Speleolog, Vol. 69 No. 1, 2021.
Stručni rad
Speleological research of Konavle hills with found archeological discovery
Jelena Beželj
Anita Trojanović
Sažetak
Since 2017, members of the Speleology Department of the Croatian Mountaineering Club “Sniježnica“ have been working intensively on the research of speleological objects in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, especially in the municipality of Konavle, which has hardly been explored speleologically. In the past, only a fraction of speleological objects located in the hilly area at the foot of Sniježnica Mountain were explored. From May to November 2021, members of the Department of Speleology “Sniježnica“ began to explore the plateau of Konavle Hills. Thanks to the local narrator, thirteen caves with a total length of 558 m and a depth of 133 m were topographically recorded and explored. The caves are located in the villages of Brotnice, Jasenice, Stravča, Šilješci and Uskoplje. In addition to the topographical plans of the caves, this paper will present the results of research of the recovered archaeological findings. The Konavle region is rich in prehistoric sites, but only a few sites have been archaeologically excavated, of which only one cave, and that in a very short period of time. Of the thirteen newly explored caves in the Konavle Hills, archaeological surface artefacts have been found in six of them. Most of the artefacts, in this case ceramic fragments, can be dated to the prehistoric period, more precisely to the Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages, while some fragments are also culturally identifiable. In order to obtain more meaningful data in the future, it will be necessary to study the mentioned speleological objects in more detail. But for now, this is certainly a big
step forward in the research of the prehistory of the Konavle region.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
275766
URI
Datum izdavanja:
29.4.2022.
Posjeta: 889 *