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Tijekom jeseni 2014. godine provedena je prva faza sustavnog terenskog pregleda gornje Podravine. Istraživanje predstavlja dio višegodišnjeg programa osmišljenog s ciljem prikupljanja širokog raspona podataka o distribuciji pokretnog arheološkog materijala u prostornom kontekstu. S obzirom da je usmjereno na relativno veliko područje, sustavnim terenskim pregledom obuhvaćeni su samo pojedini segmenti krajolika, za koje se na temelju položaja i geografskih značajki pretpostavlja da mogu omogućiti prikladnu rekonstrukciju obrasca naseljavanja kroz prošlost. Iako je istraživanje u početnoj fazi, te je za sada obuhvatilo samo područje smješteno sjeverno i južno od općine Hlebine, već prvi dobiveni rezultati omogućuju definiranje kronološki izdvojenih područja intenzivnije pojave pokretnog materijala i time razmatranje značenja utvrđene distribucije u širem krajoliku. Kako se značajni dio prikupljenog materijala može vezati uz razdoblje srednjeg vijeka, analiza njegove učestalosti i distribucije, izvedena u odnosu na poznati povijesni i geografski kontekst, predstavlja dobru osnovu za rekonstrukciju intenziteta korištenja istraženog prostora u tim razdobljima prošlosti.

Na položaju Stari Jankovci - Gatina arheološki su, uz groblje, istraženi dijelovi ranosrednjovjekovnog naselja. Dio ostataka građevina nalazi se uz groblje ili na njemu, a ostale u neposrednoj blizini. Na temelju ulomaka keramičkih posuda može se pretpostaviti da u Starim Jankovcima na položaju Gatina postoji određeni kontinuitet naselja od 8. i kroz čitavo 9. do u 10. stoljeće. Nije isključeno da se isti položaj koristio i tijekom kasnog srednjeg vijeka. Ovo je prilog istraživanju arheološkog sloja koji je u dosadašnjoj arheološkoj literaturi slabo poznat. Njime se pokazuje da nisu sva avarodobna naselja nakon propasti Avarskog Kaganata napuštena, već se na određenim pozicijama život nastavlja.

The 2009 salvage excavations at Slatina-Turbina 1 uncovered the remains of prehistoric and mediaeval settlements. The paper presents the analysis of archaeological contexts attributed to the mediaeval period. The discovered structures and features, based on the collected objects and circumstances of discovery, are interpreted as semi-sunken and/or above-ground dwelling structures, working areas and refuse pits, whose distribution points to the tentative conclusion that we are dealing with a small-scale settlement based on family organization. Based on the analysis of the modest ceramic assemblage and radiocarbon dates for several contexts, this settlement has been attributed to the early mediaeval period, although certain elements point to the continuity of occupation of this position also during the High Middle Ages. U zaštitnim iskopavanjima provedenima tijekom 2009. g. na lokalitetu Slatina-Turbina 1 istraženi su dijelovi prapovijesnog i srednjovjekovnog naselja. U radu se obrađuju arheološke cjeline koje se pripisuju srednjovjekovnom razdoblju. Donosi se raspored istraženih objekata koji se, na temelju prikupljene građe i okolnosti pronalaska, opredjeljuju kao poluukopani i/ili nadzemni stambeni objekti, radni prostori te otpadne jame, iz čega se prepoznaju naznake obiteljski strukturiranog manjeg naselja. Obrada skromne keramičke građe te radiokarbonska analiza ugljena iz pojedinih cjelina, ovo naselje opredjeljuju u rani srednji vijek dok poneki elementi ukazuju i na kontinuitet zaposjedanja ovog položaja i tijekom razvijenoga srednjeg vijeka.

Proceedings of the International conference in Zagreb, June 2-3, 2015 with papers of 30 authors, who wrote about recent research questions about mediaeval settlements.

In 2005 and 2006, at position Kaznica−Rutak near Đakovo, a compact part of an early medieval settlement was found (and also prehistoric finds), including several dwellings and around a dozen of pits and pit structures. Due to a relatively small number of published articles on similar sites from north Croatia, especially sites containing this type of dwellings, we have decided to write a detailed report of the research. This East-Slavonian site is located on a slightly elevated ledge, surrounded on one side by stream Kaznica’s canal, set in a landscape of plains and hills, displaying marsh features during rain season. Excavated dwellings are pit-houses of a rectangular layout with one or two posts that supported the roof structure, with remains of stone ovens and a potential fireplace. Particularly well preserved was house 1, a quadratic pit-house with two support posts on opposite sides and almost fully preserved furnace made of fragmented roman brick and stone in the northwest part of the structure. Portable finds mostly consist of pottery shards (cooking pots and two baking lids): most of them belong to one homogeneous group, found in each complex, and it is easily comparable to pottery fragments found at nearby sites dating to the 8th and 9th century. Vessels display relative uniformity (ovoid or barrel-shaped pots with more of less pronounced S-profile), most were made on a slow wheel and were finished by hand, significant numbers of fragments have a good quality facture ; technical characteristics indicate the beginning of a process of specialised production. Apart from several atypical, unspecified fragments from two smaller pits (suggesting the possibility of a potential later, separate early medieval horizon), analysis of moveable and non-moveable finds support the dates provided by the 14C analysis of samples collected in house 1 and pit SU 352, somewhere between late 7th and late 9th century, most likely in the 8th century.

