Oldest urnfield

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Tamara Rimele

2019

The archaeological site Pod Kotom–South near Krog contains the largest and oldest urnfield yet discovered in Slovenia, dating from the early Copper Age (middle of the forth millennium BC). A total of 177 burial urns have been unearthed here. The cremated remains of the dead were placed in handmade pottery vessels known as cinerary urns, most of which were decorated with geometric patterns and had holes in the bottom. Only a few graves included grave goods.

Information on digitization

Materials and techniques: paper, linocut
Name of site: Krog
Other settlement names: Korong
Place of origin/discovery: Biš
Name of institution or personage holding object; identification number of object: Pomurski muzej Murska Sobota. Inventarna številka UZ-2329.
Written sources: Fujs, M., 2019. Sto dejstev o Prekmurju. Murska Sobota: Pomurski muzej Murska Sobota.
File name: PMMS_065_A_001
Resolution: 600 dpi
Restrictions on use: Brez omejitev
Date of documentation: 2019-12-05
Person documenting: Tadeja Andrejek

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