DIFERENCIJACIJA STEĆAKA PO OBLICIMA NA PODRUČJU TUZLANSKOG KANTONA
DIFFERENTIATION OF BOSNIAN MEDIEVAL TOMBSTONES („STECAK") BY SHAPE IN THE TUZLA CANTON AREA

Summary/Abstract: The subject of research in this paper is the determination of the number of Bosnian medieval tombstones („stećak") and their classification by shape in the area of Tuzla Canton. The aim of the work is to determine how many „stećaks" belong to which type, respecting the generally accepted "first-degree" division into: slab, chest, chest with a base, gable, gable with a base, pillar, cross and amorphous „stećak". The research area is the Tuzla Canton, with an area of 2,649 km2, located in the northeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisted of 13 municipalities. The complexity of the research required the application of different methods. The most important was field research, because there was no accurate and up-to-date data fo r the entire area. The last comprehensive research of the necropolises was published by Šefik Bešlagić 53 years ago. This paper presents part of the results of the research in which a total of 180 necropolises were analyzed according to various criteria, and the shapes of „stećak" tombstones were analyzed in 174 necropolises. Out of a total of 1,517 individual tombstones found, the shapes of 1,388 have been determined, 129 are amorphous. Collected data in the field were summarized in a digital database, where they were statistically analyzed. They were also processed in geographic information systems, their geospatial distribution was analyzed, as well as geovisualization. The updated results obtained will be useful fo r Bosnian medieval tombstones („stećci") researchers, as well as amateurs who are fascinated by these unusual and unique tombstones.

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