During the archaeological excavations at the hillfort in Lobor, Majka Božja Gorska (Krapina- Zagorje County), the vestiges of a settlement have been found. The settlement's oldest layers are marked by the Litzen pottery. The layers discovered at various positions belong to the late Tumulus culture, the earlier and late Urnfield culture, the later phase of the Early Iron Age and the Late Iron Age, and the early Roman Age. Archaeological layers, structures and objects had increased in number throughout the Antiquity until the end of the 6th century. The position was resettled in the 8th century and it has been used until the present day. Already in the Late Bronze Age, the hillfort, which was protected by the very nature of its position with almost vertical cliffs on two sides, was fortified with a rampart made of well-packed clay, built on northern and northwestern less defendable sides. Following the first Bronze Age phase in which the oldest earthen rampart was defined, there was a major renovation in the early Iron Age and the rampart was raised. At that time, the whole hillfort was divided in two parts, the upper position was separated, shaped like a castle and set apart from the suburb. Within the structure of the earthen rampart made of refined and well-packed clay, layers of baked earth and kind of cases with baked earth trimmed with rubble stone have been registered. Above the earthen part, a wooden fence was erected, of which only the pillar pits have remained. In the late Antiquity, a stone wall made of rubble stone was built on top of the Late Iron Age earthen rampart that had been abandoned at that point. During the Migration Period, at the time when the Slavs captured the fortification in the late 6th century, the whole hillfort, including the wall, was destroyed in a great fire. In the 8th or 9th centuries a palisade was erected on top and on the outside of the late Antique built structure that had been heavily damaged in the previous fire. Of the palisade, too, only large pillar pits have remained. In the 8th and 9th centuries, Lobor became one of the important ecclesiastical and probably political centers of 20 4th International Conference of Mediaeval Archaeology the Duchy of Lower Pannonia. In the late 11th or the early 12th centuries at the latest, the wall was no longer in use, but it protected, with its mass, the church and houses from strong northern and northeastern winds. During the WWII, the hillfort was again turned into a military stronghold and military tranches were dug precisely on top of the wall, which considerably damaged the earlier structures.

The topic of the paper focuses on the medieval parts of the archaeological site Franjevac, excavated in 2007. Preliminary analyses of the archaeological material, as well as 14C dating, have shown that the Medieval settlement existed in continuity from the end of the Early to the Late Middle Age, e.g. from the end of the 11th to the 15th century. Reflections of various changes which the settlement underwent in the course of its existence are mirrored on the archaeological material, and presented through site analyses of movable archaeological finds.

Medieval estate Zablaće is mentioned in several historical sources, and as such has been researched by historians several times. Due to lack of information in those sources this estate was generally situated in the area western from Vinkovci, but eastern from Ivankovo. Archaeological finds from this area and medieval period were known for a longer period, but recently conducted archaeological excavations once again brought these finds in focus. Combination of historian and archaeological data allowed us to place this small medieval estate into space much more precisely than up to now, allowing archaeologist to know the name of the site in medieval period. In this paper combination of topographical, historical and archaeological data about one site shall be presented.

Book of Abstrats from the 4th International Conference on Mediaeval Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology: 74 lectures and 14 posters ; 125 participants from 16 countries: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey.

The gradina are monumental structures built mostly on prominent positions. It appears that these structures were predominantly built during Bronze and Iron Age. The gradina are prehistoric building projects which left a significant mark on the landscapes of the eastern Adriatic coast and its hinterland. This presentation will attempt to demonstrate that the interpretation of gradina sites is largely contingent upon the interpretative paradigmatic framework. The relationship between paradigmatic framework and interpretation works on several levels, from the very terminology used to describe such sites to the accounts of historical processes which were instrumental in building these structures. The main thesis of this presentation is that the designation of gradina sites as hillforts and the like stems from the textual reality of suggested interpretations. To put it in another words, the gradina are described and interpreted predominantly in relation to posited culture-historical narrative of culture change rather than some empirical reality.

During 2014 and 2015 Institute of Archaeology conducted field surveys of Našice region as a part of Strategic use of landscape project (IP-11-2013-3700) supported by Croatian Science Foundation. Field surveys revealed existence of so far mostly unknown medieval sites which can be dated to early and late Middle Ages by the remains of material culture.

