Late Hallstatt burials from Kovk above Hrastnik, in the Zasavje region (central Slovenia)
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central Slovenia, Kovk above Hrastnik, Dolenjska Hallstatt cultural group, hillforts, flat cemeteries, Negova helmets, belt setsAbstract
Several metal artefacts came to light in 2015 at Vrtača, a site below the summit of the Kovk hill above Hrastnik. It was a chance find that comprised a Negova helmet, parts of a belt including a hook plate and a socketed axe. The Pokrajinski muzej Celje acquired the artefacts and also investigated the site in 2016. An inhumation burial of a warrior was discovered with additional parts of the belt, a fragment of a fibula and one of a spearhead, as well as a glass bead. Next to it was an inhumation burial of a girl with a necklace of glass beads, pair of bracelets, pair of anklets and a small knife.
The grave goods include two significant artefacts. One is a Negova helmet of the Slovenian type, variant Vače, the other a Kovk type belt set with an exceptional hook belt plate. The goods that are latest in date place the burial of both individuals to the early part of the Negova phase.
The burials form part of a flat cemetery below the summit of Kovk that held a small hillfort. Together with the group of tumuli at Grobišče, south of the Kovk village that lies southeast of the Kovk hill, they shed additional light on the Iron Age settlement in the Zasavje region of Slovenia.
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