Preliminary communication

Research within the “Archaeological topography of the Island of Rab” project at Lopar in 2018: new data on Prehistoric and late Antique sites

Ana Konestra orcid.org/0000-0002-7726-6515 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Fabian Welc ; Institute of Archaeology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (UKSW), Warsaw, Poland
Anita Dugonjić orcid.org/0000-0002-5144-0298 ; Archaeological Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Paula Androić Gračanin orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-3704 ; Rijeka, Croatia
Kamil Rabiega orcid.org/0000-0002-0428-4237 ; Institute of Archaeology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (UKSW), Warsaw, Poland
Rafał Solecky orcid.org/0000-0003-4888-4864 ; Institute of Archaeology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (UKSW), Warsaw, Poland
Bartosz Nowacki orcid.org/0000-0002-9900-6407 ; Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

The latest research campaigns within the project Archaeological Topography of the Island of Rab have included a series of interdisciplinary methods facilitating the identification and documentation of the determined sites, locations, and their surroundings. Also, test trenches have been made on certain sites since 2016 to verify the data and obtain a clearer chronology. On the basis of this methodology, sites on Lopar peninsula have been researched in the 2018 campaign too. The works included test trenches and geoarchaeological research in Podšilo bay, geophysical measurements on cape Kaštelina, and a survey of the wider areas of cape Šilo and Dubac cove. The results are still preliminary, but they already point to a complex use of Podšilo bay in late antiquity, while possible remains of Iron Age settlement architecture have been recorded on cape Kaštelina.

Keywords

landscape archaeology; Iron age; hillforts; late Antiquity; rural settlements; geopysical measurements

Hrčak ID:

231636

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/231636

Publication date:

18.12.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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