Original scientific paper

One Find of Vučedol culture from Županja Sava region

Boško Marijan ; Zavičajni muzej Stjepan Gruber

Abstract

One find of ceramic work from the holdings of the Homeland Museum "Stjepan Gruber" in Zupanja (fig. 1-19, T.l , T.2) probably originates from the finding place Lovacka kuca from the area of the medieval fortress Zvizdan (Zvizdangrad) in the east of Zupanja Sava region near Soljani. (map 1, map 2). Properties of the ceramic articles show a rather compact find in relation to time and culture.

The find contains 17 fragments of ceramic vessels, a sphere made of baked clay and a fragment of the lid of special parallelogram profilation. (T.l, T.2). Ceramic finds, without doubt, belong to Aeneolithic; to Vucedol culture before all. However, it is important to point out that the find also includes fragments of ceramic articles from the earlier periods (fig. 1-4, T.l-4) i.e. some articles that precede chronologically Kostolac or Vucedol ceramic articles as well as fragments that are not typologically sensible and thus belong neither to the earlier substrate base nor to Kostolac or Vucedol.

There is only one find that without doubt belongs to Kostolac culture (fig. 9,T.1,9) whereas 9 finds belong to Vucedol culture (fig. 10.18, T.l,10, T.2,11-18). Typologically insensible fragments (fig.5-8, fig. 19, T.l,5-8) can belong to both cultures although, in my opinion, it's more likely that they belong to Vucedol culture. Apart from a few one-layered localities of Kostolac
culture, in the Danube region it's very common to find Kostolac and Vucedol culture at the same localities. It is also significant that Vucedol layer in Slavonia-Syrmia region is more momentous. Thus, taking that into account, proportion of Kostolac and Vucedol culture from our locality could only be a review of general cultural situation in that area in the period of the late Aeneolithic.

The find of ceramic articles from the locality Lovačka kuća is very divers in relation to the shape and culture.

The main part belongs to Aeneolithic, no matter whether we think of fragments of Lasinje or Retzgaray or Kostolac and Vucedol vessels. There is perhaps only one fragment (fig. 1, T.l,l)that, as a derivative of Sopot or Vinca ceramography can have some connections with the late Eolithic in spite of the fact that it is very likely that it belongs to Aeneolithic. Most of the ceramic articles belong to Vucedol culture and, judging by their properties, there are all types from almost eveiy developmental phase of that culture. That small and random sample from Županja Sava region shows beginnings, development and the highest achievements, but also degeneration of one of the most glorious prehistórica! decoration styles in ceramic production.

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Hrčak ID:

164450

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/164450

Publication date:

5.12.2002.

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