Rad dopunjuje pomoću novih izvora političku biografiju Mirka Bogovića.

Nalazište Ivanec – Stari grad višeslojno je arheološko nalazište na kojem je sustavnim istraživanjima utvrđen kontinuitet od antike do XX. stoljeća. Među mnogim tragovima ljudskih aktivnosti na ovom prostoru, istraženi su i dijelovi groblja koje se u početku formiralo oko romaničke, a kasnije oko obližnje gotičke crkve, koju su izgradili vitezovi ivanovci. Istraživanjima je obuhvaćeno 326 grobova koji se mogu razdijeliti u pet horizonata datiranih od kraja XI. do XVII. stoljeća te obilježenih jasnim promjenama u pogrebnoj praksi. U tom kontekstu posebnost predstavlja pojava grobova kojima su rubovi ukopa obloženi kamenjem, a smješteni su u prva dva horizonta ukopavanja, odnosno od kraja XI. do kraja XIII. stoljeća. Oblaganje grobnih ukopa kamenjem s izrazitijom je sigurnošću utvrđeno kod 37 grobova, odnosno kod nešto više od 21 % grobova pripisanih prvom i drugom horizontu ukopavanja. Iako je slična pojava uočena na prostorno i vremenski usporedivim srednjovjekovnim nalazištima, literatura o njima najčešće daje samo šture podatke, obično spominjući tek njihovu pojavu. Kako je manjak podataka najvećim djelom uzrokovan pretežitim nedostatkom nalaza u takvim grobovima, u radu su analizirane značajke kamenom obloženih grobova te mogući elementi njihove datacije. Time se po prvi put razmatraju mogućnosti njihovog smještanja u uži prostorni i vremenski kontekst te pružaju nove mogućnosti razmatranja ove pojave i njezinoga značenja.

Preliminarni rezultati obrade priloga keramičkih lonaca na kasnoavarodobnom groblju Nuštar Dvorac.

U zborniku su objavljeni radovi sa skupa - Groblja i pogrebni običaji u srednjem i ranom novom vijeku na prostoru sjeverne Hrvatske, koji pokrivaju širok raspon tema i obrađuju ih na multidisciplinaran način.

U radu se analizira radioničko porijeklo i datacija predmeta koji potječu s dva lokaliteta iz sjeverne Hrvatske s posebno raskošnim ranosrednjovjekovnim grobnim nalazima - riječ je o Čađavici i Požeškom Brestovcu. O dosadašnjim objavama i interpretacijama predmeta iz Čađavice dan je opširniji osvrt te su svi predmeti razmotreni u kontekstu novije hrvatske i strane literature. Brestovački nalazi, s nekim izuzecima, nisu pojedinačno analizirani, budući da je u najnovije vrijeme objavljena opširna monografija o tim nalazima.

Rad opisuje odnos grkokatoličkog biskupa Ilije Hranilovića i biskupa Josipa J. Strossmayera pri čemu se jasno nazire da je biskup Hranilović u svom kratkom biskupovanju (1882.-1889.), isprva bojažljivo, a zatim sve hrabrije počeo podržavati političku te vjersku misiju i misao biskupa Strossmayera - o jedinstvu crkava i jačanju pozicija hrvatskog i ostalih slavenskih naroda unutar Austro-Ugarske monarhije kojom su tada vladale bečke i budimpeštanske elite - postao je dakle vrlo brzo jedan od “Strossmayerovih ljudi”. Također se donose prijepisi šest pisama sačuvanih u Strossmayerovoj ostavštini u arhivu HAZU biskupa Hranilovića Strossmayeru te jedno pismo Strossmayera generalu Hraniloviću, rođaku biskupa Ilije Hranilovića, u kojem Strossmayer izražava svoje saučešće prigodom rane biskupove smrti.

Avarodobno groblje iz Nuštra sadrži 196 ukopa i datira se u 8. i početak 9. stoljeća. Većina grobova sadrži brojne priloge. U većini grobova među prilozima pronađene su i životinjske kosti. Rezultati arheozoološke analize povezat će se s onima antropološke kako bi se dobila potpunija slika pogrebnih običaja ove zajednice. Arheozoološkom analizom određena je kosturna i taksonomska pripadnost. Najzastupljeniji su koštani ostaci goveda, a u vrlo maloj mjeri su prisutni ostaci malih preživača, ptica i psa. Antropološka analiza kojom su određeni spol i dob pokojnika pokazala je da su na ovom groblju pokapani svi članovi društva. Interpretacija ovakvih nalaza otežana je činjenicom da su pogrebni običaji kompleksni. Tako se životinjske kosti u grobovima mogu objasniti na nekoliko načina: kao prilog u hrani, ostatak pogrebne gozbe ili žrtvovanja odnosno predmet simboličke vrijednosti.