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V članku so predstavljeni rezultati interdisciplinarnih raziskav naselbine v Stopercah, ki je bila raziskana leta 2009 ob gradnji vzporednega plinovoda v Halozah. V pozni neolitik je opredeljena jama (SE 128) s keramičnim inventarjem savske skupine lengyelske kulture, večina mlajših ostalin pa pripada naselju lasinjske kulture iz zgodnje bakrene dobe. Naselje je obsegalo v raziskanem delu vsaj štiri hiše, grajene s stojkami, zemljanko z ognjiščem in šest manjših lesenih objektov. Analiza najdb in rezultati datiranja z metodo radioaktivnega ogljika 14C po postopku AMS kažejo, da je poznoneolitska jama iz sredine 5. tisočletja pr. n. št., naselje lasinjske kulture pa iz konca 5. ali začetka 4. tisočletja pr. n. št. Arheobotanične analize kažejo, da so v zgodnji bakreni dobi za gradnjo uporabljali pretežno les venčasto poroznih listavcev, analize semen pa na gojenje vsaj dveh vrst pšenic (Triticum monococcum in T. dicoccum). Maloštevilni živalski ostanki pripadajo prašiču (Sus sp.).

Preko Grgarske kotline in Čepovanskega dola poteka naravni prehod iz nižine Vipavske doline v dolino reke Idrijce in v zgornjo Soško dolino ter proti zahodu na Banjško planoto. V železni dobi je pomembno vlogo ob tej komunikaciji imelo gradišče nad Grgarjem, na vrhu osamelca Grašišče. Strateška lega naselja je omogočala nadzor nad potmi, okoliška rodovitna ravnica je ponujala ekonomsko zaledje. Med zaščitnimi arheološkimi raziskavami leta 2005 je bilo na severnem pobočju Grašišča odkrito obzidje s podpornima zidovoma, na položnejšem severovzhodnem pobočju pa utrjena podporna terasa. Naselje sodi v čas bronaste in železne dobe, občasna poselitev sega tudi v rimsko obdobje. Poselitev dokazujejo tudi najdbe, odkrite leta 1977 ob gradbenih posegih na jugovzhodnem pobočju Grašišča in 1978, 2001 in 2005 na površini osrednjega dela gradišča.

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U radu se navode i analiziraju obilježja povijesno-prostornog razvoja Gline od njezina osnutka tridesetih godina 18. stoljeća izgradnjom bastionske utvrde na ušću rijeke Maje u Glinu, do sredine 19. stoljeća, kada je formirana osnovna urbana struktura mjesta sa svim svojim vrijednostima na kojima počiva kulturnopovijesni i prostorni identitet današnjega grada. Razvoj Gline prati se na temelju poznatih i nekoliko dosad neobjavljenih kartografskih izvora.

Archaeological research at the site of Osijek – Ciglana and Zeleno polje revealed remains of a Bronze and Iron Age settlement. The earliest settlement was established during the Middle Bronze Age and was continually settled till the early phase of the Late Bronze Age. After a long hiatus, the site was settled again in the late phase of the Early Iron Age and in the Late La Tène period. Excavation of a larger area enabled researchers to track changes in the structure and organization of the settlement, while the conducted archaeozoological and archaeobotanical analyses testified to the economy of a population settled in the same area over a longer period of time. In the Bronze Age settlement, the most significant changes are noticeable at the turn of the early to the late phase of the Middle Bronze Age, which corresponds to the disappearance of encrusted pottery of the Middle Bronze Age and somewhat more common appearance of material assigned to the Tumulus culture. The results of archaeozoological and archaeobotanical analyses show that, regardless of the changes of archaeological cultures and periods, the economy of the population settled in the same area did not significantly alter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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V članku so celovito predstavljeni sledovi poselitve iz zgodnje bakrene dobe, odkriti v letih 1988 in 1989 ob gra- dnji orglarske delavnice v Spodnjih Hočah. Raziskave so med drugim razkrile pet naselbinskih jam, jame za stojke ter lončenino in kamnita orodja iz tega časa. Keramično gradivo kaže tehnološke, oblikovne in ornamentalne značilnosti lasinjske kulture in ne odstopa od gradiva, ki ga poznamo iz sočasnih bližnjih naselij v Podravju in Dravinjskih goricah. Povezave se kažejo predvsem s sočasnimi naselji na Dolenjskem, Gorenjskem in Štajerskem, v nekoliko manjši meri z naselji v Prekmurju in na zahodnem Madžarskem.

