Ostalo
Investigation of a Roman Villa in Soline on the Island of St. Clement (Pakleni Islands), Hvar
Branko Kirigin
; Arheološki muzej Split, Split, Hrvatska
Ivančica Schrunk
orcid.org/0000-0001-7145-9722
; University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA
Vlasta Begović
; Institut za arheologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marinko Petrić
; Muzej hvarske baštine, Hvar, Hrvatska
Marina Ugarković
; Institut za arheologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The Roman villa in Soline Bay is located on the south side of the island of St. Clement, the largest of the Pakleni Islands. The villa’s remains are located along the shore, on the edge of a fertile field, still under cultivation. Parts of the villa’s architecture are today submerged, as the sea level has risen about 2 m since the antiquity, and some parts of architecture are still visible. The name of the bay – Soline – indicates the existence of Roman salt works, which have been confirmed in medieval documents and by our investigations in 2009 when the basic measurements of these walls were conducted. In 2008 Croatian state authorities declared the site protected archaeological heritage. Project Soline is a result of a cooperative Croatian-American research, and in this period three small scaled investigations have been conducted. Magnetometric, aerial surveys and test probes conducted at so-called Building A, on the later structure attached to Building A on its north side, on structural remains along the shore (previous Novak’s trench), and on the north and north-west side of the ‘long wall’ provided the essential information toward resolving questions related to the extent, layout, chronology and historical significance of the villa site. The small but significant finds of Hellenistic and Roman Republican pottery pushed back the previously estimated date of the site. Fragments of African Red Slip Ware of the 4th and 5th centuries (produced around Carthage) indicated the significance of the site in the late Roman period, since such imported ware is found only on major sites in the Adriatic. This was also confirmed by additional finds of North African and Byzantine amphorae. The investigations remained selective and diagnostic. The objective was to obtain the maximum relevant data from new probes and small-scale expansions of the previous excavations in order to plan a future systematic research and eventual preservation/protection of the entire villa site.
Ključne riječi
The Pakleni Islands; The island of St. Clement; magnetometric survey; Roman villa; architecture; salt works; African Red Slip Ware
Hrčak ID:
64747
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Datum izdavanja:
3.3.2011.
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