Original scientific paper
Prehistoric barrow necropolis of Podstenje at Mala gora near Radoboj
Davor Špoljar
orcid.org/0000-0002-3818-1463
Abstract
The paper provides a review of excavations carried out to date of the prehistoric barrow necropolis at the site of Podstenje at Mala Gora near Radoboj. This Early Iron Age necropolis was the first to be discovered and explored in continental Croatia, and it was the first archaeological site in northwest Croatia to have been cited in scientific publications of the Austrian Academy of Science, since as early as 1850. Additionally, this is the first barrow necropolis in the Zagorje region which can be dated to the Late Hallstatt period, to the 6th and 5th c. BC. The paper describes issues relating to this exceptional – though nearly forgotten – site, starting from the discovery of the site and the first excavations of the tumuli in the spring of 1850. Using the data contained in publications of the Austrian Academy of Science published between 1850 and 1863, in Croatian publications, in archival documentation of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, and the few remaining archaeological finds and archaeological field surveys, an attempt has been made to reconstruct the chronological sequence of events and excavation of the site, and the graves under the tumuli. On the basis of analogies with related objects, discovered in neighbouring areas, the paper proposes the cultural attribution of this prehistoric necropolis and establishes the chronological context of this site within prehistoric Zagorje.
Keywords
Early Iron Age; barrow necropolis; Radoboj; Zagorje
Hrčak ID:
130820
URI
Publication date:
11.12.2014.
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