Sondažna izkopavanja na Gradcu pri Blečjem Vrhu so razkrila, da je bila vzpetina poseljena v več prazgodovinskih obdobjih. Najstarejše najdbe so ali s konca mlajše kamene dobe ali iz bakrene dobe, ko ...je bilo naselje verjetno prvič utrjeno s kamnitim obzidjem. V času horizonta certoških fibul je na ruševinah prvega obzidja zraslo novo obzidje. Debele plasti z železovo žlindro pričajo, da je bil Gradec v tem času pomembno železarsko središče. Nato življenje na Gradcu za nekaj časa zamre. Ponovno je bil obljuden v starejšem delu poznega latena (stopnja Mokronog IIIa). Tudi takrat je bil gospodarski temelj predelava železove rude. Številni odlomki finega posodja in amfora za vino govorijo za relativno blagostanje poznolatenskih prebivalcev Gradca.
Prispevek poskuša rekonstruirati borilno tehniko boksanja z ročkami, upodobljenega v situlski umetnosti. Primerjalna analiza zgodovinskega razvoja boksa v evropskem prostoru kaže, da se ta ...halštatskodobna veščina po vsej verjetnosti ni veliko razlikovala od podobnih borilnih športov, ki so jih poznali stari Grki, pa tudi ne od poznejšega angleškega boksa z golimi pestmi. Od njih in slednjega se je bistveno ločila le po uporabi ročk, ki so bile očitno namenjene obtežitvi pesti. V nasprotju z nekaterimi drugimi raziskovalci, ki so obravnavali to tematiko, zato ocenjujemo, da je šlo za tehnično dodelano borilno veščino, katere cilj je bil fizično premagati oziroma onesposobiti nasprotnika, ne pa za spretnostno igro izbijanja ročk.
The spatial organization of the village of Trsci, Croatia, and the neighboring villages, particularly Zemunik, is analyzed in the article. Particular attention is paid to the extent of the territory, ...and the location of settlements and roads, leading to the conclusion that the village was formed from a former estate from Late Antiquty. Publication Abstract
The Early Croatian cemetery of Strance-Gorica is located in the Vinodol basin in the hinterland of Crikvenica, Croatia. A total of 186 graves were discovered and excavated in the course of many years ...of systematic archaeological excavations. Two chronologically and culturally distinct horizons of graves were recognized and distinguished at the cemetery: graves in rows with a pagan burial ritual and graves in rows with a Christian burial ritual. The most numerous finds were objects of everyday use, followed by individual examples of weapons and rider equipment, and bone containers. Particularly valuable finds include cult pottery, and among jewelry examples of aesthetically prestigious necklaces. The pagan burial ritual is clearly exhibited through several noted ritual elements, and this is especially reflected in the placement of pottery vessels in the graves containing victuals for the deceased in the afterlife. Abridged Publication Abstract
The panels of the baptismal font in the Split baptistery are in secondary use; they originally functioned as plutei--sections of the altar screen. All the panels are covered by abstract interlaced ...patterns except for one, which depicts three human figures, one of them a king on a throne. The greatest attention is drawn to the relief depicting a king. A new hypothesis is presented in this article regarding the identification of the figures on the screen. On one of these panels, which originally would have stood in the most prominent place in the church, by the entrance in the altar screen, it is possible that Petar Crnjin, King Zvonimir, and an individual (Streza) who had lost a dispute would have been represented. In fact, Petar Crnjin had a dispute in 1078 documented in Sibenik that was to be decided by King Zvonimir; the quarrel was with Streza--the king's uncle, who had attempted to grab some land. But it is also possible that it is King Slavac who is depicted, and the prostrated individual could perhaps have been one of the Neretva tribe who had also lost a dispute with Petar Crnjin. Abridged Publication Abstract
Late medieval graves in the Kastela region of Croatia have been found to contain, in addition to jewelry, decorative-functional elements of clothing and footwear, termed Gothic according to the ...stylistic period then in fashion. These are finds from graves that were then on the territory of the commune districts of Split and Trogir. Finds are taken into consideration here that belong to remains of footwear, which so far in Croatia have not even been recognized as such, and which can be stratigraphically and typologically placed in the Late Middle Ages (14th-15th cent.). These are objects of a utilitarian character that at the same time have clear stylistic traits, and they have been discovered in the past two decades during systematic excavation of medieval cemeteries in Kastela. Abridged Publication Abstract
This scientific analysis starts from a valuable acquisition of the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb--a very well preserved early medieval winged spear from the vicinity of Dugo Selo, a town twenty ...kilometers to the east of Zagreb, Croatia. The spear is a typical early Carolingian product, which according to earlier typological-chronological systems would belong to Petersen type B, Paulsen winged spears of the finished type, and Szemeit type A, and accordingly would belong to the early Carolingian period and be dated to the period around AD 800. More recent archaeological research and knowledge acquired in the past twenty years has led to a different consideration and analysis of objects of this type, and the spear from the Dugo Selo vicinity has been analyzed on the basis of this new knowledge. Abridged Publication Abstract
The subject of this discussion is the analysis of several exclusive glass items that come from the Early Croatian cemetery at Zdrijac in Nin, Croatia, that expand knowledge about Late Antique and ...early medieval glass production on the eastern Adriatic coast. The exclusive nature and exceptional value of the objects, as well as the context of the finds as a part of the integral position of Early Croatian prominent families define them as the possessions of elite members of society. The context of the absence of glass finds in the other graves from this period, and the reduced finds in the settlement strata of early medieval sites, suggests that these objects were imported by wealthy members of society, and from this we can indirectly presume a reduction and perhaps a discontinuation of local glass production in the region of ancient Liburnia in the early medieval period. Finds from the cemetery within grave units that can be assigned chronologically on the basis of other luxurious finds to the first half of the ninth century, when elements of Christianization can be noted at this cemetery otherwise characterized by a pagan burial ritual, allow the possibility of interpreting the probable ritual symbolism of these objects. Abridged Publication Abstract
