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RÉGÉSZET - Jovan D. Mitrović – Selena Vitezović: Zók revisited: Excavations of D. Karapandžić at Zók in 1920
Zók revisited: Excavations of D. Karapandžić at Zók in 1920 181 Having in mind that both the main building and the collections of the National Museum were heavily damaged by Austro-Hungarian bombing of Belgrade at the beginning of August 1914, and that the museum collections were damaged during the First World War due to war actions, by Austro- Hungarian military and civilian authorities, we may understand the initiative to begin the excavations in Zók in the context of the archaeology that follows war conflicts. In order to understand the circumstances that preceded the beginning of the excavations at Zók, we must take into consideration the circumstances during war and post- war times, as well as the fact that archaeology at this time had a different social role in European countries. ?e excavations in 1920 A?er the official invitation by S. Rajić, the Great Župan (Veliki župan) of the Baranya county and a?er the administrative correspondence between the Baranya County–Ministry for Education and the National Museum, the director of the National Museum Dr. Vladimir Petrović sent the archaeologist Dušan Karapandžić on the August 5 th to Pécs. 2 A?er arriving to Pécs, and meeting with the Serbian civilian and military administration, Dušan Karapandžić went to the City Museum to check on the recovered archaeological material from Zók ( Ecsedy 1999: 8–9., Letica 1973: 15., Kovács 1977: 15., 101., Hornjak 2003: 77–82.). Several days later on the August 9 th 1920, Dušan Karapandžić, along with twelve workers, started his first independent archaeological research. Within the next three months, as long as the researches lasted, a total surface of over 980 m² was excavated. 3 It is important to note as well that Dušan Karapandžić, during this field work, also took an extensive reconnaissance of the wider area around the village of Zók, in search for other archaeological sites. He visited the slopes of Cser-hegy, including the locations of Kerek-erdő, Nagyhegy, Új-hegy and Ereszvény. In his diary, he wrote that only the hill of Kerek-erdő does not show enough potential for archaeological research, while the remaining sites were certainly interesting for future scientific investigations. 4 Art Department of the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, for the information on the timing of the evacuation from the Baranya territory. АNМ, № 262, Box 18. 2 1920, August 4 th : ?e petition by V. Petković, director of the National Museum, to the Great župan of the Baranya county, to help to D. Karapandžić in organizing the excavations in the village of Zók. АNМ, № 270, Box 18. 3 1920, November 18 th : Official report by Dušan Karapandžić, sent to the administration of the National Museum, a?er finished excavations in the village of Zók, Archives of Yugoslavia, Fund № 66, № 642. 4 ?e original archaeological field diary by Dušan Karapandžić АNМ, № ?, Box 18.
