Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.17234/OA.37.3

FIVE BURIALS FROM PALAGRUŽA

Stašo Forenbaher orcid.org/0000-0002-9119-4183 ; Institut za antropologiju Gajeva 32 HR-10000 Zagreb
Petra Rajić Šikanjić orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-5193 ; Institut za antropologiju Gajeva 32 HR-10000 Zagreb
Zrinka Premužić ; Institut za antropologiju Gajeva 32 HR-10000 Zagreb

Abstract

Archaeological excavations at the Salamandrija site on Palagruža Island yielded five inhumation burials. They date from periods between Late Antiquity and the Modern Age. Most probably, they can be related to occasional, discontinuous, or sometimes perhaps more permanent occupation by people involved in specialized activities such as navigation, fishing, construction work and warfare. In most cases, we may be dealing with ad hoc disposal of human remains, rather than with formal burials. These burials complement what is already known about human presence on the island and open new questions about periods which previously have not been archaeologically attested on Palagruža.

Keywords

Adriatic; Palagruža; burial; Late Antiquity; Middle Ages; Modern Age

Hrčak ID:

143516

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/143516

Publication date:

18.8.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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