Original scientific paper
New archeological localities with smelting economy in Podravina region
Ivan Valent
; Koprivnica Municipal Museum, Koprivnica, Croatia
Siniša Krznar
orcid.org/0000-0001-6709-4193
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Tatjana Tkalčec
orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-7706
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
During the first two years of work on the research project of the Croatian Science Foundation Trans-FER(IP-06-2016-5047), »Iron production along Drava river in the Antique period and in the Middle Ages: creation and transfer of knowledge, technologies and goods« which is implemented in the Podravina region under the management of , Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Ph.D. from the Institute for archeology, systematic field inspections were carried out on several occasions with the objective of defining archelogical localities with traces of smelting economy. The paper presents results of field inspections of several positions, a part of which were selected based on toponomastics cartographic information and aerial footage. During the above mentioned inspections numerous new archeological localities from the periods of prehistory, Antique and the Middle Ages were identified. On several established localities traces of iron ore processing were observed. With reference to preliminary archeological research the paper also discusses applicability of methods used during field inspection in relation to the type of the researched localities.
Keywords
field inspections; archeological localities; toponymy; air footage; smelting economy; prehistory; Antique; Middle Ages
Hrčak ID:
223344
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2019.
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