NOV PRETHISTORIJSKI NALAZ IZ JURJEVA

Malo mjesto Jurjevo, nedaleko od Senja, poznato je u arheološkoj znanosti kao antičko naselje Lopsica. Međutim, učestalost i brojnost prethistorijskih nalaza na tom području svjedoče o postojanju života još u starijem željeznom dobu. Najnoviji nalaz iz Jurjeva (predio Otinjej sastoji se od dvije brončane sljepoočničarke od spiralno uvijene žice, s privjeskom u obliku jednostavne, lijevane karike, te od jedne brončane fibule pijavičastog tipa, mlađe varijante. Prema fibuli nalaz bi trebalo datirati u početak Ha D stupnja. Premda nemamo potpunih ni sigurnih podataka o sklopu i okolnostima nalaza, izgleda da je riječ o grobu starijeg željeznog doba koji se etnički najvjerojatnije može pripisati Japodima.The small village of Jurjevo, not far from Senj (Hrvatsko primorje), is known to archaeological science as the Roman settlement of Lopsica. But numerous prehistoric finds, such as pottery sherds, bronze fibulae, a bronze knife, etc., indicate that settlement was already established in Jurjevo in the older iron age. The most recent find consists of a pair of coiles-temple pendants with ring additions and a small leech fibula, both of bronze. The fibula belongs to the younger variant of that italian type. According to this, the complete find should be dated to the beginning of the Ha D period. Although no proper and accurate information as to the context of the find is available, it seems that we are dealing with a grave of the older iron age, ethnically belonging to the Japodi. This last find, taken in context with some older ones, confirms the existence of an iron-age settlement and cemetery in the area of the current village of Jurjevo