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Field Survey of the Podsused Hydroelectric Plant Construction Site
Daria Ložnjak Dizdar
orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-2269
; Institut za arheologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The construction site of the Podsused hydroelectric plant encompasses the lowlands along the right and left banks of the Sava River, from the border with Slovenia to Podsused, where construction of the plant itself is planned. The area which will be irreparably damaged is in a range of 300 to 1200 m from the present-day banks of the Sava on the northern and southern sides.
Until now, 14 sites were known in the broader area of impact of the Podsused plant – the area south of the Zagreb-Ljubljana rail tracks and north of the Zagreb-Ljubljana motorway. The present field survey revealed 35 new sites.
The newly discovered sites belong mostly to the Middle Ages (34), the greatest part of which belong to the Late Middle Ages (25), followed by Classical Antiquity (12), the modern era (8) and prehistory (6). All of these settlements are situated on the first mildly elevated positions along the old estuaries of the Sava, the courses of small Sutla, Krapina, Gradna and Bregana Rivers or the Izvorčina, Lužnica and Rakovica Streams. All are so-called open type settlements.
Due to the strategic importance of the Sava Valley with its traffic routes linking the south-eastern Alpine zone with Pannonia, this area was always attractive for habitation, as witnessed by the settlements and graves from prehistory (Neolithic, Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age). The finds of regional (Siscia-Emona) and local roads adjacent to the settlements and cemeteries from the period of Classical Antiquity shed light on life which transpired in this area in the period from the first to fourth centuries. The majority of the finds from the Early Middle Ages testify to the population density in this area which, especially in the Late Middle Ages, played an important defensive role and served as a refuge for the large populations fleeing from the Ottoman threat. This area was always something of a “gate” between various geographic regions, and it has maintained this role to the present day.
Ključne riječi
Sava; “Brežice Gate”; field survey; prehistory; Classical Antiquity; Middle Ages; modern age; settlement
Hrčak ID:
34068
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Datum izdavanja:
19.3.2009.
Posjeta: 4.263 *