Sotin – archaeological investigations in 2012

Tijekom svibnja i lipnja 2012. godine u Sotinu je proveden nastavak istraživanja u kojima su otkriveni dijelovi infrastrukture naselja iz različitih razdoblja, kao i paljevinski te kosturni grobovi daljske grupe s početka starijega željeznog doba. Otkrićem dijela zemunice badenske kulture definiran je južni rub bakrenodobnog naselja koje se nalazilo na Srednjem polju. Razdoblju antike pripadaju ukopi kanala koji se povezuju s prometnicama koje su vodile iz Cornacuma, dok razdoblju ranoga srednjeg vijeka pripada poluukopani objekt, vjerojatno gospodarske namjene.The 2012 excavations in the northern and eastern parts of the village of Sotin covered an area of 670 m2. The discovery of a part of a pithouse of the Baden culture helped establish the southern boundary of the Eneolithic settlement. Most of the collected data pertains to the Early Iron Age. A total of 11 burials—9 cremation and 2 inhumation burials—of the Dalj group were excavated. The cremation burials yielded rich ceramic sets that consisted, in addition to the urn, of up to 10 vessels. One inhumation burial contained hair jewellery composed of spiral bronze rings—otherwise a common type of find also in the cremation burials—and a small ceramic pot. Besides the difference in the burial rite, another conspicuous difference is the lack of ceramic vessels in inhumation burials. The investigations also covered peripheral parts of a civilian settlement from the Roman period and the remains of roads, whereas Roman graves were not found, which points to the edge of the eastern necropolis of Cornacum. The investigations corroborated the southern fortification ditch and an accessory structure from the Early mediaeval settlement, known already from the 2008 excavation