Naslov
Magic or practicality?“antiquities” in Avar period graves in eastern Croatia

Autori
Rapan Papeša, Anita

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

ISBN
978-953-6064-50-2

Skup
5th International Conference of Mediaeval Archaeology Life and death in mediaeval and early modern times

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 06.06.2018. - 07.06.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Avar period graves, antiquities, prehistory, Roman period

Sažetak
This paper examines the question of a group of artefacts found in Late Avar period graves in Eastern Croatia. The artefacts in questionare of an earlier origin, dating from prehistory to Byzantine period, therefore they can be referred as antiquities. The assumption wasthat the antiquities had primarily magical purpose, but many of them were found as if they were used practically, in their original pur- pose. That brought to the light new questions which we will try to answer in this paper. In the Avar period society, who were the con-sumers of such practice? Can we relate these objects to funeral practices or were they used during the lifespan and then just depositedin graves? Nevertheless, antiquities can be seen as healing charms, protective amulets, object with occult power and demonic magic.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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