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The Mesolithic in Croatia

Darko Komšo orcid.org/0000-0001-9772-7481 ; Arheološki muzej Istre, Pula, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Over the past five decades, the Mesolithic in Croatia has
been recorded at numerous sites, some quite interesting
and rich in various materials, even though others were
improperly interpreted. Since the only true synthesis of this
period was written as far back as 1979, the intention underlying
this paper is to provide an overview of the changes
which occurred in research conducted in the meantime,
and to present the current status of knowledge on the Mesolithic
in Croatia. The focus is placed on a critical overview
and brief description of all recorded Mesolithic sites
and the compilation of a list with all available literature.
A total of 58 sites are cited in the literature, of which 30
have undergone archaeological research. There are reliable
absolute dates for six sites. Several, however, have
been dubiously or incorrectly dated. There is an obvious
disproportion in the number of settlements between individual
regions. There may be various reasons for this, but
the considerable increase in the number of sites in Istria
as a result of targeted survey and research indicates that
a probable reason is the differing levels of research in the
regions, rather than different degrees of population density
during the Mesolithic. Even though the status of research
into the Mesolithic is incomparably better now than it was
twenty years ago, many unknowns still remain, and considerable
research is required to bring this level of knowledge
to satisfactory levels

Ključne riječi

Mesolithic; Croatia; Istria; Dalmatia; continental Croatia; caves; open-air sites

Hrčak ID:

21611

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/21611

Datum izdavanja:

1.4.2008.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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