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23 Death in Osor: Rituals and Practices of Prehistoric Burials
Figure 6: Plan of the graves in the tumulus near the cemetery and church of Sv. Marija (Mladin 1960, pl. IIA, elaborated
by M. Blečić Kavur, 2024)
facts, the burials were reliably dated to the ear- 1960; Faber 1982, 68–69, fig. 8; cf. Blečić et al.
ly phase of the Early Iron Age (Mladin 1960; 2006, 19–23, 56–57). These tumuli, located in a
Glogović 1989, 6, fig. 3, tab. 3; Blečić Kavur 2010, low-lying area connected to the Jaz bay shallows,
134–135, fig. 93; Teržan 2013, fig. 3). Research also marked the eastern approach to the urban cen-
confirmed that there were likely multiple fami- tre and connected to the southern part of the is-
ly tumuli in the area (Baćić 1959; 1964a; Mladin land of Cres (fig. 1). During infrastructure work
