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Archaeological Test Excavations of the Pod Gucak/Pod Panje Site in Torčec near Koprivnica
Tajana Sekelj Ivančan
orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-8434
; Institut za arheologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The Pod Panje and Pod Gucak archaeological sites are situated south of the centre of the Torčec site in the Drnje Municipality (Koprivnica-Križevci County). They are separated by the dried-out bed of a meander where Vratnec Stream once flowed (Fig. 1). The sites were visited several times in the last few years and surface finds were collected. After a review of these finds, reconnaissance was conducted in November 2002, when dark patches on the earth after the autumn ploughing were observed. For the purpose of verifying material remains at these sites, archaeological test excavations were conducted at the sites in the summer of 2007. On the western side of the Pod Panje plough-field, several narrow trial trenches were opened in an east-west direction. The result was negative, either because the site has been devastated (lowering of the terrain by an excavator) or because it is poorly preserved. The trial trenches on the northern side of the meander at the site known as Pod Gucak indicated preserved archaeological finds beneath the earth. After a narrow trial trench in a north–south direction confirmed the existence of cultural layers, the excavation was extended north and north-east of the trial trench, reaching the size of approximately 8 m in width and 35 m in length. This generated a total explored surface of 289 m2. The explorations showed one prehistoric and five medieval oval features , all dug into a sandy sterile layer. Additionally, one larger oval feature was found which turned out to be the remains of a medieval oven shaped like the number 8 (Fig. 2). The explored oven consisted of two parts – the furnace with a daub cupola and a working area in front of oven. The lack of archaeological finds in the backfills which belong to the period of the oven’s use leads to the conclusion that the furnace from Torčec was a bread oven (Fig. 3). Other movable finds mainly consist of clay vessel fragments with coarse texture and mildly curved or split edges, decorated with single or multiple wavy patterns and horizontal lines on the shoulder and body of the vessel, spherical clay items – ceramic spheres, ceramic mould and cornice and, among the metal items – an iron chisel, iron razor and a bronze buckle.
These materials lead to the conclusion, by analogy, that the population occupied this site during High Middle Ages, while the prehistoric finds were brought from nearby locations by flooding of Vratnec Stream.
Ključne riječi
Torčec–Pod Gucak/Pod Panje; archaeological test excavation; remains of a furnace and front area of oven; High Middle Ages
Hrčak ID:
34049
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Datum izdavanja:
19.3.2009.
Posjeta: 2.507 *