Original scientific paper
An Assessment of the Dendrochronological Potential on the Submerged Prehistoric Pile-dwelling in Zambratija Bay within the Wider Context of Prehistoric Pile-dwellings in Croatia
Katarina Jerbić
orcid.org/0000-0001-7759-3383
; University of Bern, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Switzerland
*
Lisa Shindo
; University of Bern, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Switzerland
Alba Ferreira Domínguez
; Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en- Provence, France
Enrique Aragón Núñez
; The University of Almeria, Spain
Ida Koncani Uhač
orcid.org/0000-0002-2349-8572
; Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, Croatia
Jonathan Benjamin
orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-6254
; Flinders University, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
At the site of Zambratija Bay in the northern Adriatic Sea,
underwater archaeologists recorded over 120 wooden piles and
material culture from a Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age
submerged settlement at a depth of three metres under water.
Situated in a sunken karstic depression off the Croatian coast,
the seabed was partly covered with a well-preserved peat bed.
Archaeological material included typologically identifiable ceramic
and stone tool artefacts. This article presents original results derived
from a 2017 targeted archaeological and dendrochronological
assessment of the site and reviews the archaeological findings in
their wider regional context. Results include a wiggle-matched 62-
year floating dendrochronological sequence of the found prehistoric
architecture dating the site to 4041-3934 cal BC (95.4%
probability). Combined with evidence on other prehistoric piledwellings
in Croatia, the results from Zambratija Bay suggest
a need to revise the geographical expansion of the European
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings phenomenon, which has been a topic
of debate in European archaeology since the 19th century.
Keywords
dendrochronology; prehistoric pile-dwellings; submerged Prehistory
Hrčak ID:
324966
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2024.
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