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Project Archaeological topography of the Island of Rab – results of field survey in the City of Rab area in 2014 and exhibition Archaeological topography: a journey through the history of Lopar
No full textTijekom druge kampanje projekta Arheološka topografija otoka Raba, provedene 2014. godine, reambulirano je više lokaliteta i pozicija na području grada Raba. Među novoevidentiranim lokalitetima posebno se ističu oni za koje možemo pretpostaviti ruralno-gospodarski karakter te antičko/kasnoantičku dataciju, a smještaju se kako uz obalu na području Barbata, tako i u unutrašnjosti otoka, unutar Mundanijskog polja. Rezultati prve kampanje projekta predstavljeni su u travnju 2014. godine u Loparu kroz izložbu Arheološka topografija: putovanje kroz prošlost Lopara.In October 2014, field surveys were conducted in the city of Rab area (Island of Rab, Croatia) on several sites and locations that had not been previously documented in literature. Several known sites were also surveyed, especially in the town centre to gain insight into the current state. The research is part of the Archaeaological Topography of the Island of Rab project, executed by the Institute of Archaeology and the Conservation Department in Rijeka, financed by the Ministry of Culture and City of Rab.
All sites and locations with finds in situ were documented and referenced by GPS devices, and all data was registered in GIS system. The second phase of the database was also launched in 2014, which will, along with the spatial data, comprise a system for future analysis and presentations of collected data.
Research results suggest several sites with walled structures and mobile finds that were previously unknown. For one of these sites (e.g. Za markovićem, Mirine, Valmartina, and also Mundanije-Koplaca) we can assume rural-economic features and date it back to the Antiquity/Late Antiquity. Interestingly, the sites in question can be found both on the island coast (Barbat), as well as inland (Mundanijsko polje), on favourable natural terrain with possible road infrastructure. For later periods, there are several smaller church sites that sometimes appear either on or immediately next to the ancient sites.
Thanks to the Culture Centre and Municipality of Lopar, Institute of Archaeology and associates, exhibition Archaeological topography: a journey through the history of Lopar was opened in April 2014 to present the current finds regarding the archaeological heritage of the Lopar peninsula and to raise public awareness of this segment of cultural richness in Lopar
The Marić Hillfort Settlement near Mikleuška during the Late Bronze and the Early Iron Age
Get PDFProstor Moslavine, smješten na jugozapadnom dijelu kontinentalne Hrvatske, obuhvaća tranzicijski geografski položaj koji spaja sjeverozapadnu Hrvatsku s prostorom Slavonije na istoku te Posavinom na jugu. Ipak, do danas je ovo područje nedovoljno istraženo s tek malim brojem nalazišta koja se mogu pripisati kasnom brončanom i starijem željeznom dobu. Istraživanja na gradini Marić pokraj Kutine te kronološko-tipološka analiza keramičkih nalaza pokazala su da je naselje živjelo najvećim intenzitetom tijekom mlađe faze kasnoga brončanog doba te tijekom prijelaza na starije željezno doba. Pitanja koja se tiču ranijih faza naseljavanja na gradini ostaju otvorena. Kulturni utjecaji koji se mogu pratiti tijekom mlađe faze kulture polja sa žarama povezuju naselje na gradini s istovremenim nalazištima na prostoru Podravine i Posavine. Jednako tako, određeni nalazi upućuju na lokalne posebnosti koje nisu vezane samo uz prostor Moslavine nego i uz prostor sjeverozapadne Hrvatske. Malen broj nalaza upućuje na nastavak života na gradini tijekom starijega željeznog doba, no potpuniji prikaz toga razdoblja još uvijek nije moguće dati.The Moslavina region, situated in the south-western part of continental Croatia, occupies a transitional geographical position connecting the north-western parts of the country with Slavonia and Posavina regions. To this day it remains an insufficiently researched area with only a few known sites that can be attributed to the periods of the Late Bronze and the Early Iron Age. The research and pottery analysis have shown that the settlement on Marić hillfort near Kutina lived most intensely during the later phases of the Urnfield Culture and during the transitional period to the Early Iron Age. Questions regarding earlier setllement stages still remain open. Cutural influences that can be traced during the Late Urnfield Culture link the settlement on the hillfort with contemporary sites in the Podravina and Posavina regions. Some of the finds point out to local distinctions that are not only specific to Moslavina region, but to the area of north-western Croatia, as well. A small number of finds indicates that life on the hillfort continued into the Early Iron Age, but conclusions about a more complete picture of this period cannot be made
Municipium Flavium Fulfinum Diachronic study of the city structure with a special attention to the forum
