20.500.12556/RUP-22739 The Emergence of the Iron Age in Osor Through Representative Material Culture Vzpon železne dobe v Osorju na primeru reprezentativne materialne kulture Situated at a strategically important position within the Cres–Lošinj archipelago, Osor developed during later prehistory into a (proto)urban settlement and became one of the key centres of the Kvarner region and the northern Adriatic. This research is based on a typological-stylistic, and comparative analysis of published and previously unpublished attire and jewellery finds from three cemeteries, considering their archaeological context and funerary practices. Special emphasis is placed on the types of artefacts identified and their integration into patterns of Iron Age social practices in the Adriatic and wider European regions. The analysis draws on data from archival, systematic, and rescue archaeological investigations, as well as the results of recent absolute dating and bioarchaeological studies. The aim of the paper is to expand the concept of Osor’s archaeology of death through an analysis of representative material culture from closed grave assemblages dating to the initial phase of the Early Iron Age, and to examine its role in the construction of social structures, identities, and networks of interaction. The results indicate internal social differentiation and regional and supra-regional cultural connections, thereby confirming Osor’s role as an important node of interaction between the 10th and 8th centuries BCE. Osor, umeščen na strateško pomembno točko creško-lošinjskega otočja, se v mlajši prazgodovini razvije v (proto)urbano naselbino in eno glavnih središč Kvarnerja ter severnega Jadrana. Raziskava temelji na tipološko-stilski in primerjalni analizi objavljenih ter doslej neobjavljenih najdb noše in nakita s treh grobišč ob upoštevanju njihovega arheološkega konteksta ter pogrebnih ritualov. Posebna pozornost je namenjena vrstam najdenih predmetov in njihovemu umeščanju v vzorce železnodobnih družbenih praks jadranskega in širšega evropskega prostora. Uporabljeni so podatki iz arhivskih, sistematičnih in zaščitnih arheoloških raziskav ter rezultati novih absolutnih datacij in bioarheoloških analiz. Cilj prispevka je razširiti koncept osorske arheologije smrti z analizo reprezentativne materialne kulture iz zaprtih grobnih celot začetne faze starejše železne dobe ter ovrednotiti njeno vlogo pri oblikovanju družbenih struktur, identitet in kulturnih stikov. Rezultati kažejo na notranjo družbeno diferenciacijo ter regionalne in nadregionalne kulturne povezave, kar potrjuje vlogo Osorja kot pomembnega vozlišča interakcij v obdobju od 10. do 8. stoletja pr. n. št. Osor Early Iron Age burials material culture social structure and cultural contacts Osor starejša železna doba pokopi materialna kultura družbena struktura in kulturni kontakti true false false Založba Univerze na Primorskem Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-03-09 14:07:07 2026-03-09 14:07:07 2026-03-11 10:49:27 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0 0 Koper 0 str. 63-91 no. 2 Vol. 13 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2350-5443 https://doi.org/10.26493/2350-5443.13(2)63-91 271237891 ZUP_Blecic_Kavur_Martina_2025.pdf ZUP_Blecic_Kavur_Martina_2025.pdf 1 3439E2CEDAF182134BEF87326A63D376 54a176c5f690d2bb2195179a3a975580cc8493216b935c33dfcd95a2739830e0 52b267d2-1bb9-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33125 https://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/2350-5443/2-2025/2350-5443.13(2)63-91.pdf 0 466ef9ef-1bb9-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33124 Založba Univerze na Primorskem 0 0 0