【An Anthropological Interpretation of the Subterranean Ravne Tunnel System (Central Bosnia)】
Full article: https://tinyurl.com/4ayc88xz (Authored by Sam Osmanagich, from Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina.)
Subterranean spaces have played varied roles in human history, serving at different times as shelters, ritual settings, storage areas, movement corridors, or managed components of wider cultural landscapes. While caves and underground structures are often approached as marginal or exceptional environments, archaeological research increasingly recognizes that such spaces were frequently integrated into long-term patterns of #human_behavior. The subterranean Ravne tunnel system in central Bosnia contains a dense concentration of architectural features, artifacts, and environmental conditions that point to sustained human activity underground. This study examines them as culturally shaped spaces whose form and modification reflect patterns of human behavior over extended periods, and present the archaeological and environmental evidence in detail and situate the Ravne tunnels within a broader anthropological discussion of long-term underground space use.