The paper presents the results of archaeological research conducted in 2010 at the site of Crkvišće – Bukovlje. The archaeological excavations revealed a very small part of the prehistoric settlement; however, the analysis of stratigraphy and archaeological artefacts, but also the typological and chronological analysis of pottery, have led to conclusions about the time period of the settlement and details about the organization of the settlement, the structure of the ramparts, and the probable positions of structures in the settlement. The analysis of the pottery style has established that the site was settled in the younger phase of the Urnfield culture, which coincides with the results of the exploration of similar hillfort sites along the rivers of the Pokuplje region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The site of AN 2 Beli Manastir – Popova Zemlja was excavated in 2014 and 2015 on the route of the future section of the A5 motorway from Osijek to Beli Manastir. Two horizons were identified, one from antiquity and the other from prehistory. The horizon of antiquity, dated to the 3rd century, is associated with two kilns for producing bricks, a child’s grave, and buried pits with finds. The prehistoric horizon contains numerous buried pits and ditches, particularly large-size pit structures, as well as graves with the dead in a curled position and a ditch regulating the water flow, which dominates the space because of its size and spread. On the basis of analogue examples of fragments of pottery and ornaments and the results of the analysis of skeleton remains by the 14C method, prehistoric life at the site went on through the Neolithic and Eneolithic cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The construction of the south lane of the southern bypass of the city of Osijek in 2013 prompted the rescue archaeological excavations of the site of Hermanov Vinograd (Herman’s vineyard), since the route ran across its northwest edge. The excavations, covering the largest area of the site yet (2.670 m²), found numerous archaeological structures of burials and layers pointing to architectural complexes of residential and defensive character. The examination of the stratigraphy identified four construction phases of the site, which were dated after the results of the radiocarbon analysis of the age of bone remains from grave 2. Numerous mobile archaeological materials in the form of potsherds, house daub, pottery, bone and stone objects, also indicate a site with the character of a settlement of the Sopot cultural sphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The archaeological excavations undertaken on the site of Srednje polje - Vašarište in Sotin in 2018 explored three trenches with a total surface area of 392.5 m2. Trenches 25, 26, and 27 included the area of a Dalj group cemetery from the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. The explored graves can be dated to phases II and III according to C. Metzner Nebelsick, i.e. to Ha B3 and Ha C1-C2. Roman remains were found in a part of a ditch that probably ran next to a road going along the Danube from Sotin towards Ilok. The discovered early medieval working area with a furnace shows that the settlement also grew towards the south-eastern part of Vašarište. The position of the explored trenches in Vašarište (2008, 2011-2018), considering the exploration area exceeding 5.300 m2, makes it possible to examine the stratigraphic layers from the Copper Age to the modern period. The finds from the site of Srednje polje - Vašarište are parts of a Copper Age settlement and pits from the Late Bronze Age. There are numerous Roman structures: the excavations uncovered pits from the 2nd century, remains of a Roman road, and a part of a cremation cemetery that stretched along the road. The same site was inhabited in the Early Middle Ages, when the infrastructure of the settlement on Vašarište included the foundations of regular rectangular structures, probably working areas, next to furnaces. There are fewer structures from the Late Middle Ages, but there are numerous modern ditches, which often damaged older complexes. Still, what makes the site on Vašarište stand out is the discovery of a large number of Dalj group cremation graves from the end of the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Early Iron Age places Sotin among the largest explored sites from that period in the middle Danube area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The additional rescue archaeological excavations of the AN 5 Petrijevci - Karaševo 1 site, on the route of D34 state road bypassing Petrijevci, uncovered the remains of archaeological structures located on the northern slopes of a gentle elevation next to a place where a small stream used to run. The central part of the excavated area contained post-holes and narrow ditches, but also fragments of La Tène and medieval pottery, indicating that the excavations comprised the northern edge of the prehistoric and medieval settlement standing to the south of today's Petrijevci and the route of the future bypass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The archaeological excavations on the Dedanovice site near Hlebine in 2018 explored two furnaces used for one of the demanding procedures of the processing of iron ore and/or intermediate goods and the remains of a