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PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL CORRELATION BETWEEN ARTIFACTS FROM THE MESOLITHIC LAYERS OF VELA SPILA AND THE MAGMATIC ROCKS OF CENTRAL DALMATIAN ISLANDS

D. Radić
B. Lugović


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Abstract

This work presents a petrographic and geochemical analysis of artifacts from grave 2 excavated in the Mesolithic layers of Vela spila. The rock from which it is composed is magmatic in origin, which means that it is not originally from Korčula, so that the selection has been narrowed to only a few Adriatic volcanic islets. The results of comparative analysis of the artifacts from Vela spila and samples of similar rocks from Palagruža, Brusnik, Jabuka and Komiža largely indicate that Paragruža is the site from which the round gabbro-diorite stone was brought to Korčula.
This data is the oldest confirmation of navigation on the Adriatic Sea and indicates that the Gargano-Palagruža-Korčula route was vital for procuring raw materials, and probably as an avenue for the spread of the Mesolithic (and even earlier) populations.

Keywords

Mesolithic; Vela spila; Palagruža; gabbro-diorite; magmatic rock; navigation

Hrčak ID:

6062

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/6062

Publication date:

8.12.2004.

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