Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.38.1.1
Vorganjska peć cave site in the context of the Northern Adriatic Neolithic
Filomena Sirovica
orcid.org/0000-0001-6662-8915
; Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Korić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4028-4282
; Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sonja Kačar
; Sveučilište Toulouse, Toulouse, Francuska
Sylvie Philibert
orcid.org/0000-0002-2389-0355
; Sveučilište Toulouse, Toulouse, Francuska
Zlatko Perhoč
; Manheim, Germany
Sanjin Mihelić
; Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Vorganjska peć is an important prehistoric cave site located on the slope of Organ hill above Batomalj near Baška on the island of Krk. The research of this site, as well as other cave sites on Kvarner islands, was initiated by Vladimir Mirosavljević in the mid-twentieth century. As the result of his research, Vorganjska peć, alongside Jami na Sredi on the island of Cres and Vela špilja on the island of Lošinj, became a significant source of data about the Neolithic of the Kvarner region and thereby an essential part of discussions about this period on the eastern Adriatic coast. Since this research was never fully published, the site was re-excavated in order to review previously obtained data about the cave usage in prehistory. The research results provided insight into the stratigraphic sequence of intact prehistoric archaeological deposits with Early and Middle Neolithic finds. The analysis of stratification and artefacts contributes to our knowledge of complex mechanisms of neolithisation of the eastern Adriatic and confirms the undeniable informative and interpretative significance of the site in the studies of the northern Adriatic Neolithic.
Keywords
cave site; Early Neolithic; Middle Neolithic; northern Adriatic; pottery; lithic technology
Hrčak ID:
260708
URI
Publication date:
22.7.2021.
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