HOČEVARICA - an eneolithic pile dwelling in the Ljubljansko barje

Anton VELUŠČ:EK

7 HOČEVARICA AND THE ONSET OF COPPER USE IN SLOVENIA

Abstract

The first copper objects appear in Slovenia during the period of the Lasinja culture. Soon thereafter it seems that local sources of raw materials begin to be exploited and local metallurgy develops. Numerous finds indicate that the vertex of these activities occurs during the period of the horizon of pottery with furrowed incisions (HKBV).

Somewhat later, during the period parallel to the Early Baden culture, a decline in the number of copper finds is discerned. However, the local metallurgic industry continues. Complete discontinuation ensues in the late 4th millennium B.C., which has a reflexion in the settlement pattern.

Hočevarica. Fragment of a founder’s vessel with traces of copper.
Photo: M. Zaplatil.

***

2004, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 8), 328 pp, 208 b/w or color photos, figures and charts, 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 961-6500-28-7.

Begining >>   Back <<   Contents
Top