Nakovana cave
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| Location: | Orebić , Croatia | |
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Geographic location: |
42 ° 59 '51 " N , 17 ° 4' 53" E | |
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| Discovery: | 1999 | |
| Particularities: | Ancient cult place of the Illyrians | |
The Nakovana Cave is a cave on the Croatian Adriatic coast . It is located in southern Dalmatia on the Pelješac peninsula near the town of Orebić .
In the summer of 1999 , the three-room cave was discovered and explored by archaeologists Timothy Kaiser and Stašo Forenbaher. Among other things, they found imported ceramics from Greece, the Greek colonies in southern Italy, parts of a 2200 year old astrological table made of ivory and local goods. Most of the finds were at the foot of a 60 cm high phallic stalagmite . The cave was probably used as a place of worship by the Illyrians who lived here at the time .
See also
literature
- Stašo Forenbaher and Timothy Kaiser: Spila Nakovana: Ilirsko svestiste na Peljescu / An Illyrian sanctuary on the Peljesac peninsula. Zagreb 2003.