Original scientific paper
SMILJAN – ČOVINI, Crikvine 2004-2014 a decade of archaeological investigations
TATJANA KOLAK
Abstract
In the paper the author summarises the results of a decade’s archaeological investigation at the mediaeval sacral site of Crikvine, in the Smiljan hamlet of Čovini. It concerns two singlenave
Romanesque churches, of which the oldest was built at the end of the 13th century. The new one was built very quickly and over two centuries it was remodelled or repaired on several occasions. Next to and inside the nave of the church is located a multi-layered cemetery and 176 burials were investigated in situ. In 44 graves articles were found that belong to the end of the late High and Late Middle Ages from the second half of the 13th to the end of the 15th and the
beginning of the 16th centuries in Croatia.
Keywords
Crikvine; Smiljan; Romanesque church; High Middle Ages; Late Middle Ages; three-beaded earrings; braiding; belt furnishings; cemetery; Mandinac; Lika
Hrčak ID:
151072
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2014.
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