Kamenjača, Breza kod Sarajeva − mlađe željezno doba i rimska nekropola
Kamenjača, Breza near Sarajevo − Late Iron Age and Roman Necropolis

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the results of the excavation of necropolis on the site of Kamenjača in Breza near Sarajevo led by the author from 1975 to 1980. The explored archaeological material from the Daesitiates’ necropolis has not been published as a whole. Its importance and significance was only presented partially in several shorter contributions, especially when study and introduction of the cultural history of the Daesitiates in pre−roman or La−Tene periods were the issue. Results show a general conclusion that, except one inhumed grave, the ritual of incineration burial is predominant. In these excavations there has been ascertained inseparable area of the necropolis used for the sepulchral ritual of cremation of deceased – so called ustrinum publicum. Systematic excavation marked two types of burial. First is chronologically older and it is assigned to the pre-Roman period, time of the Illyrian independence epoch, while the other, younger period is contemporary to the period of Roman conquest. The older type of burial is characterized by several forms of the grave construction: (1) Rectangular dry – wall flattened with soil and stones, is mentioned as a mortal bier. On the surface of these grave constructions are discovered remains of the ashes of the deceased brought from the funeral pile as well as the pieces of grave goods like weapons (spears) and fibulae; (2) Small piles of stones, with grave goods next to or on it.

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