Naslov
Glass finds from Tomb 7 from the Late Iron Age necropolis of the KOpila hillfort

Autori
Eterović Borzić, Anamarija ; Borzić, Igor

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

Izvornik
Roman Pottery and Glass Manufactures. Production and trade in the Adriatic region and beyond. Proceedings of the 4th International Archaeological Colloquium / Lipovac Vrkljan, Goranka ; Konestra, Ana ; Eterović Borzić, Anamarija - Oxford : Archaeopress, 2022, 344-353

ISBN
978-1-80327-368-6

Skup
Roman Pottery and Glass Manufactures. Production and trade in the Adriatic region and beyond.

Mjesto i datum
Crikvenica, Hrvatska, 08.11.2017. - 09.11.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
KOrčula, KOpila hillfort, Late Iron Age necropolis, glass

Sažetak
The systematic archaeological investigations which have been taking place since 2012 at the site of the hillfort settlement of Kopila on the island of Korčula, are focused primarily on the necropolis i.e. on one of at least two of its nuclei, made up of mutually connected monumental tomb plots, they have enriched the present very modest knowledge about the local protohistoric community. During six seasons seven tombs were investigated, mostly dating from the 4th to 1st centuries BC. The tombs were used repeatedly, and the exceptionally large amount of archaeological material, primarily Hellenistic ceramic vessels, metallic parts of attire and offensive weapons plus glass and amber decorated objects, points to the fact that this was an economically powerful and commercially very active indigenous community. The present overall analysis of the material remains of the tombs have enabled the clear interpretation of the funeral customs and their specificities which are particularly recognised in two tombs (Tomb 1 and Tomb 7), in which large number of children of perinatal and natal age were buried, and which are for now a unique example within the knowledge of Illyrian funeral customs. The glass material from Tomb 7 which consists of a large number of beads and pendants and date from the 3rd to 1st centuries BC, and which are a product of Hellenistic workshops throughout the Mediterranean will be analysed. A glass balsamary found in the context of a cremation burial inside the tomb, within the necropolis unique in every sense will also be analysed separately. This kind of burial and the connected rite represent a cultural shift in relation to earlier customs and are undoubtedly the consequence of the interaction with the Roman civilisation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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