contemporary settlement. The position of one larger and three smaller trenches, with the total area of 1010.03 m2, was carefully selected on the basis of the results of geophysical research undertaken on a larger area. Both furnaces had a rectangular fire bed behind a small pit, which was the approach to the interior of the fire bed. The furnaces were probably active in the same period; their fire beds were placed next to each other, but back-to-back, with outward-looking pits. The circumstances of the find indicate that the air supply pipes of the fire bed were installed on the north side of the walls of both furnaces. Along with the furnaces, the excavation included parts of the settlement, which can be divided into three different periods based on the characteristics of the pottery materials from the structures. Two objects date from the late antiquity; one contains ceramic fragments from the Late Middle Ages, while other objects can be dated to the period when the two excavated furnaces were active. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Late Bronze Age settlement on the site of Babine Grede in Dolina stands on two greda (elevated positions) stretching along the River Sava in the east-west direction. The settlement is known from before on the basis of numerous collected surface finds of pottery fragments, and it was confirmed by a geomagnetic survey in 2014. Trench 1, in the eastern part of the western elevation, was excavated in 2015 and 2016. Archaeological research undertaken on the site of Babine Grede - Tukovi in 2018 was intended to determine the exact dating of the settlement standing on the eastern elevation. The discovered bronze and ceramic objects show that the settlement on the position of the eastern elevation was partly contemporaneous with the part of the settlement included in the excavations of trench 1 in the western part of the elevation, during Ha A2, that is, in the first half of the 11th century BC. Trench 2 contained even younger settlement horizons than the ones identified in trench 1. The results of the research from 2018 have changed the assumptions about the horizontal settlement stratigraphy in Dolina, that is, about how the Late Bronze Age settlement spread from east to west, where the settlement is the closest to the cemetery under the tumuli at the position of Glavičice. The research has proven that the settlement spread towards the east, too, on the higher places which were not directly exposed to sudden changes in the water level of the Sava. In future years, research will focus on locating the flat cemetery and considering the horizontal stratigraphy of the Late Bronze Age settlement on the site of Babine Grede. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The additional rescue archaeological excavations of the AN 3 Petrijevci - Španice site, on the route of the D34 state road bypassing Petrijevci, uncovered a prehistoric settlement standing on a gentle elevation near the former course of the River Karašica. The western part of the site contained pits and post-holes with Urnfield culture ceramic fragments; in fact, the excavations comprised the south-western edge of the settlement. Numerous ditches were recorded along the entire length of the excavated area, probably reflecting the land divisions of the time, and a part was dug for the railway in the early 20th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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As part of the project Archaeological Heritage of Baranya, an excavation of the Batina - Sredno site has been carried out. Previously conducted research has provided valuable data on the life of a prosperous community from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age, and has brought new insights into the life of inhabitants of the Ad Militare fort located on the Danube limes. The aim of the research, undertaken in the northeastern part of the Sredno site, was to compare the results of geomagnetic research conducted in 2016 with the actual situation of the site. The results of geomagnetic research have accurately located all the objects found in the investigated trenches, though in some cases the interpretation differed from those actually found, indicating that it is not possible to interpret the results of non-destructive research methods without taking archaeological excavations. In addition to the discovery of eight Roman cremation and inhumation burials from the time of Severi, the discovery of a large prehistoric object is particularly important, which is also recognized during the geomagnetic survey, whose future excavation will show if it is a remain of an older or younger prehistoric settlement in relation to the cemetery of the Dalj group. Burials of fallen soldiers from the time of the Battle of Batina in World War II were also found which also show that the strategic importance of Batina was recognized in later times and that it remains until present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb continued systematic archaeological excavations at Galovo site near Slavonski Brod in July 2017. The area of 55 m2 on the southwestern edge of the previously excavated part of the settlement was explored. This area mostly coincides with the surface surveyed by geophysical methods in 2016 (Botić 2017a: 144, Fig. 3). Two larger pit features (Figs. 1-3) were partially investigated and a large number of wooden posts of different dimensions were defined. Those two larger features are considerably shallowly dug in than the rest of the pit features from this site indicating younger phase of the settlement. This phase, defined for the first time during this year’s excavation, can be determined as the youngest according to ceramic finds which partly, instead of chaff tempering, exhibit sand tempering or tempering with admixtures of stone and chipped stone debris (Fig. 6). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the research project of the Croatian Science Foundation Iron Age female identities in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin (FEMINE / IP-06-2016-1749), the Institute of Archaeology during the November 2017 carried out a trial archaeological excavation of Sotin - Zmajevac site (Fig. 1). Investigations were conducted to reveal the position of the cemetery from the Late Iron Age (La Tene culture), since three cremation burials were found at the beginning of the 20th century at Zmajevac which were dated to the Late La Tene (LT D1), respectively at the beginning of the 1st c. BC (Majnarić-Pandžić 1970; 1972/1973; Božič 1981; Guštin 1984; Ilkić 1999). Finds of weaponry belong to male burials, while female burials contained characteristic costume and jewellery items (Fig. 2). In burials ceramic and bronze vessels were also revealed indicating the existence of supra-regional distribution networks (Majnarić-Pandžić 1996; Dizdar, Radman-Livaja 2004; 2015). The mentioned burials from Sotin, although discovered more than a hundred years ago, are still the only known Late La Tene female burials in the eastern part of Croatia until today (Majnarić-Pandžić 1972/1973; Božič 1981: Guštin 1984). In the view of exceptional finds from Zmajevac, the existence of Late La Tene site was confirmed by results of field surveys and in the rescue excavation carried out in 2015 (Ložnjak Dizdar et al. 2016). The aim of the research was the discovery of female burials with characteristic finds that would testify about the different aspects of female social identities during the Late La Tene (i.e. Todorović 1972). During the research, traces of the Late La Tene (Figs. 3-5) and Late Medieval settlements (Figs. 6-8) were discovered, spreading along the edge of the loess plateau above the Danube. A large number of ceramic spindle whorls point to textile production at the site and testify to the different aspects of female social identities and everyday activities that female members of population performed in households during the Late Iron Age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the archaeological excavations carried out at the site of Velike Hlebine near the present-day settlement of Hlebine in Podravina (Croatian Drava River Basin; Koprivnica-Križevci County), for 15 working days in the period from September 25 to October 11 in 2017, two trenches were opened with a total surface area of 884.81 m2 (Fig. 1). The trenches were carefully selected and precisely placed according to the results of geophysical investigation carried out over an area of one hectare, with the aim of acquiring data about the recognition and appearance of parts of smelting workshops and corresponding elements, as well as the appearance of settlement structures from various archaeological periods. In the excavated worksite complex for smelting iron ore, large and small pits with baked bottoms were found (Figs. 2-3), filled with smelting waste (Fig. 5), whose primary function may be related to the preparation or processing of raw materials and resources necessary for performing this activity. On the basis of the circumstances of discovery, in which it was recognized that individual elements of the workshop were covered by alluvium containing pottery fragments from the early Middle Ages, it was concluded that the workshop functioned in the period between the late Roman period and the early Middle Ages, as was confirmed by radiocarbon dates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of this article is on two typical inner urban and peripheral neighbourhoods in the city of Belgrade, e.g. Stari grad and Kaluđerica, which are comparatively analysed in terms of their resident's appreciation of the neighbourhood's social and physical environment and development of bond and sentiment towards these neighbourhoods. By employment of a questionnaire survey analyses, the aim of the paper is to investigate individual (or group) of factors which mostly influence the components of neighbourhood attachment in the presented case study areas of a city undergoing a post-socialist transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents results of the excavations conducted from 2010 to 2011, and in 2013, in Pokrovnik near Drniš, the Neolithic site with phases of the Impressed Ware and Danilo cultures. The site had already been excavated by two other researchers: Z. Brusić in 1979 and A. M. T. Moore in 2006. In addition to presentation of stratigraphic relations and general culturological image, special attention is paid to recovery of massive stone structures whose existence was not only attested in the archaeological excavations but it was also confirmed by geophysical surveys in the entire area of the site. Massiveness and number of these structures indicate to presence of a complex enclosure system of the settlement with identical stone structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Archaeological researches were conducted at site Sotin and Vinkovački Banovci during May and June 2016 within project Late Bronze Age mortuary practices and society in the southern Carpathian Basin, funded by Croatian Science Foundation (IRP-11-2013-5327). In Sotin research were carried out at position Fancage, during which parts of settlement of Belegiš I and II culture, part of Middle La Tène period settlement, grave bustum type from Roman Period and parts of Middle Ages settlement were discovered. Parts of Sopot culture settlements and parts of the periphery of Belegiš II settlements were discovered in Vinkovački Banovci. