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Archaeological Sites on the Route of the Transversal of Ilok, the Motor Road from Ilok to Lipovac
Kornelija Minichreiter
Abstract
In the course of 2006, a team of archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb carried out surveys and recordings of archaeological sites on the proposed plots of the future motor road within the first phase of the preparatory works for the Studies on the Environmental Effect of the Construction of the Transversal of Ilok. The route of the planned motor road − the transversal of Ilok − passes through the regions of Vukovar and Vinkovci, ie. the region of East Croatia along the borders with Serbia. The region of Vukovar and Vinkovci is geographically allotted the western part of Srijem, i.e. the region between the rivers Vuka and Danube in the north, Sava in the south, the minor river Jošava in the west and the Serbian border in the east. In the north of this prevalently lowland region, the highest part in the relief is the loess plain of Vukovar, on which the western slopes of the mountain Fruška gora stretch. The middle − lowest lowland part − is filled by areas of dense forests by the river Spačva.
The eastern part of Slavonia and the western part of Srijem in the regions of East Croatia had been part of the European traffic corridors throughout all periods of history, which had brought about the development of numerous settlements in an undisturbed series throughout Prehistory, Antiquity and the Middle Ages until the present day.
From Ilok to Lipovac, in the length of 40 km, 7 archaeological sites from the Prehistoric, Antique and Medieval periods were recorded. Among others, in the west of Tovarnik, parts of a Roman main road were discovered, which lead from Ptuj (Poetovio), via Osijek (Mursa) to Srijemska Mitrovica (Sirmium). On the plots between Ilok and Šarengrad, parts of a Roman main road, which had lead along the border, were discovered − the
Batina Limes in Baranja (Ad Militare), via Dalj (Teutoburgium) and Sotin (Cornacum) to Ilok (Cuccium) and further downstream along the Danube.
After the field survey, the sites were contemporarily protected and the study “Cultural and Historical Heritage” was composed, stating the conditions for the construction of road routes − to prevent the destruction of valuable cultural heritage, which includes the obligation of constant supervision by archaeologists when the surface layers of earth along the transversal route be removed as well as archaeological rescue investigations of the registered sites.
Keywords
Archaeological survey; Prehistory; Antiquity; Middle Ages; settlements; necropolises; road route; Ilok − Lipovac; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
13242
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Publication date:
5.6.2007.
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