Hisar Hill

The Hisar, is a hill near Leskovac and Prokuplje, Serbia which is the town's symbol. As the word "hisar" derives from Turkish and means "fortress", it is the site of the medieval fortress with a still well preserved tower, popularly called the Tower of Jug Bogdan, who was a hero of the Battle of Kosovo.

Excavations

Hisar is a multi-periodal settlement.

Traces of life of the Brnjica culture[1] (8th century BC) is seen in the plateau that was protected by a deep moat with a palisade on its inner side, a fortification similar to that of another fortification on the Gradac site in Lanište in the Velika Morava basin.[2]

A later Iron Age settlement existed at Hisar dating from the 6th century BC until the 4th century BC.[3] Besides Greek fibulae and pottery, Triballi (Thracian) tombs have been excavated in 2005.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/(A(mmFEhxIFygEkAAAAODg1OWJkNTgtYTc2My00YjAxLTk4NDgtZWM3M2Q1ZTFkN2M4y46ilRSELxiqjbk0WwG_owYPOtI1))/img/doi/0350-0241/2006/0350-02410656073S.pdf
  2. ↑ Stojic 1986, 61–62. YU
  3. ↑ http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2007/0350-02410757175S.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2005&mm=07&dd=26&nav_id=173384


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