Results of Excavations of a Cemetery on Veliko Polje in Zvonimirovo in 2007

Zaštitna arheološka istraživanja na Velikom polju u Zvonimirovu 2007. godine nastavljena su na sjevernom, rubnom dijelu uzvisine na kojoj se nalaze groblja latenske i bjelobrdske kulture. Iskopavanja su pokazala kako je dio površine nalazišta između današnje ceste Zvonimirovo-Gačište i voćnjaka većim dijelom uništen pri iskopu kanala za oborinske vode, o čemu svjedoče i nalazi ulomaka keramike latenske kulture te kostiju. Ipak, na istraženoj površini pronađen je jedan grob (LT 68) sa spaljenim ostacima pokojnice, koji pripada latenskoj kulturi, čime se potvrđuju pretpostavke kako se groblje rasprostiralo sve do ruba uzvisine koja nadvisuje dravsku ravnicu.In the period from 22nd August until 6th September 2007 a continuation of rescue archaeological excavations was conducted on the site Veliko Polje in Zvonimirovo. The excavation was done on the northern edge of the elevation on which the site is located, encompassing the area between the orchard and the road Zvonimirovo-Gaćište. It was found one grave (LT 68) with cremated remains of a woman belonging to the La Tène culture. This is the northernmost burial on the cemetery. The cremated bones of the woman were placed in a heap with accessories in the western part of a rectangular grave with rounded edges. To the costume belongs a woven iron belt with stick-like iron buckle of the Brežice type, three bronze and one iron fibula of the Middle La Tène type, while the jewellery included melted fragments of a bracelet of colourless glass with remains of yellow foil. The finds from the grave LT 68 can be dated into LT C2 (Mokronog IIb), i.e. at the end of the 3rd and first half of the 2nd century B.C