Kopa nad Kompoljami pri Lukovici: gradišče in grobišče iz starejše železne dobe

A small fortified settlement or hillfort is located on Reber, a ridge rising above the village of Kompolje east of Lukovica pri Domžalah, which the excavations in 1879 showed to date to the Early Iron Age. In 2019, artefacts from the Early Iron Age also came to light on the cartway leading along the southern slopes of Kopa and Reber, the former being the peak terminating the Reber ridge in the east. The ensuing archaeological investigations by the Centre for Preventive Archaeology (2019) and the National Museum of Slovenia (2021) revealed that the finds originated from one or more inhumations. The burials were destroyed, with the exception of a part of a grave containing a ceramic jar and an iron knife, and goods scattered across the cartway deposits. Similarly scattered were human bones that belonged to at least two individuals. The grave or graves appear to have been damaged during the construction of the cartway, possibly already in 1819, when a bronze Negova helmet was also most likely found here.Na grebenasti vzpetini Reber nad vasjo Kompolje, vzhodno od Lukovice pri Domžalah, ležijo ostaline manjšega utrjenega naselja oz. gradišča. Odkritja s sondiranja leta 1879 datirajo gradišče v starejšo železno dobo. Greben Reber se na vzhodu konča z nekoliko višjo vzpetino, imenovano Kopa. Leta 2019 so na kolovozu, ki vodi po južnem pobočju Kope in Rebri, našli predmete iz starejše železne dobe. Na območju odkritja najdb so sledile arheološke raziskave Centra za preventivno arheologijo (2019) in Narodnega muzeja Slovenije (2021). Ugotovili smo, da najdbe izvirajo iz enega ali več skeletnih grobov. Razen dela zasutja grobne jame s keramičnim loncem in železnim nožem so bili pokopi uničeni, najdbe razmetane po nasutjih kolovoza, prav tako človeške kosti, ki so pripadale najmanj dvema osebama. Vse kaže, da so grob ali grobove razkopali ob gradnji kolovoza, morda že leta 1819, ko so najverjetneje prav tukaj našli bronasto negovsko čelado