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Anita Rapan Papeša, TENDRILS, LIONS AND GRIFFINS, Avar period warriors from Nuštar Vinkovci Municipal Museum, Avaria Musei Cibalensis 1, Vinkovci, 2024, 548 pp., 109 figures, 263 plates, 10 charts, and 12 tables. ISBN 978-953-7008-57-4. Price: €100

Anita Dugonjić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-5144-0298 ; Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

In 2024, the Vinkovci Municipal Museum inaugurated a new publication series titled Avaria Musei Cibalensis, dedicated primarily to the Avar period. The scholarly monograph Tendrils, Lions and Griffins: Avar Period Warriors from Nuštar, by Anita Rapan Papeša, is the inaugural volume of this series. It provides a systematic analysis of the Avar-period cemetery at Nuštar, which was uncovered by chance during construction work in 2011. This work represents the first comprehensive study of an Avar period cemetery in Croatia. Beyond its multidisciplinary approach – one of the monograph’s principal merits – the interactive site plan available on the Vinkovci Municipal Museum website marks a significant advancement in the presentation and accessibility of data for the international research community.

Keywords

archaeology; Vinkovci Municipal Museum; monograph; Avar period cemetery

Hrčak ID:

342682

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/342682

Publication date:

30.12.2025.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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