Preliminary communication
Filling the network gaps: Bračevci – Bašćine, new neolithic circular enclosure and medieval village
Hrvoje Kalafatić
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Bartul Šiljeg
orcid.org/0000-0003-2286-7775
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Rajna Šošić Klindžić
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
By combining several methods that include the use of predictive modeling in GIS, remote interpretation and field survey, several settlement structures from the late Neolithic of circular and oval layout and one rectangular layout belonging to the late Middle Ages were discovered south of Bračevci at the Bašćina site. This is one of the first known and successful uses of modeling in Croatia in the discovery of Late Neolithic circular fortified settlements. The newly discovered settlements were observed in the context of the hitherto known network of late Neolithic settlements in eastern Croatia. Remote sensing was followed by an intensive field survey. Numerous fragments of ceramic vessels, fragments of ceramic whorls and weights, as well as complete pieces and fragments of knapped and polished lithic objects were found during the survey. The position and concentration of the findings were recorded, and diagnostic fragments were collected, some of which are presented in this paper. Fragments of pottery belong to the late Neolithic period. Among the non-diagnostic fragments, fragments of coarse and fine pottery were found. Among the finds of fine pottery, black polished high-gloss surface treatment dominates. Two fragments of Neolithic pottery with traces of painting have also been recorded.
Keywords
settlements with a ditch; landscape; Sopot culture; remote sensing; settlement network; predictive modelling; GIS
Hrčak ID:
269871
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2021.
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