Preventive Research of the Late Medieval Cemetery at the Primary School in Kočerin Cover Image

Zaštitno istraživanje kasnosrednjovjekovnog groblja kod osnovne škole u Kočerinu
Preventive Research of the Late Medieval Cemetery at the Primary School in Kočerin

Author(s): Maja Soldo
Subject(s): Archaeology, Local History / Microhistory, 15th Century
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Archaeological excavation; Kočerin; west Herzegovina; stećak (regionally distinctive tombstone) late Medieval Age;

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the results of protective archaeological excavation, part of the late medieval necropolis located in Kočerin, Široki Brijeg, west Herzegovina. The research has been conducted in July 2015. Kočerin is known as a place with several medieval necropolises, indicating the dense population in the Medieval Ages. The oldest mention of name Kočerin is dated from 1404., inscripted at Viganj stećak.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 205-214
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bosnian