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Figure 2. Aerial view of the polished surface of the ground before escavation on the site Josipovac – Verušed (Photote-
que, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University in Zagreb, 2007).
Results depth human remains were found. They were a
The described possible finding of a recent age on part of a badly preserved shin (tibia), due to the
the site Josipovac – Verušed was treated as a real shallowness of the grave. The probe encircled the
archaeological, historical layer, since prior the area near the legs. The entire outline of the dark
excavation there was no information that could soil had a north-south orientation and there was
confirm its age. Cleaning began and after remov- no longer any doubt that it was a burial pit. After
ing the topsoil layers at the earth surface, soil that, the whole pit was defined so that its entire
with specific characteristics was revealed, such surface was lowered and the layer of soil slightly
as dark colour, greasy appearance and consisten- removed. A bigger surface of the grave was cov-
cy, affirming it was very probably a burial (Fig 2). ered with dark soil and a smaller one with light-
This burial was not deep, in fact, it was very shal- er soil or subsoil, which was transferred from the
low and layer contours emerged immediately af- deeper layers to the surface. That lighter layer
ter removing layers of ploughing (approximate- differed from the real subsoil just in a hardness
ly on thirty to forty centimetres of depth). After degree.
defining the entire pit on the surface, only a part
was sorted out to see its content. Therefore, the After the entire burial pit was defined, its
grave was not being excavated all at once, first, final form was seen as a form of a fairly broad
a smaller probe was made in the part where the and rectangular grave. This was in contrast to
best results were calculated. In a small probe that our original thesis that it was an emergency bur-
had scarcely 20 cm in width and about 10 cm in ial. During further cleaning of the grave’s sur-
face, and removing of a layer of earth 2 to 3 cm
hereditati
Figure 2. Aerial view of the polished surface of the ground before escavation on the site Josipovac – Verušed (Photote-
que, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University in Zagreb, 2007).
Results depth human remains were found. They were a
The described possible finding of a recent age on part of a badly preserved shin (tibia), due to the
the site Josipovac – Verušed was treated as a real shallowness of the grave. The probe encircled the
archaeological, historical layer, since prior the area near the legs. The entire outline of the dark
excavation there was no information that could soil had a north-south orientation and there was
confirm its age. Cleaning began and after remov- no longer any doubt that it was a burial pit. After
ing the topsoil layers at the earth surface, soil that, the whole pit was defined so that its entire
with specific characteristics was revealed, such surface was lowered and the layer of soil slightly
as dark colour, greasy appearance and consisten- removed. A bigger surface of the grave was cov-
cy, affirming it was very probably a burial (Fig 2). ered with dark soil and a smaller one with light-
This burial was not deep, in fact, it was very shal- er soil or subsoil, which was transferred from the
low and layer contours emerged immediately af- deeper layers to the surface. That lighter layer
ter removing layers of ploughing (approximate- differed from the real subsoil just in a hardness
ly on thirty to forty centimetres of depth). After degree.
defining the entire pit on the surface, only a part
was sorted out to see its content. Therefore, the After the entire burial pit was defined, its
grave was not being excavated all at once, first, final form was seen as a form of a fairly broad
a smaller probe was made in the part where the and rectangular grave. This was in contrast to
best results were calculated. In a small probe that our original thesis that it was an emergency bur-
had scarcely 20 cm in width and about 10 cm in ial. During further cleaning of the grave’s sur-
face, and removing of a layer of earth 2 to 3 cm
