
Sixty-year excavation (1953 to 2013) of Župna Cerkev Cemetery in Kranj unearthed almost 3000 graves. The monograph introduces 1048 graves found between 1972 and 2010. The excavations were initially led by Andrej Valič, the curator of the Gorenjski muzej (1972 and 73, 862 graves). Milan Sagadin from ZVKD Kranj continued the dig from 1984 to 2001 (163 graves), followed by Draško Josipovič (Megalan Skupina, d. o. o., 2003 to 2010), who excavated 23 more graves. An extensive chapter presents the artefacts of Župna Cerkev Cemetery with no data about their location.
The varied documentation, which has changed over the years, is the basis for the publication of all available data on the graves and artefacts kept by the Gorenjski muzej in Kranj. The introduction, a study on the nature of the data, comments on possible inconsistencies between the various types of documentation. Primarily it deals with the question of reliability of individual grave good assemblages, which is the basis for all further analysis.
The discussed group of graves originates mainly from the northern exterior of the church and from the interior of the present-day church, that is, from the place where graves intertwined with the remains of older church and non-church buildings. Their building development and changing usability will be impossible to explain without good knowledge of the cemetery.
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Izkopavanja srednjeveškega in zgodnjenovoveškega grobišča pri župni cerkvi v Kranju v letih 1964−1970 (Excavations of Medieval and Post-Medieval cemetery at the Župna cerkev in Kranj from 1964 to 1970)
Začetek in konec raziskovanj grobišča pri Župni cerkvi v Kranju (1953 in 2011−2013) (The beginnning and end of exploration at the Župna cerkev cemetery in Kranj (1953 and 2011−2013)) .
hardback 20 × 29 cm 424 pages 1048 graves, more than 1650 artefacts, hundreds of drawings and photographs, 24 plans
Keywords
archaeological excavations | archaeological finds | archaeological research | archaeological sites | cemeteries | Kranj | Slovenia