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Project code: 6-02-110

The cult of the death in protohistory on the Adriatic

Main researcher: KUKOČ, SINEVA (106134)

Assistants

Type of research: basic
Duration from: 04/15/91. to 04/15/94.

Papers on project (total): 3
Papers on project quoted in Current Contents: 2

Institution name: Filozofski fakultet, Zadar (70)
Department/Institute: Department of Archaeology
Address: Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV/2
City: 23000 - Zadar, Croatia

Communication: Phone: 385 (0)57/437-111; Fax: 385 (0)57/25-822

Keywords: Japodic culture, Daunian culture, "situla complex" area,libation, iconographic-semantic, The Last Journey, funeral stelai, eschatology

Research goals: The research up to now has defined the network of the Japodicfuneral cult. It has proposed a reconstruction of the course ofthe Japodic funeral ritual and has analysed some of the basicelements within the structure of the Japodic beliefs in theafterlife. Due to a shortage of financial support and the circumstancesbrought about by the war, work on the project has not beencompleted. As I stated when first announcing this project, itwould be necessary to investigate the funeral cult in otherAdriatic cultures from the I mill.BC., especially those in Istriaand in the cultures on the western Adriatic seaboard (Veneto,Bologna, Picenum, Daunia). During 1994-1995 the project has established the frameworks for an interpretation of Daunian funeral ideology which gives certain parameters for investigating other Adriatic funeral ideologies on the periphery of the Greek civilization. The project has not been completed. The results, due to a situation of war and because of meagre financial aid, have been partial. There was no way to engage foreign comarative archeological findings and the relevant publications. The project ought to be continued.

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