Original scientific paper
Prehistoric Pottery from the Jačmica Cave
Katarina Jerbić Percan
; Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
The Jačmica cave is but one of the many prehistoric sites in
Istria. Alberto Puschi, the archaeologist, was the first to mention
it within the context of an archaeological site. He explored
this cave and a few nearby ones in the 19th century. An
archaeological excavation was staged at Jačmica in the period
from July 19 to August 5, 2004, as part of an international
archaeological project titled “Paleolithic and Mesolithic Sites
in the Northern Adriatic”. The pottery that was discovered in
the course of those excavations is presented in this work. From
recognizable prehistoric groups, fragments of impresso, Vlaška,
Danilo and Nakovana pottery were unearthed in the cave, and
there was Bronze Age pottery as well. A very interesting find
is a fragment of a clay pintadera.
Keywords
Jačmica; Neolithic; impresso culture; Vlaška group; Danilo group; pintadera; Eneolithic; Nakovana pottery; Bronze Age
Hrčak ID:
103922
URI
Publication date:
18.11.2012.
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