Glasinac

Glasinac is a karst plateau, situated in the eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Romanija mountain, in the middle of Dinaric Alps.

The Glasinac plateau is surrounded by coniferous forests and peaks of Romanija, Bogovićka mountain, Gradina, Rab, Crni Vrh, Kopit and Kratelj.

The first excavations were carried out in 1880 by Austro-Hungarian Lieutenant Johan Leksa, when he found the famous Glasinac carriage, which is taken to the museum in Vienna.

Its existence and findings, discovered from the Gradina settlement itself and its immediate surroundings, are to this day the most important source material of the Glasinac culture of the Early Iron Age.

hill) is an archeological site in the settlement Kadića Brdo with a hill-fort from the Early Iron Age, semicircular shape 77 with 32 meters.

The importance of wool and milk production is confirmed by the large number of weaving vertebrae found (of various sizes and shapes).

Klisura-Kadića brdo - Gradina on Glasinac - Girsko brdo 2 – Borovac 3 – Gradina on Ilijak - Ilijak-Zagrađe 4 – Križevac - Berkovići – Bukovik – Liješće – Pediše – Bijela voda – Šahinski Grad – Vitez - Pohovac (discovered 1890, excavated 1977) – Pliješ – Bjelosavljevići – Velika gradina Novoseoci (discovered 1890) – Mala gradina (Novoseoci) – Buljukovina – Vitanj – Loznik (discovered in 1893, excavated in 1979) – Miošići – Ilijak-Vinogradi – Prisoje I – Prisoje II – Zidina Košutica – Vjetrenik Košutica – Margetići – Sokolac – Staro selo – Šuke-Kusače – Kusače I – Kusače II - Dolovi –Amovići – Hreljin Grad – Mlađ – Šenkovići I – Šenkovići II – Vrbarje – Vrlazije (discovered 1894, excavated 1978) – Kramer selo – Vuškovići – Golubovići I – Golubovići II – Kovanje – Gulija – Kopljevići – Gradina Dumanjići – Pračšići – Laznica – Ilijak-Sjeversko – Gradac-Osovo – Kik-Osovo – Ilića kuća-Osovo - Rujnik A total of 1,234 mounds were excavated in the 19th century, about 250 empty.

[9][10] Tumuli na Ilijaku is a group tumulus next to the Illyrian gradina Ilijak, 3 km away from Hrenovica, municipality of Pale-Prača, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

There is a social differentiation and strengthening of power and stabilization of the position of certain local, "princely dynasties", which impose their authority in certain areas.

In addition to the war equipment in III, 9, there is also a belt buckle, 2 small earthen cups for drinking, and some jewelry (tiaras and bracelets).

On Rajino Brdo, the prince's tomb was found in a tumulus which Fiala marked as Ilijak XIII, 1 and its origin dates back to the transition between 7th and 6th BCE.

This prince's tomb, in addition to rich jewelry, offensive weapons (double-edged sword, long spear and several fragments of spears and one knife), defensive weapons (bronze knemides with deer images) and bronze vessels also contained a scepter, similar in shape to the one found in the Ilijak necropolis.

Glasinac na mapi nalazišta iz perioda V-I stoljeća pne.
Glasinac na mapi nalazišta iz perioda V-I stoljeća pne.
Famous Glasinac bird-cart
Arareva gromila on Glasinac