Original scientific paper

An axe from the Buško Lake shore

Božana Maletić ; Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Rome, Italy

Abstract

This paper analyses a late ancient axe that was discovered by accident on the shore of Buško Lake and subsequently acquired from a private collection for the holdings of the Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments in Split. Despite the lack of archaeological context, its typological and morphological features indicate a Germanic type of axe dating to the 5th and 6th centuries. Comparative analysis with analogous finds from central and eastern Europe suggests that the axe represents a local variant shaped within the framework of regional cultural interactions. A possible association with the nearby necropolis at the
Gradina site in Korita is also proposed, further underscoring the value of material culture for understanding the transitional period between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

Keywords

axe; Buško Lake; Late Antiquity

Hrčak ID:

353284

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/353284

Publication date:

31.12.2025.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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