The results of archaeological research of the two sites – Virovitica-Đota and Virovitica-Kiškorija-jug, excavated on the place of the western Virovitica ring-road, are presented. These locations, positioned on elevated terraces in the Drava River Valley, were continuously settled from the Late Bronze Age, Roman Times to the Early Middle Ages. Archaeological excavations gave data for traces of mediaeval dwelling houses, hearths and other features. These objects, as well as small finds (mostly finds of pottery) are dated on the the site of Đota in the period from the 7th to the 8th centuries and later in the 11th century, while the nearby settlement on the site of Kiškorija-jug dates from the second half of 8th to the runup to the 10th century. The finds are going to be compared with the contemporaneous settlements known from the archaeological excavations and from the field surveys of the surrounding area. The results of the research represent a contribution to our knowledge of human habitation in the Northern Croatia, especially in the region of the fertile Drava River plain.

Archeology

Rad je prezentiran na Međunarodnome znanstvenom skupu u Zadru 18.-23. rujna 2007. godine "13th Annual meeting of the European association of archaeologists" u sekciji "Early medieval period from Pannonia to Adriatic" (organizatori M. Guštin-Institut za dediščinu Sredozemlja, Univerza na Primorskem, Piran, Slovenija i Luka Bekić, Hrvatski restauratorski zavod, Zagreb, Hrvatska). U ovoj su knjizi prikupljeni referati s tog skupa te dodani radovi ostalih autora koji se bave temom. Knjiga se temom nadovezuje na knjigu Zgodnji Slovani (ur. M. Guštin) Ljubljana 2002.