The main aim of this book is to provide a synthesis of all published research on sites of the Urnfield culture (c. 1300 BC - 750 BC) in continental Croatia. Using the basic division into settlements, cemeteries and hoards, the author concentrates on the analysis of the material culture following a typological-comparative method, while in the analysis of the finds from hoards a statistical method was used in order to show frequencies and distribution of certain types of items. Although the available data is scarce and includes a small number of sites that have not been excavated sufficiently, the study tries to obtain as complete a picture on the lifestyle of the people of the Urnfield culture in Croatia as

Migotti's study is intended both as a background for a future thorough investigation of the early Christian period in Croatia, as well as an aid to academics whose lack of knowledge of written Croatian may have hindered their acquaintance with modern understanding of the subject. The emphasis is on reconstructing the period prevalently in its material aspects, to prove that it is mistaken to see southern Pannonia as an area untouched on the whole by early Christianity. Catalogue descriptions of the various finds are accompanied by lots of photographs and line drawings and include everything from small decorative finds, to horse equipment, pottery, sarcophagi and church fittings. There is a useful introductory section on the political and historical background of the Church, and the conclusion includes ideas about spiritual and social aspects of early Christianity based on the material evidence.