Preliminary communication
On the archaeological excavation of the site of Mukoše near Goriš in 2021
Juraj Belaj
orcid.org/0000-0001-8953-3820
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Pavić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-381X
; Public Institution Fortress of Culture Šibenik, Šibenik, Croatia
Željko Krnčević
orcid.org/0000-0001-5358-5944
; Šibenik City Museum, Šibenik, Croatia
Abstract
In April 2021, the Institute of Archaeology and the Šibenik Town Museum continued the archaeological excavations at the Mukoše site near Goriš. This multi-layered site was created by the collapse of the upper part of a stone building of imposing size. The unique ground plan consists of a rectangle with one apse on each side, except for the eastern side, where there were two apses. When the building had already collapsed and was similar to a cairn, in the late Middle Ages, it had a watchtower on a corner. For now, most of what we can say concerns the final phase of the site, when the structure-turned-cairn was chosen for burials. The radiocarbon analyses of selected graves date these burials to the 16th century. In fact, in the second quarter of the 16th century, after the Šibenik hinterland had long been a deserted no-man's land, the wider area of Goriš was settled by a new population: Christian Morlachs. They first moved into properties that had been abandoned for some time, and then chose to conduct their burials at the nearest site with upright solid walls, believing it was a church, consecrated ground.
Keywords
Mukoše; Goriš; sacral architecture; cairn; early modern period graves
Hrčak ID:
289663
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2022.
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