Ervenica – part of a Vučedol culture settlement

Abstract

Pri zaštitnome istraživanju provedenome 2003. u Ulici M. Gupca 8 na Ervenici u Vinkovcima otkriveni su ostaci vučedolskoga horizonta i tragovi naseljavanja tijekom kasnoklasičnoga B-2 stupnja vučedolske kulture. Velika količina keramičkoga materijala, ostaci zapečene podnice i rezultati ranijih istraživanja upućuju na zaključak da je ovaj položaj bio dio većega naselja kojega se središte nalazilo na tellu ‘Tržnica’. Za istraživanja koja su dosad provedena na području Ervenice zabilježeni su ostaci četiriju kućnih osnova i pet otpadnih jama. Povezanost sa susjednim tellom ‘Tržnica’ očita je zbog sličnosti keramičkoga materijala i prije svega zbog smještaja na dvama prirodno povišenim položajima koje dijeli samo utok potoka Ervenice u Bosut. Iskopavanja u Ulici M. Gupca 8 samo su potvrdila pretpostavku da su u istome razdoblju na vinkovačkome području kao dio jedinstvenoga naselja postojala dva istaknuta vučedolska položaja: veći na tellu ‘Tržnica’ sa središtem na mjestu današnjeg Hotela ‘Slavonija’ i nešto manji na susjednoj Ervenici.During rescue excavations conducted at the street address Matije Gupca 8 at Ervenica in the city of Vinkovci in 2003, the remains of a Vučedol horizon and traces of human habitation during the late classical B-2 stage of the Vučedol culture were discovered. A large quantity of ceramics, remains of burned floors and results of earlier research lead to the conclusion that this site was part of a larger settlement that was centred on the Tržnica (‘Marketplace’) tell. During research so far conducted in the territory of Ervenica, the remains of four house foundations and five waste pits have been recorded. The link to the neighbouring Tržnica tell is obvious due to the similarities between the ceramics and above all the location on two naturally elevated sites divided only by the confluence of the Ervenica Stream into the Bosut River. Excavations at Matije Gupca 8 have only confirmed the hypothesis that two distinguished Vučedol sites simultaneously existed in the Vinkovci territory as part of a single settlement: the larger on the Tržnica tell centred on the site of today’s Hotel Slavonija, and the somewhat smaller one in neighbouring Ervenica