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The Čurug phase in Northern Croatia – contacts of the Late Hallstatt and the Early La Tène culture

From the end of 7th to the end of 4th cent. B.C. the area between Lake Balaton and the Sava river was inhabited by the South Pannonian Late Hallstatt group, which is characterized by cemeteries with predominantly inhumation burials. The Čurug phase represents the youngest phase of this group. The group adopted various influences and transformed them into its own recognizable culture. During the Čurug phase the female costume is characterized by combinations of Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène items. The finds demonstrate that the contacts with the latenized northern parts of the Carpathian Basin started during the first half of the 4th cent. B.C. This process was more intense along important communication routes. It remains open whether we are dealing with cultural influences, population movements or transfer of technology, although a combination of all possibilities seems the most plausible solution. Late Hallstatt forms ceased to be worn from the end of the second third of the 4th cent. B.C. This is also the time to which the earliest graves of Belgrade 1 phase can be dated.

southern Pannonia; Čurug phase; inhumation burials; female jewelry

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