Archaeological Guide of Kosovo

Fshej
The Fshej burial mound necropolis
belongs to the Late Iron Period
(7th – 6th century BC). During the archaeological
excavations carried out here
in 2011, five tumulus burials were archaeologically
excavated and researched,
which resulted with rich and abundant
archaeological material, typical for determination
of the chronology of the site,
which clearly confirms the occupancy
of the Dardanian population, respectively
the time period of the unification
of their ethoculture. The burial mound
group is situated approximately 800 m
south, southwest from the Ura e Shenjtë
stone bridge. The funerary rite practiced
here, the inhumation or free burial of
the deceased buried inside a burial constructed
as a grave case built with river
stone graves, illustrates one of the burial
rites of the
indigenous
population.
Besides, the
inhumation
ritual practiced
by the
Dardanians,
the incarnation/cremation
of the late
person was
widely used
in Dardania.
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Beli Drim
Fig. 109. Two handle dish from the Bronze Period discovered
within a tumulus in Fshej. (Archaeological institute of Kosovo)
Fig. 110. Tumulus II (Archaeological institute of Kosovo) 2011
Fig. 111. Tumulus III (Archaeological institute of Kosovo) 2011
Fig. 112. Grave 1 of the tumulus II
(Archaeological institute of Kosovo) 2011
Fig. 113. Orthophoto of this tumuli necropolis, pinpointed
with dots (photo encircled in red)
Fig. 114. The map of the Fshej tumulus site of the Gjakova
Municipality, situated near the Fshej stone bridge.
Fšej
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