Archaeology

Research in the Požega Valley (Croatia)

Dr Manuel Fernández-Götz co-directs excavations and surveys at the Iron Age site of Kaptol and its surroundings. (Published 26 July, 2018)

HCA Pozega Project Fieldwork Archaeology

The project is the result of a collaboration with Prof. Hrvoje Potrebica (Zagreb), who has excavated in the area for the last two decades. Two cemeteries and a fortified settlement discovered near the village of Kaptol in the Požega Valley form one of the most important Hallstatt complexes in this part of Europe. The importance of the large and prosperous settlement accompanied by elite burials with prestigious goods from distant areas is probably based on the transitional position of the Hallstatt centre in Kaptol within the wider communication network. The new research project involves excavations at the settlement but also surveys and the scientific analysis of selected samples in order to shed light on the sociocultural transformations experienced during the First Millennium BC.

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