2014Archeological findings Donja Dolina - First Day Cover

Selection of archaeological artifacts from the Museum of the Republic of Srpska as a candidate for the issuing of a postage stamp in accordance with the context of exhibition Century of archaeological research at Donja Dolina and the decades-long oblivion ..., which is expected to open during 2015. Interest in Donja Dolina, at Gradiska, begins in 1896 thanks to an accidental discovery of bronze helmet at Greda with a necropolis. Previous studies have shown that it is a complex of sites in the complex Donja Dolina: Elder settlement from the Late Bronze Age, and Gradina with older (pile dwelling settlement) and a younger phase of the Iron Age (lowland area). Findings from settlements and graves indicate that the Donja Dolina constituted an important economic and trade center, which reached its peak just after the founding of pile settlement on Gradina, in the late eighth and early seventh centrury BC.