Metallurgical activity in the Early Bronze Age period on the hilltop settlement of Pod near Bugojno

Abstract

In the present article attention is drawn to several finds from the Early Bronze Age period, which in our opinion represent clear indications for a bronze casting workshop at the hilltop settlement of Pod near Bugojno, situated in the valley of the river Vrbas. These represent ceramic cylindrical objects, which we associate with identical finds from the workshop of a bronze founder in the Early Bronze Age phase at the settlement of Feudvar near Mošorin in Vojvodina. They can be interpreted as clay core supports, used as a casting instrument during the production of bronze objects.