Preliminary communication
The results of the rescue excavations of the Late Avar Age cemetery of Šarengrad – Klopare in 2019
Andrea Rimpf
; Town Museum Ilok, Ilok, Croatia
Anita Rapan Papeša
orcid.org/0000-0002-0041-1892
; Town Museum Vinkovci, Vinkovci, Croatia
Marko Dizdar
orcid.org/0000-0003-3964-9002
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The third season of the rescue excavations of Šarengrad – Klopare, a row-grave cemetery from the Late Avar Age, resulted in new insights about the period from the second half of the 7th century to the end of the 12th century in the Croatian Danube region. The excavations focused on the area of the cemetery stretching eastwards beyond Trenches I and II, which resulted in the discovery of new row graves, with more richly furnished child burials, the Slavic cremation burials in urns and grave pits, and the discovery of a ceramic kiln of the Bijelo Brdo cultural complex from between the 9th and the 12th century. The excavations defined the orientation of the cemetery, which is currently the first archaeologically excavated biritual cemetery in continental Croatia.
Keywords
Šarengrad; Late Avar Age period; cremation graves; Slavs; Bijelo Brdo cultural complex; ceramic kiln
Hrčak ID:
248422
URI
Publication date:
22.12.2020.
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