Ceramic finds from the Vrčevo - Gorica hillfort

Gradina Vrčevo nalazi se pored Sukošana u Ravnim kotarima. Dobar geostrateški položaj doprinio je da se Vrčevo razvije u vrlo važno liburnsko središte, a lokalitet je bio naseljen kroz duži vremenski period u prapovijesti te kasnije u srednjem i novom vijeku. Sve do istraživanja 2012. godine taj lokalitet bio je zanemaren od strane istraživača. Tijekom spomenutih istraživanja utvrđen je bogati kulturni sloj te su pojedine stratigrafske jedinice datirane radiokarbonskom analizom. Dobiveni rezultati pokazali su da je gradina kontinuirano naseljena od srednjeg brončanog doba pa sve do kraja starijeg željeznog doba, čime Vrčevo postaje prvi lokalitet s potvrđenim kontinuitetom iz tzv. protoliburnske u liburnsku fazu. U ovome radu obrađuje se domaća keramika s gradine Vrčevo koja je zanemarivana u dosadašnjim publikacijama. Prije svega, cilj ovoga rada bio je utvrditi tipološko-kronološki razvoj keramičkih oblika kroz srednje i kasno brončano doba te starije i mlađe željezno doba.Obradom keramičkih nalaza utvrđeno je koje su to pojave koje se nastavljaju iz brončanog u željezno doba te su utvrđene međusobne razlike tih prapovijesnih razdoblja.The Vrčevo - Gorica hillfort is located near Sukošan in Ravni Kotari region. Geostrategically positioned, Vrčevo hillfort developed into important Liburnian center which was inhabited during Prehistoric, Middle and New ages. The hillfort was neglected and little was known until 2012. when the site was subjected to archaeological research. Excavations uncovered a thick archaeological deposit and individual stratigraphic units have been dated byradiocarbon analysis. The results show that the site was continuously inhabited from the Middle Bronze Age until the end of the Late Iron Age, which makes Vrčevo hilfort first known site of continuous human activity from the so - called Protoliburnian to the Liburnian phase. Pottery was never fully processed and the objective of this paper was to determine its typological and chronological developments during Middle and Late Bronze Age, and the Early and Late Iron Age. Pottery analysis showed characteristics that continued from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age as well as the differences between the two periods