
The archaeological excavations of the Župna cerkev cemetery in Kranj began in 1953 and were completed in 2013. The explored cemetery consists of 2,936 graves and the Museum of Gorenjska (Gorenjski muzej) in Kranj has inventoried 3,263 items from this cemetery.
The purpose of the monograph is the publication of the graves excavated between 1964 and 1970 by Andrej Valič, curator at the Museum of Gorenjska. Data are drawn from all available sources (field documentation, artefacts, photographs, inventory books, analysis of skeletons, etc.).
The plan of the graves, which took shape while studying the material, for the first time combines all the previously excavated graves of the Župna cerkev cemetery in Kranj. Because of the size of the cemetery and the high density of burials in some parts, the quadrants are shown by individual pages instead of the usual one-piece insert.
The first part of the book is a study on the nature of the data presented, while the catalogue in addition to the usual data contains also comments on all potential oddities and inconsistencies.
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Arheološka raziskovanja grobov najdišča Župna cerkev v Kranju med letoma 1972 in 2010 (Archaeological investigation of graves from Župna cerkev site in Kranj between 1972 and 2010)
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 296 pages 1447 field drawings, drawings of artefacts and photographs, 25 plans
Keywords
archaeological excavations | archaeological finds | archaeological sites | cemeteries | graves | Kranj | medieval archaeological remains | Middle Ages | New Age | Slovenia