The article about the dating of the Early Iron Age presents two basic novelties in archaeological science. Despite past assumptions that the absolute dating of Early Iron Age contexts is not possible, was, due to development of modern technological equipment possible, exactly to date contexts in the period around 800 BC. The second major contribution to science is the finding that the dated contexts could be based on their cultural characteristics dated to the Early Iron Age. This implicates that the later starts in eastern Slovenia already between 830 and 780 BC which is earlier than it was previously considered.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1537719492
The article presents different types of Certosa type fibulae (variants VIIf, X, XI/XII, XII) which are missing the spring and the pin. This condition appears often in late fibulae and on the territory which was traditionally linked to the Japodian occupation. These fibulae are known also from Golek near Vinica which was linked to the antique Colapiani. The authors demonstrate that the missing of construction elements is a consequence of the use of iron for the production of parts which had to be stronger and more elastic but did not survive due to the physical properties of iron, this is its different corrosion.
COBISS.SI-ID: 38453293
Roman brickworks in Vransko near Ločica are one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the Roman provincial archaeology in Slovenia. These are workshops where the bricks for the erection of the fortress of the II Legio Italica positioned in Ločica near Šempeter were erected. Their excavations are important since they illustrate us the structure of the Roman industrial production in the provinces, this is the production controlled by the army. On the other hand the small finds demonstrate, similarly as the finds from Šempeter and Celje that the roman army used trade merchandize coming from across the Empire.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1537902020