Some Remarks on the Iron Age Pottery from the Sveta Trojica Hillfort

Finds from the Sveta Trojica hillfort near Starigrad-Paklenica at the foot of Velebit Mountain in Croatia analysed so far have offered significant insights into various imported ceramic categories, ceramic tools for textile production, and coin distribution. Coarse ware pottery will be presented as a new study segment. Shapes and decorations of local coarse wares from Liburnian sites were often underrepresented in publications in the past, although they represent a significant portion in the overall amount of potsherds. Coarse ware from Trench 4 on Sveta Trojica is represented by several categories: pots, bowls, handles and grips, and bases. The pots and bowls are further subdivided into types wherever possible, as are the handles and grips. Fragments with decoration are also presented, and comparisons with other Iron Age sites in the area are made in order to establish similarities or differences in the local (regional) pottery production. Finds are also dated according to analogies and the associated material from layers in Trench 4. The presented finds are consequently dated to the Late Iron Age, between 4th–1st c.BC.