FIELD WORK
March 22-25, 2025
Fieldwork – Osijek – Topolje – Mohovo area – geoarchaeological survey and soil profile sampling, along with mineralogical (XRD) and geochemical (p-XRF) analyses. A total of 33 samples were collected, and selected samples were chosen for detailed geochemical analysis (ICP-MS, AES) (Sibila Borojević Šoštarić, Tomislav Brenko, Tena Karavidović).
Mohovo, exposed loess profile, ravine. A reddish, more clay-rich layer with an increased iron content is visible
March 19-20, 2025
Fieldwork – Virovitica – Slatina – Osijek area – geoarchaeological survey and soil profile sampling, along with mineralogical (XRD) and geochemical (p-XRF) analyses, carried out to assess the potential for the formation of bog iron ores in the wider Drava River basin. A total of 27 samples were collected and analysed, and selected samples were chosen for detailed geochemical analysis (ICP-MS, AES) (Tena Karavidović, Tomislav Brenko)
Location Sopje, arable field, surface traces of reddish soil and nodules – signs of early stages of bog iron ore formation
September 11, 2024
Field research - sampling of soil was carried out in the profile of a pedological pit measuring 10x1x2 m in the Knezovljani Site in Sisak-Moslavina County, with the objective of analysing the potential for bog iron ore occurence (Sibila Borojević Šoštarić, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan)
April 2-3rd, 2024.
Field survey of the lowland part of Banija and Posavina regions - geoarchaeological prospecting of sites near the villages of Osekovo, Buzeta, Hrastovica, Donje Selište. Locating potential deposits and sampling of ore occurrences and soil profiles for further analysis - mineralogical (XRD) and geochemical (pXRF and ICP-MS; AES) analysis (Tomislav Brenko, Tena Karavidović)
March 25th, 2024
Field survey of Pokuplje region - geoarchaeological prospecting of the sites under toponims Modruš potok, Pravutine, Muljevac, Žakanje, Reštovo. Locating potential deposits and sampling of ore occurrences and soil profiles for further analysis - mineralogical (XRD) and geochemical (pXRF and ICP-MS; AES) analysis (Sibila Borojević Šoštarić, Tomislav Brenko, Tena Karavidović)
March 18th, 2024
Field survey of the hilly part of Banija region - Petrova gora - geoarchaeological prospecting of the sites on toponims Petrovac, Pecka, Kijak, Kijak (Samograd-Duboki potok). Locating potential deposits and sampling of ore occurrences for further analysis - mineralogical (XRD) and geochemical (pXRF and ICP-MS; AES) analysis (Sibila Borojević Šoštarić, Tena Karavidović)
March 16th, 2024
Field survey of the hilly part of Banija region – Trgovska gora - geoarchaeological prospecting of the sites around Majdan, Jokin potok, Vidorija. Locating potential deposits and sampling of ore occurrences for further analysis - mineralogical (XRD) and geochemical (pXRF and ICP-MS; AES) analysis (Sibila Borojević Šoštarić, Tena Karavidović).
March 9th, 2024
Field survey of the hilly part of Banija region - Zrinska and Trgovska gora - geoarchaeological prospecting of the sites Gvozdansko-Komorska glavica, Bešlinec, Zrin. Locating potential deposits and sampling of ore occurrences for further analysis - mineralogical (XRD) and geochemical (pXRF and ICP-MS; AES) analysis (Sibila Borojević Šoštarić, Tomislav Brenko, Tena Karavidović)
21st February 2024
Field survey of Kalinovac – Hrastova greda site (Tena Karavidović, Tomislav Brenko). Geoarchaeological field survey and sampling of the soil according to the previously set regular spatial network was carried out. The collected samples were preliminarily geochemically analyzed on site using pXRF device and will be further analyzed in the laboratory of the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb.
