Original scientific paper
An Ancient Building Complex at the Sipćina Site in Okešinec
Lea Čataj
orcid.org/0000-0002-2230-115X
; Croatian Conservation Institute, Department for Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The ancient site of Sipćina in the village of Okešinec has been known since the 1960ies, when the first archaeologi-cal explorations were undertaken. The finds were dated to the 1st and the 2nd c. AD, and the site was associated with the Roman army staying in the area. Research was taken up in 2012, when two habitation horizons were discovered. The earlier one can be dated to the 1st and the 2nd c. AD, with several pits and canals and the remains of an over-ground wooden structure attributed to the period. The later horizon is dated to the 3rd and the 4thc. AD, with two structures belonging to the period. An analysis of the finds indicated that it was probably a Roman villa rustica. Geophysical research revealed traces of several buildings and a large ditch surrounding them.
Keywords
Moslavina; Roman villa rustica; hypocaust; metallurgical stove; geophysical research
Hrčak ID:
122567
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2013.
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