Preliminary communication

The results of the rescue excavations at the Late La Tene settlement of Lozan – Lendava in the Drava Valley

Tatjana Tkalčec orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-7706 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Dizdar orcid.org/0000-0003-3964-9002 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The archaeological rescue excavations at the Lozan – Lendava site near Špišić Bukovica, carried out in the fall of 2019, uncovered parts of infrastructure of a Late La Tene settlement. The site used to be known as a late medieval lowland hillfort, but the excavations have not confirmed this. The infrastructure of the Late La Tene settlement was represented by the remains of buried structures containing fragments of wheel-thrown pottery, but there were also particular recognizable handmade shapes. The results of the excavations at the Lozan settlement agree with the known facts about the contemporary settlements around Virovitica and Koprivnica, indicating that the Drava Valley was intensively inhabited during the Late La Tène period, i.e. at the end of the 2nd and in the 1st century BC.

Keywords

Late Iron Age; Late La Tène; Drava Valley; settlement; infrastructure; pottery

Hrčak ID:

289656

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/289656

Publication date:

30.12.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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