Srednjovjekovni kulturni krajolik – interpretacija prostornoga rasporeda nekropola stećaka
Medieval Cultural Landscape – Interpretation of Spatial Distribution of Stećci Necropolises

Summary/Abstract: For the purpose of a better understanding of the meaning of the medieval landscape, the discourse covers not only the stećci necropolises in the Western Herzegovina but also other visible material traces from earlier archeological periods. Just these material traces are indicators of the interaction between space and man who for generations has been projecting his cognitive map onto the environment, shaping it and giving the places new meanings. The paper will discuss the fitting of necropolises of the Western Herzegovina into the natural ambiance, along water courses and springs, former communications lines or by burial sites, which points to the vestiges of pagan beliefs and to the superstitions of the late medieval populations. Since this cannot be corroborated by written traces, the reconstruction of the actions of the late medieval populations in choosing the locations for the burial of their dead will be considered hypothetically. The deliberations of the author are the result of the years-long field work and the consultations of expert literature from theoretical archeology of space and landscape.

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