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Archaeological Investigations of the Osor
Necropolis in the Area of Kavanela
2025
and Preko mosta

Josip Burmaz, Dženi Los, and Dinko Tresić Pavičić
November
Invited Lecture

Abstract Archaeological excavations conducted as part of the reconstruc-
tion project for the state road DC 100: Osor-Nerezine on the island of Lošinj, 4–5
revealedahighlysignificantsitecontainingremainsfromprehistoric,Roman,
andmodernperiods.Thesite,measuringapproximately350metresinlength, Koper,
was examined in two phases: rescue excavations in 2018 and 2019, and a trial
trenching in 2021. The rescue excavations, completed in early 2019, covered •
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an area of 300 m in the zones of Kavanela and Preko mosta, near the bridge
on the Lošinj side of Osor. These investigations uncovered three Iron Age Spotlight
inhumation graves (8th–2nd century BCE) and 18 Roman cremation burials.
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The 2021 investigations involved five trenches (464 m ) containing remains
of the Roman necropolis, within which 120 pit features were documented,
the majority being graves. In addition to the typical ceramic and glass ves- Scientific
sels, lamps, and metal artefacts, rare carbonised remains of food, fruit, snail
and shell fragments, and iron nails were also recovered. The findings confirm
that this necropolis offers valuable insights not only into funerary practices the
but also into the wider social, economic, and cultural aspects of life in ancient in
Osor.
Osor
Keywords Osor, necropolis, Iron Age graves, Roman period, funerary prac-
tices

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