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https://doi.org/10.52064/vamz.58.1.1
A Late Bronze Age burial from Gelja Ljut, in Eastern Herzegovina
Aleksandar Jašarević
orcid.org/0000-0002-1378-1956
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Sažetak
This paper presents a set of Late Bronze Age grave finds from
Gelja Ljut, near Gacko in eastern Herzegovina. The assemblage
consists of a grip-tongue bronze sword, a spearhead and two
socketed axes. The primary focus of the study is the morphological,
typological and stylistic analysis of the artefacts in relation
to other similar known objects, in order to ofer a possible explanation
for the issue of their chronological positioning and a potential
place of manufacture or, at the very least, a cultural context.
Ultimately, the site of Gelja Ljut provides us with an assemblage
that was undoubtedly part of the inventory of a wealthy person. The selection of these items for deposition is evidence of
careful curation relating to the representation of the deceased,
and stands as a testament to the complex cultural connections
present in the form of a wider regional network during the 11th
century BC. Furthermore, the interpretation of the ‘funerary set’
enables us better to understand human actions in the past, particularly
for an area where the archaeological heritage of this
period has, to date, been very poorly recorded.
Ključne riječi
Eastern Herzegovina, Late Bronze Age, tumuli, spearhead, socketed axe, sword
Hrčak ID:
335118
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Datum izdavanja:
8.9.2025.
Posjeta: 280 *