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Neolithic Mortuary Ritual at Grapčeva Cave (Croatia)

Recent excavations at Grapčeva Cave, a major Eastern Adriatic Neolithic site, yielded ample evidence of ritual activity during the 5th millennium B.C. Structured deposits in the main interior chamber contained extremely high frequencies of artifacts, richly decorated pottery, a faunal assemblage indicating feasting, as well as scattered human remains. We argue that Grapčeva was a mortuary ritual site, where feasting, offering to transcendental powers, and secondary burial were taking place. The cave may have served as a place where memories were produced and maintained at a time when group history and genealogy were gaining importance.

Adriatic; Neolithic; cave; mortuary ritual

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