Poznolatenska peč za žganje keramike s Kapiteljskega hriba v Novem mestu

With its cathedral of St Nicholas, the hill of Kapiteljski hrib is a dominant feature of Novo mesto’s townscape, which has been inhabited from the Late Bronze Age onwards. The archaeological investigations conducted on its western slope in 2004, in advance of slope consolidation, revealed a pottery kiln, which was partially excavated. The kiln contained sherds of various vessels, such as jars with restricted necks, wide jars with combed decorations, and moulded pedestal goblets. The diagnostic pottery forms indicate a dating to the Late Iron Age, specifically to its Late La Tène phase of LT D1, according to the central European chronology, which has been confirmed by the results of the radiocarbon analysis of a pig bone also found in the kiln.Veduto Novega mesta zaznamuje Kapiteljski hrib s stolno cerkvijo sv. Nikolaja. Arheološke raziskave so pokazale, da je bil hrib poseljen od pozne bronaste dobe. Na zahodnem pobočju je bila ob urejanju brežine leta 2004 delno izkopana dvodelna lončarska peč. V njej so bili fragmenti keramike različnih oblik: glinenke, široki lonci z glavničastim okrasom in narebreni visoki pokali na nogi. S pomočjo dobro prepoznavnih oblik keramike je peč datirana v mlajšo železno dobo, v njeno poznolatensko stopnjo LT D1 po srednjeevropski kronologiji, kar je potrdila tudi radiokarbonska analiza prašičje kosti, najdene v peči