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb continued systematic archaeological excavations at Galovo site in July 2016. This year, the research of the section west and south of the working pit SU 3316/3317 explored in 2015 continued. West from this working pit a trench SU 3496/3497 of northwest-southeast orientation was excavated 18 m in length which represents the southern end of the large wooden fence SU 20 excavated in 1997 situated south of the large burial pit 9. Various large and small postholes were discovered in the trench with very large postholes situated every 2 m. This fence had an entrance 2 m wide in the part west of the large pit SU 3316/3317. Fragments of daub were found suggesting the firmer construction of the upper part of the fence. This fence was possibly built around the central part of the settlement. The southern end of the trench continues to the unexplored area of the site. Specific features of early Neolithic Galovo site are, among others, numerous fences explored previously which separated burial area from the settlement. This year's discovery of a part of the large fence around the central part of the settlement confirms a new dimension of the organization of early Neolithic life in the early stages of the development of Starčevo culture and completes the image of the settlements and life of the first European farmers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In July 2016 the Institute of Archaeology conducted a research on the positions Grubišno Polje - Šuma Obrovi 2 and 3. The research was focused on the position GPŠO-2 where the traces of sacral building and the cemetery were discovered. At the nearby position GPŠO 3 only smaller trial trench was opened within which the archaeological finds of settlement character from the 14th century were found. On the GPŠO 2, position of the primary interest of this year research, four trenches were excavated with total area of about 100 m2 (trenches 3-6). In the trenches 3 and 5 we have tried to define a disposition of a sacral building for which we have assumed to find, more precisely - its apse section, due to the semi-circular depressions in the field configuration. The excavation has resulted with partially defined layout of the sanctuary and the northern sacristy (?) but the western part of the building layout was not defined. In the trenches 3 and 4, 67 graves were also found. There were very few finds in the graves (mostly metal parts of clothing) and the bones of deceased were extremely badly preserved. On the basis of the mutual relations of the graves three horizons of burial can be established, all dating to the period from 12th till 16th century. Above the graves (or some of the graves) in the trench 3 a phase of strata of a secular character was also observed. In that layer numerous post-holes and pits with scarce finds (pottery sherds, dislocated human bones) or none finds in their backfills have been discovered. Before detailed analysis of all findings and stratigraphic relations question of a settlement layer remains open. Namely, there are possibilities that this layer presents an intermediate stage or that it originates from the time after the cemetery has been abandoned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During August 2016, the Institute of Archaeology carried out the most probably last season of research at the position Torčec-Cirkvišče. This research was carried out on the same cadastral plot 5284/6 c.m. Đelekovec, but in its western part, along the road that leads from Torčec to Đelekovec. Four trenches were excavated, and the total explored area was 190 m2. In addition to the 69 graves that are mainly dated to early modern period, part of the ditch which separated the profane and the sacred space and part of the medieval village located west of the cemetery have been investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the autumn of 2016 continued archaeological research of trench 1 on multilayer Late Bronze Age settlement Babine Grede in Dolina. Three horizons of the settlement were discovered in excavation 2015, while in the research undertaken in 2016 nine horizons of settlement was recognized. Archaeological excavations documented the collapse over the house, complete floor plan of a house destroyed by fire, numerous burials for posts, fireplaces and pits and semiundergrounded pit. Archaeological finds have been found in greater quantities - pottery, house daub of the house construction, then stone objects, animal bones and a few bronze items. According to the collected findings, explored part of settlement can be dated to the 11th century