Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.36.2
Circles and ceramics through the centuries: Characteristics of Neolithic Sopot culture settlements
Rajna Šošić Klindžić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5065-7703
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Kalafatić
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Bartul Šiljeg
orcid.org/0000-0003-2286-7775
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Hršak
; Archaeological museum Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The paper presents the results of archaeological research at eight sites of Sopot culture in the area north of the town of Đakovo. The sites are in various stages of investigation – from aerial remote sensing and reconnaissance, to archaeological excavation and the application of the magnetic survey. It has been established through recent research that the sites of the Sopot culture are of a much larger scale and of a much more complex structure than previously thought, and it is proposed to re-evaluate the current interpretations. All settlements are enclosed by one or more ditches, except for the Đakovo – Grabrovac/Ciglana settlement for which it is not possible to determine whether it had a ditch, since most of the site was removed by the activities of the brickworks during the 20th century. The findings from eight settlements were analysed typologically and chronologically in the context of other sites of Sopot culture in Slavonia.
Keywords
Sopot culture; enclosed settlements; landscape; geophysical research; Sopot culture periodization; magnetometry; settlement network
Hrčak ID:
229662
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Publication date:
13.12.2019.
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