Stećak Forms
Stećak forms, that is, shapes and dimensions of the megalithic tombstone known as stećak, is what make stećaks extremely attractive. Stećaks are mostly of large dimension and in rare cases smaller ones were cut. However, the very basic division of stećak is between lying or horizontal and standing or vertical ones, which was introduced by Dimitrije Sergejevski in 1952. The first group includes stećci in the form of a ''slab'', a ''chest'' (or ''box''), a ''chest'' with a ''pedestal'', a ''gable'' and a ''gable'' with a ''pedestal'', while the second group includes stećci with two forms - ''columns'' and ''crosses''. In addition to these basic forms, which have several subtypes and variants, there are also ''amorphous'' stećci, which are simplest ones and usually without any elaborate finishing decorations or inscriptions. Stećci are found in territories ruled by the Bosnian medieval state throughout the Middle Ages, which today corresponds with a territory that cover most ...
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