Poznokeltske in zgodnjerimske najdbe na območju Gracarce ob Klopinjskem jezeru (Spodnja Koroška)

Abstract

Gracarca is a hill with three peaks on the southeastern shore of Klopeiner Lake in Lower Carinthia, above which it rises ca. 200 meters. The central peak, Gracarca proper, was periodically related in terms of settlement to Sentjurij on the east and Dreiseenblick on the west. The extensive high mediaeval terraces (related to the castle at Sentjurij) destroyed the remains of the Iron Age settlement to a great extent. Thus only modest traces of buildings were discovered in test excavations: remains of houses built of horizontal planks and vertical logs on stone foundations, a loamy floor, and late Celtic - early Roman cistern for water. The finds extend from the 9th to the 1st centuries BC (Ha B3 - LT D2). The richest finds were discovered by treasure hunters and their provenience is not entirely secure. One cemetery was on the southern side, above Grabelsdorf. At the beginning of the Roman period, the inhabitants moved to the region north of this towards the course of the Drava River, primarily for economic reasons (a road, a tufa quarry, clay pits).