Original scientific paper

ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM IN SPLIT AND BOKA KOTORSKA

Emilio Marin ; Arheološki muzej u Splitu

Abstract

The Archaeological Museum in Split has been an important cultural focus both for Split and for the whole of Dalmatia since it was founded in 1820. Its attention has not been directed exclusively to archaeological remains, and its activities have been influenced by all significant currents in the cultural history of the Adriatic east coast. The area of Boka Kotorska shared social, national and religious ideas with its neighbours to the north and has been the subject of studies by leading archaeological experts from the Split Archaeological Museum, including Don Frane Bulić, Mihovil Abramić and Duje Rendić-Miočević. Close to the sea, south of the bay of Boka Kotorska, is the important archaeological site of Butua (Budva), which has yielded the richest collection of Hellenistic gold jewellery to have been found along the Adriatic coast. The Archaeological Museum in Split has been involved in research into the necropolis at Budva during two periods. In 1938 M. Abramić was engaged during the construction of the "Avala" Hotel, when the site was exposed to destruction and looting; some of the excavated material found its way into the Museum of Prince Paul in Belgrade and some was sold. During the 1950's, Duje Rendić-Miočević continued work at the site at the invitation of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Cetinje. Beside Mate Suić, the director of the Archaeological Museum in Zadar, the team included Mladen Nikolanci and Ivan Marović from Split, and young Zadar archaeologist Ivo Petricioli. They were subsequently replaced by a new team from the SANU Archaeological Institute of Belgrade. Their findings were left in Budva and were never fully researched.

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Hrčak ID:

114580

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/114580

Publication date:

10.12.1997.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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