Naslov
Burial Practices in the Urban Area of Medieval Rijeka

Autori
Janeš, Andrej ; Azinović Bebek, Ana

Izvornik
Monografije CPA 15 Arheološki pogledi na srednjeveško urbanost / Archaeological Perspectives on Medieval Urbanity (2630-2063) 15 (2022); 369-400

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Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
medieval cemetery, urban cemetery, Rijeka, burials, stone tombs, ossuaries

Sažetak
The city of Rijeka (Tarsatica) is known from Roman times, and the ongoing archaeological excavations show many sides of its urban layout. Medieval Rijeka is known from late 13th century written documents as part of the feudal domain of the Duino family. Inside the town walls, there was the parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Augustine monastery of St Jerome. The 2008/2009 archaeological excavation around the parish church brought to light a large portion of the town’s medieval and post-medieval cemetery. Around 150 burials were excavated south and west of the church with burials from the 12th/13th centuries until the cemetery’s closure in 1773. Six ossuaries were also excavated on the south side of the church. The majority of finds from these ossuaries date to the medieval period. Most of the bones found there belong to individuals who were removed from the graveyard in later periods (17th/18th centuries) due to the lack of burial space. Most of the intact medieval burials were concentrated in the area south of the church while post-medieval grave finds indicate that the cemetery was enlarged to the west only in the postmedieval period. Individuals were buried in coffins or stone tombs. The whole eastern part of the town was organised around the parish church with almost no structures around the church itself, forming sort of a square. This layout would change in post-medieval times when the urban area changed due to overpopulation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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