Abstract
The Roman period, due to its diversity and complexity, has always served as an inspiration and a source of motivation for archaeologists. The desire to contribute personally to solving the mysteries of burial customs from this era in the region of Northeastern Macedonia, where I come from, greatly influenced on choice of this topic. The lack of specialized literature, along with differing perspectives among researchers of this area, and the discrepancies in interpreting the typology of grave constructions, presented a challenge and further motivation for me.
In writing this text, the necropolises of the Skupi archaeological site served as the starting point, as they are also the most thoroughly researched necropolises in the Republic of Macedonia. This is undoubtedly largely due to the late Lenče Jovanova, who condensed her years of research into numerous contributions and works. This master's thesis was written under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrej Gaspari and co-mentorship of Dr. Zvonimir Nikolovski, to whom I would like to extend my special thanks for their time, patience, understanding, and unconditional support throughout the entire process of its creation. I would also like to thank my colleague Marinela Serafimova from the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and the Museum in Štip, as well as the director of this institution, Dr. Mitko Šterjov, for their assistance in finding literature. I am also grateful to my colleague Slavčo Atanasovski, who, as the leader of the protective archaeological excavations in 2022, enabled me to be part of the team and directly participate in the protective archaeological research at the southeastern necropolis of Skupi. He shared with me a wealth of information, some of which was crucial at certain moments during the writing of this text.
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