necropolises of stećak tombstones

About necropolises of stećak tombstones:

 According to written data, there were about 350 stećak tombstones in the Živinice area before the urbanization process.
The stećak tombstones were erected in the second half of the 12th century and were erected on the graves of deceased rulers, nobles and rich landowners, and less on the graves of the poor.
They rise until the 16th century when they die out.

The area of Živinice is a monument of cultural heritage, in addition to the stećak tombstones, there are also several medieval fortifications "gradine", the most famous of which are:
Gradina in Nevrenča, “Grda Jasičak above Bašigovac”, Džebarska gradina, Grad “Čaršija” above Gornja Višća and Djedinska gradina. These sites have not yet been fully explored.

According to written data by Miladin Pelemiš and Boško Kićanović from 1988, 266 stećak tombstones have been preserved in the area of Živinice, among which the necropolis “Vrpolje” in Đurđevik stands out, “Trijebnik” also in Đurđevik and the site “Carska bašča” in Panjik near Šahić, and from the "singles" stands out a stećak called "stetac" above Kršić, a lonely sarcophagus in Musići not far from the mosque, a stećak "bench" at the prayer house in Brnjica, etc.

Of special value for historiography is a stećak from the necropolis "Vrpolje" because it is decorated in the image of a horse with a horseman, and the written text on the stećak with even greater value, which is also the only stećak with written text in Živinice.

The text was first discovered by Ćiro Truhelka in 1895, and a little later by Stojan Novaković and Marko Vego. The text reads:

"STOJAN UTOLOVIĆ is lying on his land on the noble Ostoja's brother."
The text is engraved (written) in Old Bosnian Cyrillic "Bosančica".

According to the written sources of the above-mentioned authors from 1988, the necropolises of the stećak tombstones were located at the following sites, although most of the stećak tombstones were moved from their original location to the site near Paradise Lake Bašigovci, with several locations from the area of the City of Zivinice.

- Stećak tombstones in Gračanica - three sites
- "Njiverice" and "Vrhovi" above Kršić
- "Imperial Garden" and the surroundings of Panjik-Sahici
- "Veselica" in the forest of M. Lazić-Vrnojevići
- Repuh necropolis in Tupkovići
- Necropolis "Radašnica" above Mujanović's house
– “Trijebnik” field S. Džihanovića – Đurđevik
- “Dvorište- park” by A. Memišević- Đurđevik
- Stećak tombstones on the "Fourth kilometer" in Višća
- "Lučino brdo" above Zukić-Fočak
- Necropolis "Odorovići" yard of A. Mazić
-Necropolis in Toplice- village Lukavica

- “Dvorište” by O. Kahrimanović and M. Novaković
- “Gradina” in the field of R. Goletić-Nevrenč
- “Petava” yard Softić Šabana D. Višća
- Necropolis "Odorovići" yard of A. Mazić
- "Podkrš" under Džebarska gradina
- "School yard" of the elementary school Đurđevik
- "Manduše" in Gornja Višća
- "Shields" of the Besic-Gladojevici field
- "Hrastik" forest between Vrnojević and Djedin
- "Rakuša necropolis" near Djedin
- "Vrpolje" field of the deceased F. Molan
- "Glavica" njiva Huse Čerkezovića- Podgajevi
- "Tatarica" necropolis above Sharenjak
- "Brezje" Jurošević's field in Đurđevik
- “Softness” field Š. Mujanović - Podgajevi
- “Filipovići” njiva N. Filipovića
- "Kotornički" yard of V. Bošković
- "Vina" njiva Avdo Malkića- Bašigovci
- "Music stećak tombstone" near the Đurđevik mosque
- Stećak tombstone “bench” - prayer house G. Brnjica.

The location of the stećak tombstones itself, as well as the names of the necropolises from the only written source on this topic with the full names and locations of the stećak tombstones, although created forty years ago, will provide insight into the rich heritage of this area.

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