BC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In cooperation of Institute of Archeology and Archaeological Museum in Zagreb archaeological excavation at the Kurilovec - Belinščica site was conducted during September and October of 2016. The main goal of the research was verification of the results obtained by previously conducted non-destructive prospections through targeted excavation of a small segment of surface which was geophysically measured and on which terrestrial topographic survey was conducted. The obtained results represent a confirmation of the assumption that several meters from the remains of the Bronze Age settlement the old stream bed is located. Archaeological material found in sediments that filled it corresponds to the period when settlement functioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Along with the remains of a La Tene settlement and a settlement dating back to the High Middle Ages, a structure with different characteristics was examined as part of rescue archaeological excavations carried out during 2014 at the Virje - Sušine site (Fig. 1). The paper presents the form of the examined archaeological feature, marked as stratigraphic unit SU 436/437 (Fig. 2), as well as the analysis of small finds from the backfill. The structure, with its area of ca 12 m2, was filled with dark grey sandy soil, which contained numerous pottery fragments, some millstone fragments and several iron pieces, one of which was identified as being a small iron knife (T. 4: 26). The findings of some slag and daub are interpreted to be secondary findings within the structure which probably arrived there by accident through the mixing of layers since the structure was close to the location where the smelting of iron ore was carried out in earlier periods. Many pieces of coal were collected from the backfill of the structure, whose analysis showed that oak tree and ash tree prevail within the structure. The most data on the basis of which it is possible to reach a more precise conclusion on the time when this structure existed is provided by the fragments of medieval pottery, out of which at least 25 different pots (T. 1-3, 4: 25) and at least three bakers (Fig. 4; T. 3: 23, 24) were identified. All the pots have a simple profilation of the rim, which can to a lesser or higher degree face outwards and be rounded (T. 1: 9; T. 2: 13, 14, T. 3: 17), then sharply cut off (a shape which is most common in this structure) and finally have a more developed shape with emphasized outer side of the lip (T. 1: 2, 3). Most pots are of extremely coarse texture, while some pot base fragments have a visible circular depression on the lower surface used for standing, as well as subsequently smoothed out inner walls (T. 1: 6; T. 2: 11, 12, 14, 15, 16; T. 3: 18, 19), all of which points to the fact that most of the pots were made on a slow potter's wheel. The most common pot decoration motif from this stratigraphic unit is a series of combed wavelines or single combed wavelines, whether located on the rim (T. 2: 15), the shoulder (T. 1: 1, 8; T. 2: 10, 13, 15, 16; T. 3: 18, 19) or the belly of the pot (T. 3: 20, 21). Only a couple of pots that stand out due to their finer texture from the usual pottery repertoire found in this structure are also marked with some other distinctive elements, such as a one-fold waveline (T. 1: 4) or one-fold horizontal lines (T. 2: 12), but also a more developed rim (T. 1: 2, 3) or a ring-shaped bottom (T. 1: 1), which points to the fact that those items were made by quicker spinning. The intensive archaeological investigations carried out on several sites in the vicinity of the village of Torčec, which is situated 20 kilometres from this site in the D rava basin valley, provided the basis and analogies for defining the details of pottery from this structure. Parallels show that the pottery which was examined here is mostly connected with the Torčec II phase which dates back to a period from the middle of the 7th century to mid-8th century and in part to the Torčec IIIa phase, dating back to the period from the second half of the 8th century to the beginning of the 9th century. Such a datation, obtained on the basis of comparisons with similar material from close early medieval sites, was also confirmed by a radiocarbon analysis which puts this structure into the frame of the 8th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The additional rescue archaeological excavations of the AN 6 Petrijevci - Karaševo 2 site, on the route of D34 state road bypassing Petrijevci, uncovered the remains of archaeological structures located on two gentle elevations next to a place where a small stream used to run. Post-holes and pits were found in the eastern part of the site; the humus layer contained fragments of medieval pottery, indicating that the excavations comprised the southern edge of the settlement standing in the eastern part of today's Petrijevci. The excavations in the western part of the site uncovered few ceramic fragments of prehistoric pottery, which probably belong to the settlement that stood to the south of the route of the future Petrijevci bypass road. