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Podgorač, Ražište – results of the archaeological excavations in 2015
Zorko Marković
orcid.org/0000-0002-2342-0767
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Katarina Botić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2243-1149
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
During October 2015 archaeological excavation of the Neolithic Sopot culture site at Ražište near Podgorač was conducted. This site is situated 11 km east of Našice. The second campaign of the systematic excavations started on the area of 50 m2 at the northern side from the previously explored area in 2013. The excavated area contained one large pit (SU 386), two smaller pits (SU 064 and 380), a large residential pit (SU 066) containing large number of small wooden post holes mostly at its western part and the rest of the pit SU 002 largely explored in 2013. Three larger wooden post holes were defined between SU 064 and SU 386.
Among pottery finds there were parts of biconical and round bowls and pots of fine and coarse structure as well as vessels on hollow foot. Decorations on pottery shards are: incised “sitting” garland, three-dimensional hornlike applications on the rim or the belly of the vessels and incised “ribbons” with stabbed decoration. A small amount of lithic material was also found, from which only part of one polished stone adze, fragments of whetstone and grinders, blades, scrapers, flakes and cores can be singled out. According to radiocarbon dating and pottery finds, two phases of the settlement can be singled out – older at the western side of the explored area (pits SU 064 and SU 386: DeA-8339, 6413±30 BP, 5467–5364 calBC 68.2%, 5470–5327 calBC 95.2% and DeA-8338, 6109±29 BP, 5196–4987 calBC 68.2%, 5207–4943 calBC 95.4%) and younger at the central and eastern sides (pit SU 002: DeA-5159, 6004±27 BP, 4934–4848 calBC 68.2%, 4982–4806 calBC 95.4% and pit 066 with fill SU 451).
Keywords
Podgorač; Ražište; settlement; Neolithic; Ražište type of Sopot culture
Hrčak ID:
167318
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Publication date:
7.10.2016.
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