Covered Mass Grave Sites in Slovenia. The Amount of Archaeological Work Involved in Unearthing Grave Sites and Determining their Existence Cover Image

Prikrita množična grobišča v Sloveniji Koliko je arheološkega dela pri izkopih grobišč in ugotavljanju njihovega obstoja?
Covered Mass Grave Sites in Slovenia. The Amount of Archaeological Work Involved in Unearthing Grave Sites and Determining their Existence

Author(s): Pavel Jamnik
Subject(s): Archaeology, Military history, Social history, Victimology, Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Slovenia; World War II; victims of war; mass grave sites; methodology; archaeology; stratigraphy;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the efforts of the Commission of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Covered Grave Sites to establish the methodological frametwork for the realisation of reburial and probing thè post-war mass grave sites. It also presents thè scope of archaeological tvork, acceptable for activities at such grave sites, and the reservations about thè idea of introducing thè so-called military archaeology for thè exploration of mass grave sites in Slovenia are outlined.

  • Issue Year: 48/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 173-186
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovenian