Review article

https://doi.org/10.33254/aia.20.1.12

Luguše and Eraci – two early medieval cemeteries on the edge of Danilsko Polje

Siniša Krznar orcid.org/0000-0001-6709-4193 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Krnčević orcid.org/0000-0001-5358-5944 ; Šibenik City Museum, Šibenik, Croatia
Kristina Turkalj ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This paper examines two early medieval cemeteries situated on the northern slopes of Danilsko Polje (Danilo Plain). The cemetery at Luguše was accidentally discovered during the construction of a water supply system, when four graves were destroyed. No archaeological excavation was conducted at this site, but a geomagnetic survey of the surrounding area was undertaken in 2022. The cemetery at Eraci, excavated in 1971, has not yet been published in detail. Both are small, short-period cemeteries, likely associated with individual hamlets. Analysis of the burial customs, grave chamber architecture, and particularly the jewellery finds, suggests a 10th-century date for the cemetery at Eraci. This dating is supported by 14C analysis of a human skull sample recovered during a 2022 revisionary investigation.

Keywords

Danilo; Luguše; Eraci; Early Middle Ages; cemetery; burial customs; jewellery

Hrčak ID:

325689

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/325689

Publication date:

30.12.2024.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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