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Coin finds at Crkvari-St. Lawrence church site (Northern Croatia) as terminus ante quem non for funerary features

The Institute of Archaeology conducted rescue archaeological investigations at the Church of St Lawrence site in Crkvari near Orahovica (northern Croatia). Prior to archaeological excavations only the name of the village - Crkvari (crkva = church) could suggest that beneath a small baroque-styled Gothic chapel on an isolated hill above the village, which today has only about fifty households, an important medieval sacral complex is to be found. The cemetery was probably established as early as the end of the Early Middle Ages and during the High Middle Ages it formed itself around a Romanesque church. Further phases of this sacral complex evolved during the late Middle Ages in monumental Gothic structures and a deep fortifying moat. At the very close of the Late Middle Ages and at the dawn of the Modern Age, the sacral structure is reduced while the chapel assumes its present appearance during the Baroque. Throughout that time, the location was used as a burial site by the population of the surrounding area. The research included 599 graves. Dating of the grave units is extremely difficult at such sites with long-term continuity of burial on which the younger burials damaged the older ones. Findings of money in medieval and early modern graves greatly facilitate the chronological stratification of grave units.

Crkvari; cemetery; middle ages; modern period; grave finds; coin

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