This paper provides a detailed study of five Late Bronze and Early Iron Age cremation graves discovered in 2020 in the Matavun near Škocjan, in the Karst. This discovery is significant not only because of its proximity to an established burial site, but also due to modern research and associated interdisciplinary analyses.The graves have been dated to between the 11th and 9th/8th centuries BC through a typological and chronological analysis of the ceramic and metal artefacts, as well as radiocarbon dating. The deliberately damaged artefacts provide insight into the funerary ritual. The cremated skeletal remains were placed either directly in the burial pits or in an urn. Their low weight suggests that only small parts of the remains were buried. In three of the five graves, the remains of children were also identified. Strontium isotope analysis (87Sr/86Sr) indicates that they consumed a local diet. Only the adult from grave 5 shows slight deviation.
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