Preliminary communication
The results of the trial archaeological excavations in the Lovas Municipality in 2011 and 2017
Ana Đukić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5826-3725
; Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Filip Franković
; Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Tara Pivac Krpanić
; Museum of Lika in Gospić, Gospić, Croatia
Sanjin Mihelić
; Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The territory of the Lovas Municipality, located in Western Syrmia, has been known in archaeological circles since the transition from the 19th to the 20th century, but became the focal point of the archaeological public only in 1939, when the valuable Middle Bronze Age hoard of gold and bronze finds was discovered near the village Lovas. Until recently, there was no large-scale archaeological research, other than the 1970 and 1972 field surveys. Knowledge of archaeological material from the area of the Municipality of Lovas has significantly expanded in the last 15 years through systematic field surveys and test excavations conducted separately by the Institute of Archeology in Zagreb, Vukovar City Museum and the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. In 2017, the latter institution started a perennial project in the area of the Municipality of Lovas, which includes a systematic field survey, geophysical research and test trench excavations. The research itself is a continuation of the initial research season from 2011. This paper presents the results of the excavations conducted in 2011 and 2017 at the positions Kalvarija, Staro Groblje and Orlinac, all of which are protected cultural heritage.
Keywords
pottery; prehistory; Roman period; Middle Ages; New Ages; Kalvarija; Orlinac; Staro Groblje
Hrčak ID:
269875
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2021.
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