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Herojska doba Histrov

skega in panonsko-karpatskega metalurškega diktata Maestá/Štinjan and Baredine near Brtonigla (Mihovilić
na eni ter ideološko-simboličnega načela na drugi strani. 1991; 2012, 426–427; 2014, 118; Blečić Kavur 2024a). The
Bronaste sekire iz Monte Maestája izkazujejo konkretne hoards have been interpreted as reflecting a trend towards
vplive kultur žarnih grobišč, metode odlaganja pa jih po- the dominance of central European and Pannonian/Car-
vezujejo s severnoitalskim krogom, kjer depojske najdbe pathian metallurgy on the one hand, and the ideological/
izključno s sekirami niso bile izjema (Carancini, Peroni symbolic principle on the other. The Bronze axes from
1999; Borgna 2001). Edina plavutasta sekira, ki izhaja iz Monte Maestá show the concrete influence of the Urnfield
novejših raziskav in znanega arheološkega konteksta, je culture, and in terms of the method of deposition, closer
tista iz jame Laganiši pri Oprtlju, ki po svojih značilnostih ties with the north Italic sphere, where hoards comprised
sodi med srednjeevropske tipe sekir (Mihovilić 2008, 45). solely of axes were not an exception (Carancini, Peroni
1999; Borgna 2001). The only flanged axe recovered in
Sekire iz Baredin so mlajše in se skupaj z bronasto sekiro the course of more recent investigation and from a known
iz Buj vključujejo v niz regionalnih oblik severnojadranskih, archaeological context is the one found in the Laganiši
cave near Oprtalj, also attributed by its characteristics
zlasti furlanskih in srednjeitalskih najdišč (Mihovilić 2012,
to the central European axe types (Mihovilić 2008, 45).
426–427; 2014, 118). Najdba kalupa iz Sermina pri Kopru,
namenjenega izdelavi sekir, kakršna je tista iz Buj, potrjuje The axes found in Baredine are more recent and, along
obstoj lokalnih delavnic tega časa (Leonardi idr. 2015; with the bronze axe from Buje, are consistent with the
Blečić Kavur 2024a). distribution of regional forms of the northern Adriatic,
especially the Friulian and central Italic sites (Mihovilić
Najstarejši železni predmet na območju Istre je prav tako 2012, 426–427; 2014, 118). The find of a mould at the
sekira z ročicami, ki izvira iz Pećine na Gradini pri Preman- Sermin site near Koper used to cast axes like the one
turi. Glede na poreklo jo je v širšem smislu mogoče pove- found in Buje supports the idea that there were local
zati s srednjejadranskim prostorom ter naprej z egejsko workshops during that period (Leonardi et al. 2015; Blečić
regijo in vzhodnim Sredozemljem, kjer so se takšne sekire Kavur 2024a).
uporabljale v prehodnem obdobju iz 2. v 1. tisočletje pr.
The oldest known iron artefact found in Istria is a lugged
n. št. (Mihovilić 2007a, 344; 2014, 120; 2021, 512–513).
axe from the Pećina na Gradini site near Premantura. Give
the provenance it can be broadly associated with the
Predstavljene depojske in posamezne najdbe sekir različ-
central Adriatic area and further with the Aegean and the
nih tipov nimajo ustreznih analogij v kontekstih grobov in
eastern Mediterranean, where axes of this type were in
grobišč, kar je praksa znana iz neposrednega jugovzhod- use at the turn of the 2 to 1 millennium BCE (Mihovilić
nd
st
nega alpskega zaledja in južnopanonskega prostora (Turk 2007a, 344; 2014, 120; 2021, 512–513).
1996, 117–121; Ložnjak Dizdar 2011). Zagotovo je, da je
bilo tudi v tej regiji spoštovano načelo reciprocitete, saj je The presented hoards and isolated finds of axes of various
bilo določeno gradivo skrbno izbrano za pokopne obrede, types do not have adequate analogies in the contexts of
drugo pa za obrede odlaganja (Blečić Kavur 2024a). graves and necropolises, a practice known to us from
the immediate southeastern Alpine hinterland and the

Iz dostopnih virov izvemo, da so bile ladje nujne za histrsko southern Pannonian area (Turk 1996, 117–121; Ložnjak
preživetje, tako v miru (prevozi, trgovina, piratstvo itd.) kot Dizdar 2011). It is evident that in this region too we see
tudi v vojni (napadi, pomorske bitke, obramba akvatorija an adherence to the principle of reciprocity, with certain
itd.). Čeprav Histri niso edino ljudstvo, ki ga na Jadranu material carefully selected for the burial rite, and other The Heroic Age of The Histri
povezujemo s piratstvom, imamo trenutno edino za njih material for the deposition (Blečić Kavur 2024a).

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