Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.38.2.3
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gora near Petrinja and the phases of the burials in the area of sacristy
Juraj Belaj
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Filomena Sirovica
orcid.org/0000-0001-6662-8915
; Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Željka Bedić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0134-5399
; Department of Archaeology, Croatian Academy of Science and Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The archaeological excavation of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was prompted by the need for the complete restoration of the church. On that occasion, the area of the sacristy with 53 graves was excavated as well. This area is spatially separated from the rest of the church and has a readily identifiable stratigraphic sequence that enabled the analysis of chronological relationships and their connection to certain characteristics of excavated grave units. Primarily, those characteristics are the orientation of graves, the arm positions of the deceased individuals, the presence of nails, stone linings, or several stones next to the deceased individual. That, alongside the analysis of the discovered archaeological artefacts, enabled the determination of four burial phases. By comparison to the results of the radiocarbon dating conducted on samples of the deceased individuals’ bones the duration of certain burial phases was ascertained. The data acquired this way was put in a wider chronological context, which enabled considerations on the relationships of burial phases in relation to construction phases ascertained at the site and specific historical circumstances in which those activities took place.
Keywords
cemetery; burial phases; radiocarbon dating; Romanesque style; Gothic style; Knights Templar; Knights Hospitaller; the Ottomans
Hrčak ID:
267038
URI
Publication date:
13.12.2021.
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