Abstract:

Archaeological excavations of the Late Bronze Age and Late La Tène settlement in Nova Bukovica near Slatina continued in 2008. In a follow-up of the field surveys, new elements were discovered that used to constitute a part of a prehistoric settlement. A series of sunken structures merits particular attention. Among them, the most interesting is structure SU 997, 998 in □ h/X. It is a rather large and deep pit with a round bottom, which expands at its south-eastern and south-western peripheries (Fig. 1). The size and appearance of the structure suggest that it used to be a provision pit, and the abundance of moveable archaeological items dates it into the Late Bronze Age. The size and ground-plan of the structure recall the large pit, SU 318, excavated in 1998 (Kovačević 2001) in which large broken pithoi and a small bronze lance were discovered. The location of the structure within a Late Bronze Age settlement is also interesting, since pit SU 997, 998 lies only several metres north of pit dwelling SU 979, 980 excavated in the 2007 season. In the 2008 season, most frequent finds were once more pillar holes with various layouts and dimensions, and the emergence of several La Tène and Late Bronze Age waste pits needs to be pointed out as well.

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