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Ždrijac

Ždrijac is an early medieval graveyard with a total of 337 excavated graves. The cultural inventory of the graves bears witness to the duration of burial through 8th, 9th and 11th centuries. There are three types of basic grave represented: burial in ordinary earthen graves, burial with tombstone architecture, burials in wooden coffins.

All burials were skeletal with the deceased placed on their back and arms stretched by their sides. The position of the grave was east-west. In the graves were put various objects mostly jewellery, ceramic pots, weapons, tools and coins

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