No full textOvim nam je člankom cilj prikazati dostupne arheološke podatke iz mnogobrojnih, kako sondažnih tako i sustavnih arheoloških istraživanja obavljenih u razdoblju od 1972. do 1983. godine. Njihovi su rezultati do sada bili vrlo rijetko ili nikako objavljivani te je većina ostala nepoznata široj javnosti. Ova prva potpuna objava do sada poznatih gradskih struktura Flaviuma Fulfinuma, drugoga rimskog grada na otoku Krku, uvelike je obogaćena rezultatima iz novih arheoloških istraživanja vođenih na prostoru foruma u razdoblju od 2006. do 2013. godine. Posebna pozornost posvećena je datiranju vremena nastanka grada, njegovu razvoju te naposljetku njegovoj sudbini kroz razdoblje kasne antike, sve do trenutka njegova konačnog napuštanja. Studija pronađenih struktura na forumu trebala bi ponuditi novi uvid u razvoj ovoga javnog gradskog prostora, ali isto tako i znatno obogatiti spoznaje o njegovu razvitku između antike i kasne antike, koje su do sada za ovaj tip prostora vrlo slabo dokumentirane na prostoru sjeverne Liburnije.The present paper aims to gather all the available archaeological data produced during numerous campaigns of excavations conducted between 1972 and 1983, mostly through test trenching, but sometimes also by larger research excavations. The results of these archaeological works have rarely been published, and the majority of them have remained unknown to the larger public. This first complete publication on the known urban structure of Flavium Fulfinum, the second roman municipium on the island of Krk (Croatia), is enriched by the results of the new archaeological excavations conducted on the Forum since 2006. Special attention is given to questions relating to the datation of the city’s creation, its development, and finally its fate through Late Antiquity up to the time of its final abandonment. The study of the structures in the Forum should offer new insights concerning this urban public space, but should also enrich our knowledge of its evolution between Antiquity and Late Antiquity, both of which are extremely poorly documented for the area of northern Liburnia (Dalmatia)
Lithic Artifacts from Nakovana (Pelješac): Continuity and Change from Early Neolithic until the End of Prehistory
Get PDFRad donosi rezultate materijalnih, tipoloških i tehnoloških analiza velike i složene zbirke kamenih izrađevina s poluotoka Pelješca u južnoj Dalmaciji. Većina građe potječe s dva višeslojna nalazišta, nakovanske Spile i gradine Grada te pokriva vremenski raspon od ranog neolitika do željeznog doba. Postoji izraziti kontinuitet u odabiru sirovina i proizvodnoj tehnologiji. Skoro sve izrađevine od lomljenog kamena napravljene su od sirovine koja je uvezena s garganskog poluotoka. Promjene se očituju različitom učestalošću pojedinih klasa izrađevina, a ne vrstama kamenih izrađevina. Prizmolika sječiva donošena su u Nakovanu kao gotov proizvod. Prisutna su od ranog neolitika, postupno postaju sve češća, učestalost im dosiže vrhunac za bakrenog doba, a nestaju nakon prijelaza iz bakrenog u rano brončano doba. Jednostavna tehnologija proizvodnje oruđa na odbojcima prisutna je kroz čitav vremenski slijed. Njezina važnost opada s porastom važnosti tehnologije prizmolikih sječiva, no nakon nestanka prizmolikih sječiva, brončanodobni skupovi litičkih nalaza sadrže gotovo isključivo proizvode tehnologije odbojaka.This paper presents results of raw material, typological, and technological analyses of a large and complex lithic collection from Pelješac Peninsula in southern Dalmatia. Most of the evidence comes from two stratified sites, a cave named Spila and the hillfort of Grad that cover the time span from the Early Neolithic until the Iron Age. There is a pronounced continuity in the choice of raw material and in production technology. Virtually all lithics are made of cherts that were imported from Gargano Peninsula. Changes are manifest in frequencies of lithic artifact classes, rather than in kinds of lithic artifacts. Prismatic blades were brought to Nakovana as finished products. They are present since the Early Neolithic, gradually they become more common, their frequencies culminate during the Copper Age, and they disappear from the record after the Copper Age to Early Bronze Age transition. A simple flake tool production technology is present throughout the sequence. Its importance diminishes as the prismatic blade technology takes over, but after the disappearance of prismatic blades, Bronze Age lithic assemblages contain almost nothing else but products of flake technology
Systematic research of Crikvenica – Ad turres site: analysis of finds in 2014 and the 845°C Ad Turres exhibition (Museum of Crikvenica)
Get PDFTijekom ljeta 2014. godine u Crikvenici su zabilježene vrlo obilne padaline koje su uzrokovale plavljenje arheološkog lokaliteta i okolnih područja, od potoka Dubračine do Kotorske ulice, uključujući u nešto manjim razmjerima i muzejsku čuvaonicu. Pokretni arheološki nalazi nisu oštećeni, međutim, lokalitet je ostao pod vodom kroz cijelo naredno razdoblje kada su planirana terenska istraživanja. Zahvaljujući prenamjeni sredstava, a zbog nemogućnosti ispumpavanja vode i sušenja terena, tijekom kampanje 2014. godine provedena je primarna i sekundarna obrada nalaza.
