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Orešac, Archaeological Excavations in 2008

Kristina Jelinčić orcid.org/0000-0002-1236-734X ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The excavations of 2008 are a follow-up of the trial excavation done in 2007. The trial trench was deepened and broadened southward, and a total of 40 m² was excavated. Several layers and burials from Late Antiquity were excavated, although their context is difficult to determine, since a small surface was excavated. In the excavated complexes, a large quantity of various types of Roman pottery was found. The most frequent is coarse pottery, but there is also a large share of terra sigillata. Apart from coarse pottery, ceramics used in building construction (tubuli, tegulae, imbrices) and metal forging vessels were discovered as well. Among the glass artefacts, diverse vessel fragments prevail, and several armband and bead fragments were found too. Only a single bone token was found. Further tokens were uncovered which were made of stone and ceramic, along with whetstones and grindstones. The appearance of dross among the finds needs to be pointed out, as it appears in a much larger quantity in the broadened part of the trial trench than in the 2007. Along with dross, several fragments of fired bricks were found; since the bricks were fired only on one side, they may have been part of a kiln. Large quantities of dross and kiln fragments together suggest the existence of metallurgical activities, which rounds out the understanding of Bolentio thus far.

Keywords

Bolentio; mutatio Bolenta; Orešac; Suhopolje; Virovitica; Virovitica-Podravina County; Antiquity; pottery; glass; dross; excavation

Hrčak ID:

50389

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/50389

Publication date:

21.12.2009.

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