Medieval grave of a woman from 9th century buried with her jewelry, discovered at medieval necropolis at Pećine archaeological site among the remains of ancient Roman town Viminacium in eastern Serbia.
This woman was placed in a grave more than 1000 years ago along with her valuables, jewelry consisting of bronze earrings which can be seen besides the skull where ears used to be, and necklaces made of glass paste beads, now scattered around the skull and in the neck area.
Medieval necropolis at Pećine originates from 9th century and consists of 53 graves, placed at the outskirts of older graveyard from ancient Roman times. In those graves archaeologists have found skeletal remains of 55 people, buried along with some grave goods such as jewelry, pottery, iron knives and spearheads.
Besides this one, there is another medieval necropolis from 12th-14th century. Both were formed around remains of antient Roman mausoleums which were probably considered to be sacral objects by local medieval population.
Larger necropolis consisting of 152 graves from the ancient Roman times was discovered at the same site.
The site Pećine is located among the remains of Viminacium, ancient Roman town which used to be capital of Moesia Superior province and base camp of VII Claudia Legion.
Site of Viminacium covers area of 450 hectares, and so far, only 2% have been excavated. Archaeologists say that there is enough material for the next 300 years of digging and exploration.
Unfortunately, most of Viminacium’s remains were found at the foot of a massive coal-fired power station and above the coal mine deposits. Rescue archaeological excavations are being carried out almost every day before new units of the plant and intensive coal mining devastate this ancient site
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Srednjovekovni grob žene iz 9. veka uz koju je položen njen nakit, otkriven na srednjovekovnoj nekropoli na arheološkom lokalitetu Pećine, među ostacima drevnog rimskog grada Viminacijuma u istočnoj Srbiji.
Ova žena je u grob položena zajedno sa svojim dragocenostima, nakitom koji se sastojao od bronzanih naušnica, koje se vide pored lobanje tamo gde su nekada bile uši, i sa ogrlicama od višebojnih perli od staklene paste, koje su razbacane oko lobanje i u predelu vrata.
Srednjovekovna nekropola na lokalitetu Pećine potiče iz 9. veka i sastoji se od 53 groba, ukopana na obodu starije nekropole iz rimskog vremena. U tim grobovima arheolozi su pronašli skeletne ostatke 55 ljudi, pored kojih su položeni i darovi u vidu nakita, grnčarije, gvozdenih noževa i vrhova kopalja.
Pored ove, pronađena je još jedna, nešto mlađa srednjovekovna nekropola iz perioda od 12. do 14. veka. Obe su formirane oko ostataka starorimskih memorija – mauzoleja, koji su verovatno poštovani kao sveta mesta od strane srednjovekovne lokalne populacije.
Na istom lokalitetu je otkrivena veća nekropola iz rimskog doba, koja se sastoji od 152 groba.
Lokalitet Pećine se nalazi među ostacima rimskog grada Viminacijuma, koji je bio sedište provincije Gornja Mezija i bazni kamp VII Klaudijeve legije. Lokalitet pokriva površinu od 450 hektara, a do sada je istraženo samo 2%, a arheolozi kažu da ima dovoljno materijala za naredih 300 godina iskopavanja.
Nažalost, većina ostataka Viminacijuma se nalazi na putu gradnje novih blokova termoelektrane i površinskih kopova uglja, pa se gotovo svakodnevno sprovode zaštitna arheološka istraživanja, pre nego što širenje elektrane i rudarenje prekriju i unište drevni lokalitet
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