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https://doi.org/10.1515/botcro-2017-0004

Archaeobotanical components of grave goods in prehistoric tumuli 6 and 7 at the archaeological site of Kaptol-Gradci, near Požega (Croatia)

Renata Šoštarić ; Division of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Potrebica orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-4254 ; Archaeology department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, I. Lučića 8, 10 000 Zagreb
Jelena Hršak ; Archaeology department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, I. Lučića 8, 10 000 Zagreb
Sara Essert orcid.org/0000-0002-2443-0166 ; Division of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

The Iron Age site of Kaptol-Gradci belongs to the south-eastern periphery of the Hallstatt cultural complex, dominated primarily by the Kaptol cultural group, and encompasses a hillfort settlement and necropolis. During the investigation campaigns organized to date, 25 tumuli have been identified and 17 of them investigated. This paper presents the first results of the analysis of plant remains from a Hallstatt necropolis in Croatia, from tumuli 6 and 7, identified as an integral part of the complex burial ritual. In both tumuli, the predominant finds were of cereal grains (83% in tumulus 6 and 96.9% in tumulus 7). Besides the cereal grains, a very small quantity of weeds representing accidental associations have also been identified, as well as remains of wild fruits collected in the countryside. On the basis of the first results obtained from the archaeological site of Kaptol-Gradci and the scarce archaeobotanical research into Hallstatt necropolises in Europe, the conclusion can be drawn that a potential pattern can be observed, an element of a complex burial ritual in which cereal grains (overwhelmingly dominant in terms of their relative proportions) played an important role, together with various fruit deposits, whose type and quantity probably depended on the season, their availability in the environment and/or the possibility of their storage/preservation.

Ključne riječi

burial rites; carbonized plant remains; Croatia; Hallstatt; Kaptol-Gradci; necropolis

Hrčak ID:

187257

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/187257

Datum izdavanja:

1.10.2017.

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