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Sotin – Srednje polje, Archaeological Trial Excavations in 2008

Daria Ložnjak Dizdar orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-2269 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Mato Ilkić orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-639X ; Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Mirela Hutinec orcid.org/0000-0002-0011-5022 ; Town Museum Vukovar, Vukovar, Croatia

Abstract

The archaeological trial excavations in Srednje polje in Sotin suggested some answers to questions on the settlement’s infrastructure, on the relationship between the settlement and the Early Iron Age cemetery, and the cemetery’s eastern boundary. It can be concluded that the Srednje polje settlement, presently known only from surface finds, once had a fortified part (a ditch) at the most easily accessible southern point. On the northern side, there is a steep and high slope towards the Danube, with ravines from the east and west. Surface finds from the elevated part of the settlement suggest that the plateau above the Danube was inhabited in the Eneolithic, the Late Bronze Age and the entire Iron Age. There were also simultaneous structures (Baden culture, Dalj group) observed south of the ditch, from the period when the plateau was inhabited as well; as these are pits and pillars, they may also have been peripheral structures associated with farming or industry. At the lower part (trial trench 2) there was also a settlement in the Early Middle Ages, which also had a ditch, but its function has not been clarified due to a small dig surface. It was noted that at a length of approximately 60 metres from the settlement there is no synchronous cemetery, which explains the peripheral structures from the settlement. The northern boundary of the cemetery needs to be examined farther south of the settlement. The trial trenches 1 and 3 in Sotin indicate a possible eastern boundary of the cemetery of the Iron Age settlement in Srednje polje. Graves from stages II and IIIa of the Dalj Group according to C. Metzner-Nebelsick (Metzner-Nebelsick 2002, 179, Abb. 78) were identified as well. The graves are situated in the territory of the present village of Sotin and are directly endangered by construction and utility works.

Keywords

Sotin; Danube Region; trial excavation; settlement; cemetery; Eneolithic; Late Bronze Age; Iron Age; Dalj group

Hrčak ID:

50378

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/50378

Publication date:

21.12.2009.

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