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Riflessioni per una proposta di localizzazione ed identificazione dell’antica città di Castra Martis in Dacia Ripensis
No full textCastra Martis was one of the cities located in Dacia Ripensis, known as a bishopric active between the 4th and 5th century, as well as the spot where took place an important episode of the Gothic war dated to 378. The city is traditionally identified with the Bulgarian site of Kula where researches made it possible to discover a quadriburgium and a castellum erected between the 3rd and 4th century. At the present state of research, it can be noted that the archaeological and historical data make it possible to assume that the proposal to identify Castra Martis with Kula is incorrect as it is clearly based on a wrong interpretation of Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae. Furthermore, comparing Kula with a site discovered further east, Chomakovtsi, it can be noted that the latter appears to be the most suitable candidate for identifying the city. This site covers 13-15 ha., it is protected by a rampart with protruding towers and its position, in the topography of Dacia Ripensis, appears more suitable to the location of Castra Martis known from literary sources. Analyzing the mentions made by Sozomenus, Procopius and Iordanes it can be deduced in fact that the settlement was located in the eastern area of the province
Istorijski malteri : od karakterizacije do konzervacije
Get PDFPublikacija Istorijski malteri – od karakterizacije do konzervacije predstavlja jedan od rezultata projekta Mortar Design for Conservation – Danube Roman Frontier 2000 Years After (MoDeCo2000), koji je finansirao Fond za nauku Republike Srbije od 2020. do 2022. godine kroz program PROMIS. Projekat je sproveden u saradnji Arheološkog instituta, Tehnološkog fakulteta Novi Sad Univerziteta u Novom Sadu i Instituta za ispitivanje materijala. Tema projekta su krečni malteri građevina podignutih u periodu od I do VI veka na delu dunavskog limesa koji se nalazio na teritoriji današnje Republike Srbije.
U Srbiji se nalaze ostaci brojnih građevina iz svih istorijskih perioda, ali malteri ugrađeni u njihove strukture do sada nisu bili predmet sistematskog proučavanja. Period čiji je razvoj graditeljstva najdirektnije bio uslovljen razvojem pripreme i primene krečnog maltera predstavlja vreme rimske dominacije. Kroz projekat MoDeCo2000 sprovedeno je istraživanje graditeljstva nastalog tokom ovog perioda na teritoriji dunavskog limesa – granice Rimskog carstva na reci Dunav. S obzirom na to da su rimski krečni malteri u svetu decenijama predmet brojnih naučnih projekata, MoDeCo2000 predstavlja važan doprinos naučne zajednice Republike Srbije razvoju ovih istraživanja, ne samo kroz osvetljavanje dela slike graditeljskog, pa i društveno-ekonomskog razvoja prostora centralnog Balkana u periodu od I do VI veka nove ere, već i tradicionalnog graditeljstva na predmetnoj teritoriji uopšte. Osim istraživačkog cilja projekta, kao jednako važan je bio onaj usmeren na praktičnu arhitektonsku konzervaciju, odnosno direktnu primenu naučnih rezultata projekta u procesima očuvanja istorijskih građevina u Srbiji, u skladu sa međunarodnim dokumentima iz oblasti zaštite kulturnog nasleđa
Ćetaće 2022
No full textЛексикографска јединица која се односи на истраживања археолошког локалитета Ћетаће - Радујевац у 2022. години.A database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000: https://www.fastionline.or
VIMINACIUM Analyses of mortar from the amphitheater - 2011
No full textАнализа малтера коришћеног за изградњу античких римских објеката у Виминацијуму извршена 2011. године.A database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000: https://www.fastionline.or
Gamzigrad 2011
No full textИскопавања на Гамзиграду у 2011. години.A database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000: https://www.fastionline.or
Mala Kopašnica 2012
No full textАрхеолошка истраживања на локалитету Мала копашница током 2012. године.A database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000: https://www.fastionline.or
Birds at the Late Iron Age „Hellenised“ site of Kale – Krševica (southern Serbia)
No full textSituated deep in the Balkan hinterland (15 km to the south of the modern town of Vranje), the site Kale–Krševica is uni ue in this area for the discovered traces of urban-like planning, as well as structures and objects built with some thorough knowledge of contemporary Greek stylistic and technological practices. It sits on the dominant hill overlooking the Krševička River, and covers an area of around 5 hectares. The site was discovered in the mid-20th century, and systematic research began in 2001. The results have revealed habitation phases beginning from the late Bronze Age and lasting until the La Tène period. The so-called ‘Hellenised’ phase, which is the most substantial and prominent at this important yet unnamed settlement, began in the last decades of the 5th century BC at the acropolis with several domestic structures built along two communications merging at 90 degrees angle. This area at the top of the hill was also fortified with a contemporary massive rampart in dressed stones along with a wide trench oriented towards the mount Rujen.
