Preliminary communication
Prehistoric graves on flat terrain from Nakovana on Pelješac
Domagoj Perkić
orcid.org/0000-0002-3815-9346
; Archaeological Museum, Dubrovnik Museums, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Marko Dizdar
orcid.org/0000-0003-3964-9002
; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Potrebica
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Pamić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0639-9502
; Viganj, Croatia
Abstract
In June and September 2020, archaeological excavations were carried out in the area of the village of Nakovana in the western part of the Pelješac peninsula. The work focused on excavating the prehistoric cemetery on the southern slopes of Zmijna hill. The two explored graves have been roughly dated to the 11th (grave 1) and 7th (grave 2) century BC. Both graves were on flat terrain in the immediate vicinity of stone tumuli. The remains of very poorly preserved inhumation burials, along with grave goods and costume and jewellery items, are shallow relative to today’s surface. The deceased were laid on bedrock, in a natural hollow (škrapa), sometimes surrounded by stone slabs (grave 1) or covered with larger stone slabs (grave 2). The finds are assumed to be female costume and jewellery items. Notable finds from grave 1 include a bronze twisted torc, a single-loop bow fibula with two expansions on the arch, and two spiral spectacle pendants with a tubular middle part. The finds from grave 2 include the fragments of a bronze shoulder piece, a bracelet, a pendant, and small hoops. Considering the continuous habitation of the Grad hillfort, it is assumed that there were continuous burials in the entire area of Nakovana from the transitional period from the Eneolithic to the Early Bronze Age until the end of the Iron Age.
Keywords
Pelješac; Nakovana; graves on flat terrain; tumuli; Late Bronze Age; Early Iron Age; torc; fibula; shoulder piece; pendant
Hrčak ID:
269877
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2021.
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