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Second season of archaeological excavations of late medieval complex at Grubišno Polje – Šuma Obrovi site

Tatjana Tkalčec orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-7706 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Siniša Krznar orcid.org/0000-0001-6709-4193 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In July 2016 the Institute of Archaeology conducted a research on the positions Grubišno Polje - Šuma Obrovi 2 and 3. The research was focused on the position GPŠO-2 where the traces of sacral building and the cemetery were discovered. At the nearby position GPŠO 3 only smaller trial trench was opened within which the archaeological finds of settlement character from the 14th century were found. On the GPŠO 2, position of the primary interest of this year research, four trenches were excavated with total area of about 100 m2 (trenches 3–6). In the trenches 3 and 5 we have tried to define a disposition of a sacral building for which we have assumed to find, more precisely – its apse section, due to the semi-circular depressions in the field configuration. The excavation has resulted with partially defined layout of the sanctuary and the northern sacristy (?) but the western part of the building layout was not defined. In the trenches 3 and 4, 67 graves were also found. There were very few finds in the graves (mostly metal parts of clothing) and the bones of deceased were extremely badly preserved. On the basis of the mutual relations of the graves three horizons of burial can be established, all dating to the period from 12th till 16th century. Above the graves (or some of the graves) in the trench 3 a phase of strata of a secular character was also observed. In that layer numerous post-holes and pits with scarce finds (pottery sherds, dislocated human bones) or none finds in their backfills have been discovered. Before detailed analysis of all findings and stratigraphic relations question of a settlement layer remains open. Namely, there are possibilities that this layer presents an intermediate stage or that it originates from the time after the cemetery has been abandoned.

Keywords

medieval archaeology; church with cemetery; settlement; Grubišno Polje – Šuma Obrovi; High Middle Ages; Late Middle Ages; 12th–16th century

Hrčak ID:

189454

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/189454

Publication date:

21.11.2017.

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