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

The archaeological excavations yielded 599 graves dating from the 11th to the 18th century, numerous crypts, significant architectural findings and architectural sculpture as well as small finds from the graves - mostly parts of clothing and footwear of the deceased, jewellery (buttons and buckles for clothing, belt buckles, decorative pins, rings, earrings) or devotional items (rosaries, medals, brevis). All these findings and their stratigraphic context, as well as rare historical sources and analyses conducted by an absolute C14 method, were taken into consideration for the dating of certain phenomena and units on the site and for phasing horizons of burials and the construction stages of the sacral architecture.The coins belong to a special group of findings that represent an excellent reference point for determining the chronological relationships. In Crkvari, the coins were found both in layers and in the actual graves. When it comes to the second group, we can distinguish the coins found on the deceased and the coins found in the backfill of the pit. 42 coins were found in excavations both in graves and layers. 26 graves containing 27 coins were found in Crkvari. 12 of these are medieval graves with (medieval) coins of which 9 adults and 3 children. Furthermore, in 14 Modern Age graves early modern coins were found (10 children /in 1 child grave 2 coins were found/ and 4 adults) from which in 2 Modern era adult graves medieval coins were found. In addition, in more recent layers of the disturbed grave units 10 more coins were found, which were undoubtedly originally placed into graves.

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

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