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of rescue archaeological excavations conducted at Kurilovec-Belinščica in 2006. The site is located in the Turopolje region, in the lowland area along the Sava River near Zagreb. The excavations covered an area of 2500 m2, and revealed a part of a Bronze Age settlement. An analysis of the site and finds was conducted according to the relative and absolute chronological framework. The statistical, typological and chronological analyses of pottery were done, and a special typological classification of pottery vessels was established. After examining the characteristics of the finds and the site, and based on the results of radiocarbon analysis, several time cycles in the development of the settlement were recognized. The position was settled from the Middle Bronze Age (Br B2/Br C - Br D), and the site also yielded a spatially segregated phase dated to the Ha A phase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A segment of a Late Bronze Age settlement was researched at Podgajac-Glogovica site during 2009-2010 as part of a rescue excavation project on the Slobodnica - Donji Miholjac pipeline. Features dating from various periods beside the Late Bronze Age were recorded at the site, namely the Eneolithic, Late Iron Age and Late Middle Ages. Finds and features dating from the Late Bronze Age are elaborated in this paper. The settlement features include: two ditches, a surface structure and several refuse pits. The finds that were discovered during the excavations are common for this type of site (fragments of pottery vessels, metal objects). In addition to the more common finds, a large collection of casting moulds for bronze objects was discovered at the site. The late Bronze Age phase of the site can be dated to the earlier phase of The Late Bronze Age (Br D-Ha A) based on typo–chronological characteristics of recovered finds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U jesen 2015. godine započela su istraživanja kasnobrončanodobnoga naselja na položaju Babine grede u Dolini. U sondi 1 dokumentirana su tri horizonta naseljavanja s ostacima podnica kuća uz čije se rubove nalaze ukopi rupa za stupove. Između podnica kuća pronađene su jame, dok su posebno brojna ognjišta koja često imaju supstrukciju od keramičkih ulomaka. U istraživanjima je otkrivena brojna pokretna građa, pri čemu su najbrojniji ulomci keramičkih posuda i kućnoga lijepa, zatim slijede nalazi kostiju, žrvnjeva, kamenih alata, brončanih predmeta (dlijeto, igla) te ostaci brončane zgure. Prema preliminarnim rezultatima i pokretnoj građi, naselje se datira u Ha A2 i Ha B1 stupanj, odnosno u 11. i 10. st. pr. Kr. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Institut za arheologiju iz Zagreba proveo je tijekom listopada 2015. g. arheološka istraživanja neolitičkog naselja sopotske kulture na lokalitetu Ražište u Podgoraču. Istraživanje je nastavljeno na južnom dijelu parcele i nadovezalo se na prostor istražen 2013. g. Na istraženoj površini od 50 m2 djelomično je istražena velika zemunica, gotovo cijela veća i dublja jama, dvije manje jame, nekoliko stupova i velik broj stupića i kolčića unutar jama. Pokretni nalazi pripadaju tipu Ražište sopotske kulture, ali je ustanovljeno da se u dvjema jamama nalazi materijal koji u potpunosti ne sadržava sve elemente ovog tipa. Radiokarbonski datumi pokazali su da se radi o starijim jamama te možemo pokretnu građu s ovog lokaliteta smjestiti u dva horizonta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U ožujku 2015. provedena su zaštitna istraživanja nalazišta AN 2 Donji Miholjac - Vrancari na trasi obilaznice grada Donjega Miholjca koje je smješteno jugozapadno od središta grada. Istraživanjima je potvrđeno postojanje naselja iz razdoblja neolitika koje je uočeno prilikom prethodno provedenoga terenskog pregleda. Vrlo su zanimljivi istraženi infrastrukturni objekti koji se mogu pripisati karakterističnom tipu tzv. duge kuće. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Institut za arheologiju iz Zagreba proveo je tijekom kolovoza 2015. nastavak sustavnih arheoloških istraživanja, koje obavlja od 1997. na zemljištu Galovo u sjeveroistočnom dijelu Slavonskog Broda. Ovogodišnjim radovima nastavljeno je istraživanje južnog dijela obredno ukopnog prostora istraženog 2014. s njegove istočne strane. Na udaljenosti od desetak metara od grobne jame prema istoku otkrivena je velika radna zemunica SJ 3316/3317. U njezinom sjevernom dijelu nađene su dvije lončarske peći veća i manja. U južnom dijelu zemunice nađena je kalotasta peć za dobivanje pepela i nedaleko od nje ukopani jarak s ostacima drvenih greda i glinenih utega od tkalačkog stana. Među keramikom nađeni su brojni ulomci lonaca, zdjela i zdjela na nozi, grube i fine fakture. Od posebnih nalaza nađeni su dijelovi žrtvenog stolića, ugaoni dio dva žrtvenika s nogom, tri noge različitih žrtvenika (jedna noga je zoomorfna), glinena perlica, dva dijela ruke od figure, protoma sa žrtvenika (glava divlje svinje), dio diska s rupom i nekoliko dijelova utega za tkalački stan. Od kamenih izrađevina nađene su raznovrsni alati, sječiva, strelice, krhotine, komadi brusnog kamenja, jezgre, dijelovi žrvnjeva, drobilica i nekoliko kamenih sjekira. U radnoj zemunici nađena je na nekoliko mjesta manja količina životinjskih kosti. Arheološka građa pripada stupnju Linear A starčevačke kulture. Otkriće radne zemunice s jugoistočne strane obredno - ukopnog prostora možda ukazuje na njegovu granicu prema naselju na ovoj jugoistočnoj strani ukopnog prostora. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]