The Finds of Gava Culture Pottery at the site of Bubanj

Abstract

The investigations conducted in September 2013 in the southwest corner of trench III revealed, after the removal of spit 8, the outline of a ‘closed context’ within the layer of compact dark greyish soil mixed with river pebbles that contains exclusively Early Iron Age pottery sherds. The feature was designated structure 79. Besides the black, channelled and burnished pottery, a certain number of annimal bones (of bovines) were also found inside, along with a flint blade and a biconical clay spindle whorl. 2 On the grounds of the evidence and remarks presented above, we argue that structure 79 at Bubanj site most probably derives from the Ha A2-B1 or Belegiš II - Gava horizon on the Central Balkans.