Archaeologia Adriatica, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2008.
Original scientific paper
The Early Christian Sacral Complex of "Crkvina" in the Village of Trbounje near Drniš
Joško Zaninović
; Gradski muzej Drniš
Abstract
The site of Crkvina is located in the village of Trbounje (hamlet of Čupići), 5 km NW of the town of Drniš. It is situated just to the left of the Oklaj – Miljevci road. The complex of Early Christian architecture at Trbounje arose on the periphery of a Roman (late Roman) structure, most probably a villa rustica. It consists of a central nave with a chancel, a baptistery, catechumenion, well, narthex, diaconicon (an earlier oratory with a narthex), and a series of auxiliary areas of unknown purpose. The earliest structure is the oratory with a narthex, which could be dated very early – to the end of the 4th or beginning of the 5th centuries. For a more precise dating of the cancel and nave, the form of the apse is important. On the basis of its polygonal appearance, it can be established that the church was renovated
during the 6th century, probably after Byzantine rule was established in Dalmatia in AD 537.
Keywords
Trbounje; Crkvina; Early Christianity
Hrčak ID:
37128
URI
Publication date:
23.5.2009.
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