GRUDA - POSLEDNJI DOM PRVIH KNEZOV V ČRNI GORI IZ OBDOBJA BAKRENE DOBE
GRUDA - LAST HOME OF THE FIRST PRINCES IN MONTENEGRO FROM LATE COOPER AGE

Summary/Abstract: Gruda is a term used to describe stone and earth mounds in Montenegro and south Dalmacia. Some of these barrows contain graves from the period of the Copper Age, and are historically one of the most interesting monuments in Montenegro, representing a group of important archaeological sites which are geographically and effectively a contained cultural unit. The high barrows of the Mala and Velika Gruda by Tivat, and Boljevića Gruda at Podgorica possess, respectively, huge tombs constructed from limestone slabs and exceptional grave inventories, thereby represent one of the first prehistoric elites of the uppermost social strata, dating to the transition from the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC. In addition to these princely tombs there are a number of barrows of the same age, such as at Mogila na Rake, Sutomore, Rubeži by Nikšić and Kujava tumul II by Danilovgrad, which also possess monumental stone chambers, but their grave goods are poorer, consisting of only a ceramic set with a one handled jug and a bowl on the ring foot with stamp-rolled and excised decoration. Ceramic sets are typical for all grave inventories of this age. The stone chambers covered with huge barrows are the earliest architectural stone construction documented in Montenegro until now.

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