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Prljuša, Mali Šturac: istraživanje u 2022. godini
No full textU radu su predstavljeni rezultati arheoloških iskopavanja na prostoru zapadne polovine Objekta 2 (Okno 7) u kampanji 2022
Arheološka iskopavanja na lokalitetu Timacum Minus – Ravna kod Knjaževca u 2022. godini
No full textU okviru projekta Arheološkog instituta u Beogradu i Zavičajnog muzeja Knjaževac Arheološka istraživanja, prezentacija i promocija rimskog utvrđenja i naselja Timacum Minus u Ravni kod Knjaževca 2022. godine, nastavljena su arheološka istraživanja na sektoru južne kapije i na prostoru velike građevine u središtu utvrđenja (principia). U ovogodišnjoj kampanji postavljena su dva cilja istraživanja, koja su i realizovana. Prvi je bio priprema južne kapije sa pripadajućom zapadnom kulom S2, u cilju realizcije konzervatorsko-restauratoskih radova (Zavičajni muzej Knjaževac i Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Niš) – rekonstrukcija kule i luka kapije. Drugi cilj bio je nastavak iskopavanja tzv. horeuma, a ustvari zgrade principije u središtu utvrđenja – otkrivanje njenog severnog zida u cilju pripreme ovog objekta za izradu projekta konzervatorsko restauratorskih radova i prezentacije. Da bi realizovali navede ciljeve, istražene su četiri sonde ( sonda 1/22 I 4/22 na objektu principije i sonda 2/22 i 3/22 na sektoru južne kapije)
Archaeology in Polish Schools : historical perspectives and the current situation
No full textThe chapters refers the issues surrounding archaeology education in Polish schools is not an easy task. This stems mainly from the political history of Poland, the fate of Polish formal and informal education, but also from the very understanding and the intricacies of the term ‘archaeology’ itself. Archaeology, as a scientific discipline and its substantive scope, in Polish schools, was and still is embedded in history lessons curricula. The teaching of history, moreover, has a firmly rooted tradition in Polish education, as the turbulent history of the country rendered it synonymous with patriotic and civic education, as means to promote the development of general knowledge about the world, in shaping the system of values, and patriotism
Medieval and Ottoman marketplaces in the Raška basin
No full textThis chapter presents a case study on trade patterns and locations where trade occurred within the Raška valley. Despite the modest amount of written sources and archaeological excavations, a limited number of marketplaces in the Raška basin have been either presumed or uncovered over the preceding few decades. The reasons for their establishment and disappearance also remained incompletely examined and mentioned only occasionally in previous research, having mainly been associated with the development of Serbian mining during the 13th century. In light of the foregoing, this chapter seeks to explore the causes and circumstances behind the appearance of these marketplaces in chosen locations and their mutual economic relations with the aim of perceiving the reasons for their rise and fall during the medieval and Ottoman periods. Moreover, particular emphasis will be directed towards the examination of the road network in the župa Ras. The research is based on data from written sources, remains of material culture and spatial analysis of the Raška basin
Fall of the Limes and disintegration of the frontier armies - new vision of the old problems
No full textLimes and the Danube River were the backbone of both provincial economy and the empire’s defense. The decline of the armies begun with the reorganization in the period of tetrarchy. Elite troops that once spearheaded invasions of Dacia were reduced for political reasons to border militia. Support of the Moesian troops to rebellious emperors against Gallienus had huge negative effect to the vision of the Moesian legions. Once pia fidelis legions were potential threat and this become the curse that led to their downfall. New units with inexperienced command core were decimated in battles with barbarians. Iconography of the units changed, and their identity was erased. Units were split and reduced to fraction of what they once were. Erasing units’ identity and tradition means destruction of their cohesion and morale. Reducing them to the level of limitanei lead to the final downfall. This did not happen at once. The process that started with Gallienus culminated under Tetrarchy. Mixing legions with auxiliary units was another downgrade as well as impact on soldier’s morale. Soldiers disappeared from tombstones and public inscriptions what clearly testifies on their reduced financial income, obliterated their importance in urban life. Did they really become peasants with weapons as they are often described?