Rezultati dosadašnjih istraživanja na lokalitetu prezentirani su na izložbi 845°C Ad turres u Muzeju grada Crikvenice.Ninth season of archaeological research on the Crikvenica-Ad turres site has, once again, been riddled with problems which hindered field work, this time due to heavy rain flooding the site and most of the surrounding area. Thankfully, the resources granted by the Ministry of Culture were reallocated to finance primary analysis of previous research, which included washing, initial sorting of the finds and database entry.
Exhibition 845°C Ad Turres was organized in collaboration with the Museum of Crikvenica in 2014 to encourage the popularization of science by presenting results of the research conducted so far. Apart from the team of experts from the Institute of Archaeology and Museum's employees, many experts and collaborators participated in the exhibition which focused on guiding the visitors through the earliest history of the Crikvenica and Vinodol area. Some of the material was on loan from the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Coast in Rijeka and private collections
Virovitica Kiškorija South during the early Middle ages
Get PDFRanosrednjovjekovno stanovništvo je na položaju Virovitica Kiškorija jug, na temeljima starijeg antičkog ruralnog naselja oblikovalo svoje naselje koje je egzistiralo u razdoblju od kraja 8. do kraja 10. stoljeća. Bilo je to tipično ruralno otvoreno naselje raštrkanoga tipa koje je preferiralo blago povišene padine brijega u okolini koja obiluje vodotocima i plodnim tlom. Uz nekoliko stambenih poluukopanih objekata oko kojih su bili grupirani objekti, vjerojatno gospodarske ili neke druge namjene seoskih domaćinstava, pronađene su i peći, što nam sve zajedno pruža sliku infrastrukture ovog ranosrednjovjekovnog naselja. Osobito se u starijem horizontu naselja iščitava orijentiranost stanovništva poljoprivredi i obradi tla. Tome u prilog govore nam i nalazi ulomaka kamenih žrvnjeva te željezna motika. Arheobotanički ostaci žitarica pronađeni su u raznim objektima uglavnom starijeg horizonta, a najveći broj ih potječe iz peći SJ 1062, koja bi se po toj osnovi možda mogla interpretirati krušnom peći. U mlađem horizontu je stanovništvo vjerojatno i dalje bilo uvelike orijentirano na poljoprivrednu proizvodnju hrane, a zasigurno je i uzgoj domaćih životinja predstavljao izvor prehrane (meso, mlijeko i mliječne prerađevine), iako su nam zooarheološki nalazi iz arheoloških istraživanja malobrojni te sigurnije zaključke nije moguće donositi.The early medieval population formed their settlement at the location of Virovitica Kiškorija south, on the foundations of an older ancient rural settlement, which existed in the period from the end of the 8th to the end of the 10th century. It was a typical rural open settlement of a scattered type that preferred slightly elevated hillsides in an environment rich in watercourses and fertile soil. In addition to several residential semi-buried features around which features were grouped, probably for economic or other purposes of rural households, ovens were also found, which together gives us a picture of the infrastructure of this early medieval settlement. Especially in the older horizon of the settlement, one can recognize the orientation of the population towards agriculture and soil cultivation. This is supported by the findings of fragments of stone millstones and an iron hoe. Archaeobotanical remains of cereals were found in various features, mostly in the older horizon, and the largest number of them comes from oven SJ 1062, which could perhaps be interpreted as a bread oven on this basis. In the younger horizon, the population was probably still largely oriented towards agricultural food production, and the breeding of domestic animals was certainly a source of nutrition (meat, milk and dairy products), although zooarchaeological findings from archaeological research are few and it is not possible to draw more certain conclusions
Geophysical survey of ancient structures in Mahućina Bay on the Island of Rab (Lopar municipality), 2014 (HRZZ , Croatian Science Foundation, Project RED)
Get PDFTijekom prosinca 2014. godine u uvali Mahućina (općina Lopar, otok Rab) provedena su geofizička snimanja metodom magnetometrije s ciljem definiranja, rasprostiranja i točnijeg ubiciranja antičkih radioničkih struktura (keramičarskih peći) koje su pretpostavljene tijekom terenskih pregleda i analize šireg područja uvale. Snimanja su provedena u suradnji s dr. sc. B. Mušičem u sklopu projekta RED Hrvatske zaklade za znanost.Geophysical survey conducted in Mahućina bay as part of the RED Project (Roman Economy in Dalmatia: production, distribution and demand in the light of pottery workshops, IP-11-2013-3979) of the Croatian Science Foundation focused on a more precise identification, definition and interpretation of potential structures of pottery furnaces identified during field surveys, aerial screening and analysis of historical sources. Magnetometric imagery yielded interesting results and confirmed the concentration of workshop finds in the south part of the bay, while drywalls were found on the north side of the bay, without any indication of ancient walls, unless they had been used for recent plot division. Seven zones were captured with stronger magnetization, that is, bipolar, which would point toward either production structures or an extremely high concentration of waste material.
