Remains of a typical early medieval site in the Gorenjska region have been investigated at the village of Smokuč. It was a burial site in use for over two hundred years (at least from the late 8th to the late 10th century). The cemetery revealed items characteristic of the eastern Alpine area. Its early period is marked by objects of thin bronze wire and sheet bronze (late 8th and 9th centuries), the later period by cast and enamel-decorated objects (10th century). A special find is a group of graves from around 800 that contained pots with provisions and hens. The graves with animal bone remains also revealed a battle knife and a necklace with oriental glass beads.

Jar, clay, h. 12.5 cm, Grave 54, Inv. No. S 5605.

Hen bones, Grave 60, Inv. No. S 5610.

Hen bones, Grave 50, Inv. No. 5586.

Knife, iron and wood, l. 17.8 cm, Grave 50, Inv. No. S 5585.

Necklace, glass, string l. 30 cm, Grave 60, Inv. No. S 5609.

Knific, Timotej in Nabergoj, Tomaž, 2016: Medieval Stories from the Crossroads, Ljubljana, Fig. 83, pp. 66-75.