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

https://hrcak.srce.hr/103922

Publication date:

18.11.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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