Archaeological Guide of Kosovo

Graboc
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The rural settlement
of the Grabocit i Ulët, is positioned
nearby the Drenica river, around
9 km west from the town of Fushë Kosova.
At the Berisha neighborhood, at the site
known by the locals as “Bahçe” initially in
2004 and then later in several excavation
campaigns, graves within an Early Medieval
necropolis were unearthed. Over a
dozen graves, in majority in a good and
well preserved condition and intact human
remains have been excavated and recorded
here, except two skeletons which were beheaded.
The grave orientations were westeast
(respectively the head toward west
and the feat toward east). A considerable
amount of the fragmented pottery of either
glazed medieval but also few prehistoric
date fragments of ceramics have been collected
here. However, what draws the attention
at this site is that the Arbër culture witnessed
which is mainly composed of; jewelry, weaponry,
working tools, pottery and rare glass
jars which were part of the grave goods collected
in this place.
Rewardingly, the grave goods within
the burials were very rich especially with the
jewelry discovered here. Among the most
distinguished findings where; bronze rings,
bracelets (one of them is twist decorated) a
coin with a hole that might indicate that was
used together with a necklace and a pair of
bronze granulated earrings.
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Fig. 233. view of some unearthed graves of the Graboc necropolis.
Fig. 234. Moment of work during the grave unearthing.
Fig. 235. Bracelet and ring discovered inside one of the graves.
Fig. 235a. Bracelet and earrings discovered in a grave at the Early
Medieval necropolis of the Graboc.
Fig. 236. the site setting of the Graboc medieval necropolis.
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