Notranjska [Inner Carniola] at the Beginning of the Roman Period: Parti near Stara Sušica, Ambroževo gradišče and Baba near Slavina

Abstract

The article presents three sites in the region called Notranjska [Inner Carniola - western Slovenia] where connections between the Iron Age and the early Roman period can be perceived. A cemetery (or cult site) was located at Parti near Stara Sušica in the late Hallstatt and La Tene period. This function was retained in the Augustan period and in the 1st century AD, while the rituals were modified. The large settlement of Ambroževo gradišče existed from the beginning of the early Iron Age onwards. Simple dwellings partly dug into the earth were erected in the Augustan period. The small material shows an admixture of the earlier autochthonic tradition and Roman influences. At the beginning of the 1st century AD, settlement was discontinued at Ambroževo gradišče. The hillfort of Baba with surface finds from the early Iron Age to La Tene D 1 is located very near Ambroževo gradišče. It is shown in the conclusion how Roman influences began to spread more vigorously in the region of the Iron Age Notranjska Group at the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 1st centuries BC. The Augustan sites were all still connected with the earlier prehistoric settlements.