Članek obravnava pomemben ženski grob 20 iz gomile IV na Znančevih njivah v Novem mestu, odkrit leta 1968. Poleg dveh enostavnih zlatih žičnatih uhanov je vseboval ogrlico iz jantarnih jagod, odlomke steklenih jagod, okrašeni votli spiralni zapestnici iz debele bronaste pločevine, narebreni bronasti nanožnici in tri nagubane kernose. Presenetljivo je, da se večina pridatkov redko pojavlja v grobovih dolenjske skupine halštatske kulture. Za uhana poznamo le nekaj dobrih primerjav iz brona, redke so večje sploščeno kroglaste jantarne jagode, prav tako keramični kernosi. Tudi votle zapestnice iz debele bronaste pločevine niso prav pogoste. Druga posebnost groba je, da so v njem pridatki različno stari, pri čemer je med najstarejšimi in najmlajšimi precejšen časovni razkorak. To je tudi glavni razlog za različne datacije groba IV/20. Čeprav je bila pokojnica pokopana z uhanoma in zapestnicama, ki izvirajo že iz stopnje Stična 2, ti ne določajo starosti groba, temveč gre za podedovani nakit. Pokop šele v certoški stopnji opredeljujejo jantarna ogrlica in nagubani kernosi. V članku avtor opozarja tudi na nekatere grobne inventarje, ki vsebujejo predmete, značilne za dve zaporedni stopnji. Po njegovem mnenju sodijo ti grobovi v prehodno obdobje, ko nove oblike postopoma izpodrivajo stare. Obenem opozarja tudi na nagubano posodje, ki je značilnost certoške in negovske stopnje.The contribution discusses the burial of a woman (Grave 20) in Tumulus IV at the Znančeve njive cemetery in Novo mesto, SE Slovenia. It was excavated in 1968 and found to contain a pair of simple gold wire earrings, a necklace of amber beads, fragments of glass beads, two decorated hollow spiral bracelets of thick sheet bronze, two ribbed bronze anklets and three embossed kernoi. Most of the goods are of types that only rarely occur in the graves of the Dolenjska Hallstatt group: the earrings have only few close parallels of bronze, large sub-spherical amber beads are rare, as are ceramic kernoi, while hollow bracelets of thick sheet bronze are only slightly more numerous. The grave also stands apart in that the goods are of different, in some cases considerably different dates. This is also the main cause for the varying dating of the burial. The deceased woman was indeed buried with earrings and bracelets dating to the Stična 2 phase, but they are believed to represent heirlooms and it is the amber necklace and embossed kernoi that suggest the date of the interment in the Certosa Fibulae phase. The contribution also presents several grave groups with goods characteristic of two successive phases. The author sees these burials as evidence of a period of transition, during which new forms gradually replaced the old ones. He also calls attention to embossed ware that was popular in the Certosa and Negova phases
