Roman Necropolis with Cremation in Davidovac near Vranje – Contribution to Study of Mala Kopašnica – Sase Type Graves

Abstract

In 2011, at the site Davidovac - Gradište, archaeological rescue excavations were performed by a team from the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade, conducted by Soija Petković. he excavations were performed in the expropriation zone, along the route of the new highway Е 75 - Coridor 10, to the south-west from the Davidovac village, at the site Gradište, on both sides of the road from Vranje to Bujanovac. In this zone a trace of Roman road Naissus - Scupi, Via publica, was discovered, as well as a Roman settlement formed along the communication, which lasted from the 4th to the mid-5th century, probably mansium. Necropolisеs of this settlement were also discovered - the cremation necropolis from the 2nd -3rd centuries (39 graves) and an inhumation necropolis from the second half of the 4th and the irst half of the 5th century (67 graves). he graves of Mala Kopašnica - Sase type were discovered at the cremation necropolis, as well as shallow graves with or without an urn. In this necropolis ive types of burials were conirmed, diferentiated by the form of the grave and by funeral ritual.