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Mala špilja has been recognized as an archaeological site well over a century ago. Since then, a small collection of pottery, bronze objects and human bones has been recovered from it. Analyses of these archaeological finds indicate that the area at the entrance of the cave was occasionaly visited and used as a shelter since the Copper Age. Later, during the Late Bronze Age, the focus of activity shifted to the large interior chamber, which was used as a cemetery. Details of the mortuary ritual are no longer recoverable due to wholesale destruction of the site over the centuries.