Preliminary communication

https://doi.org/10.15291/archeo.4194

Traces of Olive Cultivation in the Prehistoric Eastern Adriatic

Mate Parica ; University of Zadar, Department of archaeology, Zadar, Croatia *

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

The paper presents examples of prehistoric olive fruit remains on the eastern Adriatic coast, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. Physical remains of olive stones were unearthed at four prehistoric sites, three of which are now below sea level. The earliest known occurrence of olives is recorded in the Neolithic, while the beginning of olive cultivation on our coast has been proved to date to around 1400 BC, at the Turanj – Ričul site.

Keywords

olive (Olea europaea); Croatia; Soline – Korčula; Ričul; Vranjic; Nadin

Hrčak ID:

329736

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/329736

Publication date:

30.3.2025.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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