Preliminary communication
Kosinj - archeological research from the end of the 20th century
Pia Šmalcelj Novaković
; Institut za arheologiju
Abstract
The Kosinj area has been mentioned in historical sources since the second
half of the 11th century and there is no doubt that the valley was of great
importance within medieval Croatia, as evidenced by the founding of the
first Croatian printing house, as well as indications of the existence of a
seat of the ban. However, no major archaeological research which would
indeed have established more about the medieval settlement of this area
has ever been carried out, although there was a plan to build a reservoir lake in Upper Kosinj since the late 20th century. However, it is less
known that at that time, pilot studies were conducted in Kosinj, which
were supposed to establish positions for further research to define and
protect the archaeological heritage. This paper presents the results of test
excavations of 5 potential medieval sites: Antun Padovanski-Gornji Kosinj
(Modern Age cemetery), chapel of St. Ana- Gornji Kosinj (grave older than
the Medieval church), Mlada Nediljica (Late Medieval and Modern Age
cemetery), Mlakvena greda (Romanesque church and Medieval graves)
and Krš, Trokutić-Old Graveyard (Medieval cemetery?).
Keywords
Gornji Kosinj; Mlakva; Mlakvena greda; Krš-Old Cemetery; modern age cemetery; post-Ottoman; Middle ages
Hrčak ID:
227785
URI
Publication date:
28.3.2019.
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