, the discovery of the head of Emperor Augustus became a key piece of evidence indicating the existence of a hillfort settlement at Humac, conventionally identified as the main centre of the Iapodian Monetini (oppidum Monetium).
During the 2018 field survey conducted on the northeastern slopes of Veliki Humac, within dense forest below the hilltop, an area containing the remains of masonry-built Roman structures was identified. Trial excavations carried out in 2019 at the spot where the head of Augustus had been accidentally found in 1965 revealed stratified cultural deposits, whose analysis indicates continuous occupation of the site from prehistoric periods until the 4th-5th century. Further excavations in 2020, on a small plateau below the hilltop, uncovered the remains of walls belonging to a larger Roman building, the function of which
can hypothetically be linked to the find of the head of Emperor Augustus. Whether this structure was a building dedicated to the worship of the Roman imperial cult (Augusteum) remains to be determined by future archaeological research.