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Rifnik Hill is a hill with an
Rifnik Archaeological Park
Celje Regional Museum website {{coord, 46, 11, 54.55, N, 15, 24, 24.80, E, display=title Stone Age sites in Slovenia Bronze Age sites in Slovenia Iron Age sites in Slovenia Roman sites in Slovenia Archaeology of Slovenia
Rifnik Hill is a hill with an archaeological open-air museum
An archaeological open-air museum is a non-profit permanent institution with outdoor true-to-scale architectural reconstructions primarily based on archaeological sources. It holds collections of intangible heritage resources and provides an int ...
in eastern Slovenia
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. The archaeological park consists of a reconstruction of a Hallstatt
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house from the late Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...
. Early Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
burial mounds were also found on its northern and eastern slopes. A temple dedicated to Aqvon, the deity of the Voglajna
The Voglajna () is a river in Styria, Slovenia. The river is long (including its source river, the Ločnica), and its catchment area is . Its source is Lake Slivnica ( sl, Slivniško jezero) near Slivnica pri Celju. It passes Šentjur, the ruins ...
River, was built in the Late Roman era, on the foundations of which an early Christian church was later built, and on the western edge of the hill there was another church, where Arianism was practiced.
Archaeological park
The permanent exhibition is based on more than a hundred years of archaeological research and is divided into two parts.Ciglenečki, S. (1999): Rifnik nad Šentjurjem. In: Millennia's Treasures. History of Slovenia from Neanderthals to Slavs (''"Zakladi tisočletij. Zgodovina Slovenije od neandertalcev do Slovanov"''), 359–361. Ljubljana The first part covers the beginnings of the excavations and the material culture of the Bronze Age and Iron Age from the end of the 4th century BC to the arrival of the Romans, and the second shows renewed flourishing from the arrival of the Romans to that of the Slavs (1st–6th centuries).References
Further reading
* Pirkmajer, D. (1994): ''Rifnik. Arheološko najdišče. Vodnik''. Celje.External links
Rifnik Archaeological Park
Celje Regional Museum website {{coord, 46, 11, 54.55, N, 15, 24, 24.80, E, display=title Stone Age sites in Slovenia Bronze Age sites in Slovenia Iron Age sites in Slovenia Roman sites in Slovenia Archaeology of Slovenia