Strongholds and forts were reduced, relocated or abandoned as we see at examples at Viminacium and Singidunum. Troops moved into much smaller fortifications where they become just a line in the register, while forts become propaganda tool to show false strength of the frontier defense. Auxiliary forts were strengthened and better fortifies. River fleet almost disappeared. Discipline vanished, equipment carried by soldiers reduced so that each attack had tremendous consequences and inflicted casualties that once could be easily avoided. Moesian armies vanished without dramatical battles and no legendary last stands – their bodies remained unburied at the battlefields as testified by Priscus. Sad ending of the units that built monumental roads, bridges and aqueducts and absolutely dominated far battlefields
Recent developments in the historical research of ancient slavery
No full textThis review constitutes a survey of the recent literature published in the last decade concerning ancient slavery, and in particular, Ancient Greek and Roman Slaveries, as well as the historiographical developments in it
Gradine u centralnoj regiji
No full textGradine u centralnoj regiji, ostaci utvrđenih naselja, tvrđava i pribježišta iz vrijemena kasne praistorije, smještenih na uzvišenjima koja su zaštićena prirodnim preprekama i izgrađenim strukturama (→ Gradina), rasprostranjenih u centralnoj regiji Crne Gore. Prema publikovanoj arheološkoj literaturi oko pedeset praistorijskih gradina nalazi se u oblasti koja obuhvata Skadarski basen i njegovu okolinu, predjele Zetsko-bjelopavlićke ravnice sa okolinom uz Nikšićku župu, grebene i kraški plato zapadne Crne Gore, mada njena bogata toponimija ukazuje na veći broj. Većina registrovanih lokaliteta je arheološki rekognoscirana, a svega nekoliko je arheološki
iskopavano
Gradine u sjevernoj regiji
No full textGradine u sjevernoj regiji, ostaci utvrđenih naselja, tvrđava i pribježišta iz vremena kasne praistorije, smještena na uzvišenjima koja su zaštićena prirodnim preprekama i izgrađenim strukturama (→ Gradina), rasprostranjena u sjevernoj regiji Crne Gore. Praistorijske gradine u crnogorskom dijelu dinarske oblasti Planine (Brda) slabije su istražene od gradina u drugim dijelovima zemlje, ali toponimija jasno ukazuje na postojanje velikog broja lokaliteta
Aleksandar Bulatović, THE EARLY AND MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IN THE CENTRAL BALKANS, Oxbow Books, 81 St Clements, Oxford OX4 IAW; ISBN 979-8-88857-207-8; Page 241, Illustrations and graphs 155
No full textFinally, after more than four decades of waiting, Serbian archaeology
has received a monograph about the Early and Middle
Bronze Age on its territory. Such an important synthesis could
only have been realized by an archaeologist whose career is
marked by significant discoveries related to this period of prehistory,
and whose respectable bibliography undoubtedly shows
that he is one of the most accomplished scholars to have worked
at the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade and, we may freely
say, in Serbia at this moment
The site of Zók – Gradina in Baranya region: some aspects of economy and craft production.
No full textThe site of Zók – Gradina (Várhegy) is situated in the Baranja (Baranya) region, in the vicinity of modern town of Pécs in Hungary. Large-scale excavations carried out in 1920 by National Museum in Belgrade revealed a rich multi-layered settlement and rich and diverse portable findings. Recent revision of the archaeological material stored in the National Museum of Serbia provided some new information about the prehistoric communities that inhabited this site. The majority of these findings may be attributed to the late phases of the Vučedol culture. Among other findings, relatively rich assemblage of osseous artefacts offered some insight into the economic activities and craft production within the settlement. Collecting and processing red deer antlers was rather important activity, since large amounts of both finished, used tools, and unfinished items and manufacture debris were recovered. Furthermore, many of these objects have manufacturing traces produced by metal weapons, thus providing some indirect evidence on the presence and usage of metal objects by these communities