Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/m8vqrtzd29
Suhopolje – Kliškovac – an Example of the Past Saved for the Future
Željko Tomičić
; Ulica Antuna Šoljana 3, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Included in the interdisciplinary scientific field, contemporary archaeology achieves remarkable accomplishments. In the spirit of the title of the professional and scientific symposium – The Past Saved for the Future, the author creates a concise picture of a multi-layered
archaeological cultural and historical site near the settlement Suhopolje in the Drava Valley, at the position of Kliškovac. The focus of the author’s interest was the toponym Klisa, contained in the name of Kliškovac, which has preserved the memory of the existence of the
mediaeval sacral building (Lat. ecclesia) and settlement (vac – vas – village) that had evidently been destroyed during Ottoman conquests of Slavonia at the beginning of the 16th century. Mediaeval churches built across spacious Ottoman Empire have been named klisa or kilisa, which originates from Grrek word ecclesia overtaken by the Romans. Individual archaeological finds and skeleton remains in the profile of the railway near Suhopolje have determined a reliable place for archaeological and multidisciplinary research, which in the period 2005–2009 confirmed the author’s assumption of the existence of a mediaeval church and accompanying cemetery with three burial levels, as well as a nearby settlement. The research of Kliškovac included the following: parallel remote interpretation; geophysical surveys; historical search for possible oikonym or patronymic; bioanthropological
analyses; numismatic interpretation; detailed digital documenting; conservation analysis of various materials (metal; ceramics; stone); as well as scientific, exhibition and publicist activities. Archaeological search has resulted in valuable knowledge that has actually saved the image of a fraction of the past (10th – 16th/17th ct.) of Slavonia, which is currently being valued for the future, in which it is hoped to continue research, and to protect and present a new value added to the tourism offer. It is of high importance that, in addition to the public research Institute for Archaeological Research of the Republic of Croatia as research holder, the mentioned process of the search for the past was recognized by the Municipal Directorate of Suhopolje; the Foundation for Science of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts; the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of
Croatia; and the Directorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Conservation Department in Požega.
Keywords
Suhopolje; toponymy; Kliškovac; church and graveyard; Middle Ages; New Era; archaeology; anthropology
Hrčak ID:
215894
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2018.
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