Original scientific paper
Underwater Archaeological Research of the Desilo-Hutovo blato Site
Vesna Zmaić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-4177
; Croatian Conservation Institute, Department for Underwater Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Igor Miholjek
; Croatian Conservation Institute, Department for Underwater Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Underwater archaeological explorations of the Desilo-Hutovo Blato site near Čapljina, BIH were conducted in 2007 and 2008. In the 1970ies, at the bottom of the lake, a large amount of amphorae fragments have been discov-ered. Due to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s lack of professional cadre in the field of underwater archaeology, employees of the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute took over the underwater segment of the research. The explorations were carried out in three campaigns in order to answer the question of how could such a large quantity of Lamboglia 2-type amphorae have ended up at the bottom of the Desilo Lake, and did a trading post exist at this location, that was during Antiquity associated with the trade route along the Neretva River. The research provided certain indications of an economic facility existing in this area where, aside from wine production, amphorae may also have been produced. The finds also supplied information as to the inhabitation of the area even in prehistoric times, with earliest finds from as far back as the Early Bronze Age.
Keywords
Desilo-Hutovo Blato; underwater archaeological research; amphorae; amphorae stoppers; winged axe; Cetina culture
Hrčak ID:
122565
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2013.
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