Prehistoric Stone Disks from Entrances and Cemeteries of North-Eastern Adriatic Hillforts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12639136 |
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| Authors | F Bernardini (0000-0002-3282-8799, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, corresponding author), G Vinci (0000-0002-7905-9149, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)), Vanja Macovaz (0000-0002-7775-8165, University of Florence), Andrea Baucon (0000-0001-8207-4860), Angelo De Min (0000-0002-2820-3497, University of Trieste), Stefano Furlani (0000-0001-8677-9526, University of Trieste), Snežana Smolić |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Pages | 300-317 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Documenta Praehistorica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1408-967X • E-ISSN: 1854-2492 |
| Publisher | University of Ljubljana (PUBLISHER • SI) |
| DOI | 10.4312/dp.49.7 |
| OpenAlex | W4285386158 |
| Language | EN |
The paper presents a group of four, approximately 0.5m large, stone disks from entrances or cemeteries of two protohistoric hillforts of north-eastern Adriatic. The disks, having a sparse chronology with the exception of one dated to the Middle Bronze Age, show flat and plain surfaces or covered with sub-circular depressions. One disk shows two larger cup-marks at the centre of both faces. They are interpreted as ritual artefacts based on the association with sacred settlement locations and comparisons with similar coeval stones found mainly close to citadel entrances, burials and thresholds in the Aegean area and Anatolia
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Chronology · Geography · Plateau (mathematics · Prehistory · Settlement (finance · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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