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Pakoštane – Maksanova gomila, a newly discovered necropolis of kamici (stećci)

In 2015 the Department of Archaeology at the University of Zadar, during one of the campaigns at site Pakoštane – Crkvina, detected a new archaeological site just outside the enclosed complex. Under the stone mound two graves were excavated, and they are part of a bigger graveyard with specific medieval tombstones – kamici (or stećci). Both graves contained more than one individual ; ten were found in Grave 1 and twelve in Grave 2. This paper gives a new insight and a rounded view of the community by analyzing graves, osteological remains and artefacts. According to these finds and historical sources the necropolis can be attributed to Vlachs who found their burial place beside the existing sacral complex in turbulent times at the turn of the Middle Ages to the modern era.

kamici ; stećci ; Pakoštane ; Vrana ; Vlachs ; migrations ; Late Middle Age ; Early Modern Period

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