Original scientific paper

MEDIEVAL MONOLITHIC TOMBSTONES/STEĆCI AT THE GREBINE SITE NEXT TO ČEVELJUŠA (PLINA) NEAR PLOČE

Maja Šunjić ; Ministry of Culture, Directorate for Cultural Heritage Protection, Department fro Archaeological Heritage

Abstract

In this paper, stećci – medieval monolithic tombstones
– at the Grebine necropolis of the Čeveljuša (Plina) settlement
next to Ploče are analyzed. Th e presentation is based
on fi eld inspections of the site aimed at ascertaining the
charac teristics of the monuments. Th ese characteristics
served as the basis for comparison with the late medieval
necropolises and monuments in the territory of the lower
course of the Neretva River, the coastal belt south-east of the
Neretva and its hinterland, Župa Dubrovačka, Konavle,
the Makarska littoral, the Ljubuški environs and beyond.
Based on analogies of the decorations, forms and distribution
of the monuments and necropolises and taking into account
the historical context and archival sources, the monuments
were approximately dated to the late fourteenth and
early fi fteenth centuries.

Keywords

Late Middle Ages; medieval grave monuments; stećak/stećci; Grebine; Čeveljuša; Neretva; fourteenth/ fi fteenth century

Hrčak ID:

37082

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/37082

Publication date:

20.5.2009.

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