The site yielded extraordinary portable finds: rich finds of ceramic vessels, some of them belonging to red-figure and other Attic glazed vessels. Numerous transport amphorae are also imported, mainly originating from Thasos, Mende and Chios. Yet, the most numerous are locally produced everyday items: pottery, bone, antler, stone, and metal objects, which also appeared to follow some Greek production practices. Animals were also important – as a source of food, raw materials, and work force. Interestingly, some were also present as figural representations and probably had certain symbolic value. In particular, birds seem to have had an important place.
Namely, numerous imported pottery fragments have depictions of birds – including ducks, owls, etc. Furthermore, bird bones were also used as raw materials - one object made from a bird bone was discovered. It is a small cylindrical item presumably used as some sort of needle case or other type of container. Bird bones were rarely used for the production of artefacts, and this object is unique thus far in this region. Consequently, our goal in this presentation is to analyse the role and importance the birds had within the local cultural context
International Conference Interactions-Transmission-Transformation : Long-distance Connections in Metal Ages of South-eastern Europe, Viminacium archaeological site and Domvs Scientarivm, October 31st to November 3rd 2024 : book of abstracts
No full textBook of abstracts from the international conference "Interactions-Transmission-Transformation : Long-distance Connections in Metal Ages of South-eastern Europe" held at Viminacium archaeological site and Domvs Scientarivm, October 31st to November 3rd 2024
Space use in Syrmia during the Migration and Avar periods
No full textLying between the Danube and Sava rivers, the region of Syrmia used to be the northern fringe of the Roman Empire and, later on, the southernmost land of the Avars. It had been named after one of its few cities, Sirmium, which started to lose its importance by the beginning of the fifth century. After the fall of the Hunnic Empire, Syrmia was controlled by the Ostrogoths. In 510 the Romans had to accept that the whole of Syrmia was Ostrogothic, except for its southeastern corner with the city of Bassianae. Around the year 512 Emperor Anastasius settled the Heruli there. The Gepids, with short interruptions, held Sirmium for almost a century, from 474 to 567. In the course of more than a century, the way of life and space use in Syrmia underwent significant changes, and it appears that the crisis was further deepened with the arrival of the Avars, who seem not to have settled the region on a large scale
Geomagnetic surveys and archaeological excavations of two prehistoric sites in North-western Serbia: Preliminary results and new methodological questions
No full textThe study is based on the geomagnetic prospection and subsequent archaeological excavations of two
prehistoric sites in north-western Serbia, the sites of Spasovine and Cikote. Comparing prospection and
excavation results provides an insight into the advantages and limitations of geomagnetic prospection
in the aforementioned territory. At the site of Spasovine, where geomagnetic prospection pinpointed
two archaeological features, those features have proved to be the remains of burnt Late Neolithic/Early
Eneolithic dwellings containing a large amount of portable archaeological material and architectural
elements, all with traces of burning. At the Bronze/Iron Age site of Cikote, geomagnetic prospection
yielded positive, yet significantly lower, values concerning the possible archaeological features, but
was able to identify a burnt rampart dated to the transitional period between the Bronze Age and Iron
Age. The excavations did not register any remains of possible Bronze Age dwellings. The study supports
the conclusion that the character of the Late Neolithic/Early Eneolithic architecture likely differs from
that of the Late Bronze Age, the latter being more superficial and of lighter construction. Thus, the
complete absence of preserved Late Bronze Age settlements in north-western Serbia may be explained
by the poor preservation potential of Bronze Age settlements