Original scientific paper
A late Iron-age settlement on the left bank of the river Kupa in Sisak: Strabo’s “Σισκíα”?
Ivan Drnić
; Arheološki muzej u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivana Miletić Čakširan
orcid.org/0000-0001-5361-3757
; Ministarstvo kulture, Uprava za zaštitu kulturne baštine, Konzervatorski odjel u Sisku, Sisak, Hrvatska
Abstract
On the basis of the available literature and the archaeological material thus far analysed, plus data from ancient sources, the protohistoric settlement known as Segesta/Segestica is generally thought to have been on Pogorelac, on the right bank of the River Kupa, just before the point where it flows into the River Sava. However, rescue archaeological excavations in the city centre of Sisak conducted in the last ten years have revealed prehistoric layers in several positions under the Roman city of Siscia, highlighting the need for revising older hypotheses. One of these positions is the Povijesni arhiv, excavated in 2003 and 2004. After analysis of the stratigraphic relations and movable finds, it became clear that, from the 3rd century until the 1st century BC, this segment of the pre-Roman settlement was inhabited by a population belonging to the wider Pannonian cultural circle. This population accepted the elements of the La Tène culture only partially.
Keywords
southern Pannonia; Late Iron Age; Segestica; “Σισκία”; pottery
Hrčak ID:
130821
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Publication date:
11.12.2014.
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