Notranjsko-kraška halštatska skupina: Uvodnik in kratek oris

Archaeological investigations, past and more recent ones in particular (archaeological excavation, LiDAr scanning combined with ground-truthing), reveal the notranjska-Kras group as a highly complex entity with regards to its set- tlement and social structure. This was in part certainly due to the mountainous terrain and other natural conditions for habitation, with upland plateaus (polje, podolje) and their fringes in notranjska, on the one hand, and the Kras plateau, on the other; these predetermined the degree to which individual settlements/ communities were connected to each other and how they were involved in the cultural group as a whole. recent research has shown that the settlement communities were well-organised in terms of territories they controlled and protected; this is most clearly visible in the barrier system along the northern edge of the Kras plateau. The differences in the burial rite (poly-rituality) and the specifics of the costume/jewellery reflect the different facets of the group’s identity and social structure. It also boasts a specific cultural expression, in which it is distinguishable from the groups in its neighbourhood.notranjsko-kraška skupina se na osnovi vseh dosedanjih arheoloških raziskav, zlasti najnovejših (arheološka izkopavanja, lidarska snemanja s terenskimi preverjanji), kaže kot izredno kompleksno strukturirana socialna tvorba, kar zadeva tako značilnosti njene poselitve kot družbeno sfero. Svojo vlogo so zagotovo igrale geografska razgibanost prostora in naravne danosti za poselitev, kot so na eni strani notranjska polja in podolja s svojimi obrobji ter na drugi strani Kraška planota, kar je pogojevalo boljšo ali slabšo povezanost posameznih lokalnih skupnosti v okviru celotne kulturne skupine. novejše raziskave so pokazale, da so bile skupnosti teritorialno dobro organizirane in so svoj teritorij nadzorovale in varovale, kar najbolj jasno nakazujejo obrambne zapore na severnem kraškem robu. Glede na različnost v načinu pokopavanja ter na specifičnosti v nošnji/nakitu pridejo do izraza tudi druge fasete njene identitete, njene družbene strukturiranosti. Po samosvojem kulturnem izrazu se jasno razlikuje od sosednjih kulturnih skupin