These results should definitely be verified on the field, but, to a certain degree, they support the previous hypothesis established after field surveys, with addition of possible newly identified structures
Diet at the Roman Village of Virovitica Kiškorija South, Croatia
No full textVirovitica Kiškorija South site was a Roman village. In this paper archaeological, archaeobotanical and archaeozoological finds are presented and interpreted, comparing them with similar sites and the information available from ancient sources. The site was divided in complexes that made a whole. The finds within respective complexes are presented and compared with similar archaeological sites as well as the data from ancient written sources. The goal of the paper was to find out what kind of diet was present in the Roman village in Pannonia and to analyse the differences and similarities between this village and analogue sites
Conversion von Heiden in frühchristliche Legenden
Get PDFLegende najviše kategorije vjerodostojnosti o mučenicima stradalima za velikog Dioklecijanovog progona u provincijama Pannonia Secunda, Valeria, Pannonia Prima, Savia, Dalmatia, Noricum Ripense i desetoj italskoj regiji Venetia et Histria spominju integraciju mnogobožaca iz svih društvenih slojeva. Integracija se provodila kontinuirano; načini obraćenja su miroljubivi a mučenici češće obraćaju riječima nego primjerom. Obraćenja su pojedinačna, ali nalazimo i primjere skupnih obraćenja. Tri su tipa obraćenika: gorljivi obraćenici koji su glavni likovi legendi, sporedni obraćenici koji su izravni produkt svečeva djelovanja, i epizodni obraćenici koji svjedoče zbivanju. Legende prokazuju i primjere neuspjele integracije, hinjena obraćenja i otpadnike od kršćanstva. Integrirani mnogobošci postali su ravnopravni članovi kršćanske zajednice i mnogi od njih podnijeli su smrt zbog svog obraćenja.Die Legenden höchsten Glaubwürdigkeitsgrades über Märtyrer aus den Provinzen Pannonia Secunda, Valeria, Pannonia Prima, Savia, Dalmatia, Noricum Ripense und aus der zehnten italischen Regio Venetia et Histria, die ihr Martyrium während der großen Christenverfolgung Diokletians erlitten haben, sprechen über Conversion von Polytheisten aus allen gesellschaftlichen Schichten. Conversion wurde kontinuierlich durchgeführt; die Arten der Conversion sind friedlich, und Märtyrer bekehren öfter mit Worten als mit dem Beispiel. Die Bekehrungen finden einzeln statt, aber man kann auch Beispiele von Gruppenbekehrungen finden. Es gibt drei Grundtypen von Bekehrten: eifrige Bekehrten, die die Hauptfiguren in den Legenden sind; die beiläufigen Bekehrten, die unmittelbares Produkt des Wirkens des Heiligen sind und episodenhafte Bekehrten, die Zeugen des Geschehens sind. Die Legenden sprechen auch über Beispiele nicht gelungener Conversionen, falscher Bekehrungen und abtrünniger Christen. Integrierte Polytheisten wurden zu gleichberechtigten Mitgliedern christlicher Gemeinschaft und viele von ihnen erlitten wegen ihrer Bekehrung den Tod
Jalžabet – Bistričak: u susret novim istraživanjima
Get PDFArchaeologists of the Varaždin Municipal Museum and the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb carried out a repeated survey of the area around the large tumulus in Jalžabet. These surveys helped us determine the probable position of the Early Iron Age settlement, upon which new aerial photographs of the site were made with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The paper presents a number of old, previously unpublished information, as an introduction into the resumption of systematic archaeological investigations.Arheološka ekipa Gradskoga muzeja Varaždin i Instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu u više navrata obišla je područje oko velikoga tumula u Jalžabetu. Tom prilikom utvrđen je vjerojatni položaj naselja iz starijega željeznog doba te su, uz pomoć bespilotne letjelice, snimljene nove zračne fotografije lokaliteta. U radu se objavljuju i stare, nikada prije objavljivane informacije o ovome lokalitetu, sve kao uvod u nastavak sustavnih arheoloških istraživanja