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Late Upper Palaeolithic ornaments from Vlakno cave, Croatia, 2024

This paper presents the richest prehistoric assemblage of ornaments in the Eastern Adriatic disco... more This paper presents the richest prehistoric assemblage of ornaments in the Eastern Adriatic discovered to date, found in the Late Upper Palaeolithic layers of Vlakno cave, Croatia. The abundance
and multiform of bead types indicate that the site was likely used as a workshop for ornaments, i.e. that production was performed on site. Technological and use-wear analysis of each taxon used for beads
allowed us to elaborate on its mode of production, use, and overall position of the Vlakno cave site and its role in the regional context during the Late Pleistocene.

Journal of archaeological science, May 1, 2024

Opvscvla archaeologica, Dec 31, 2012

Znanstveni skup Hrvatskog arheološkog društva "Istraživanja u Imotskoj krajini", 2011

Beauty and the eye of the beholder: Personal adornments across the millennia, 2020

Projekt ARCHAEOLIM. Arheološka istraživanja kasnog pleistocena i ranog holocena na prostoru Limskog kanala / The ARCHAEOLIM Project. Archaeological investigations into the Late Pleoistocene and Early Holocene of the Lim Channel., 2017

Rad donosi pregled dosadasnjih arheoloskih istraživanja na prostoru Limskog kanala i okolnih podr... more Rad donosi pregled dosadasnjih arheoloskih istraživanja na prostoru Limskog kanala i okolnih podrucja

This paper presents the results of archaeological excavation conducted in the course of 2016 at f... more This paper presents the results of archaeological excavation conducted in the course of 2016 at four sites in the Lim Channel area. The field excavations were conducted in the frame of the Archaeological Investigations into the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Lim Channel (ARCHAEOLIM) project, financed by the Croatian Science Foundation and conducted at four sites: Romuald’s Cave, Abri Kontija 002, Cave near Rovinjsko Selo and Lim 001.

The site of Vlakno is a rock shelter situated on the island of Dugi otok in the Adriatic sea, Cro... more The site of Vlakno is a rock shelter situated on the island of Dugi otok in the Adriatic sea, Croatia. Systematic excavations that are still ongoing revealed rich deposits from the Mesolithic and Palaeolithic period. This site is one of the richest sites on the Eastern Adriatic coast with the finds of ornamental assemblage from the Mesolithic and Epigravettian period. Almost 500 specimens of body ornaments, have been discovered so far, along with numerous unperforated marine gastropods species. According to the raw material, ornamental assemblage can be divided into three groups: marine gastropods, bivalves and scaphopoda; freshwater gastropods; terrestrial mammals (teeth and bones). Long sequence of the site’s use may provide information on long-term variations in raw materials selection and technology. Furthermore, careful analysis may give insight into symbolic value of certain ornaments, as well as on possible routes of trade and exchange. On-going multidisciplinary studies include analyses of zooarchaeological origin of the raw material, technological analysis of manufacturing techniques and macro- and microscopic analyses of usewear traces. In this paper preliminary results will be presented, in particular analyses of technological procedures; advantages and problems of use of diverse magnification will be discussed.

Collegium antropologicum, 2017

Archaeological finds of personal ornaments reveal not only behavioural patterns of the society th... more Archaeological finds of personal ornaments reveal not only behavioural patterns of the society they belong to, but also their forms of manifestations indicate connections, contacts and communication paths, exchange networks and movements of prehistoric populations. This paper advances the current knowledge regarding ornamental traditions in Eastern Adriatic area during Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods. Thirteen prehistoric sites from this area have yielded more than thousand finds of ornamental assemblage, making Eastern Adriatic coast and hinterland fruitful area for the research of this type of archaeological assemblage. Results of the analysis have shown existence of diachronic changes in the selection of raw materials from Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic period. Personal ornaments are less abundant during Upper Palaeolithic, but are typologically diverse compared to Mesolithic period when the selectivity of the raw material with the large increase of the number of...

Rad donosi rezultate arheoloskih istraživanja na cetiri lokaliteta na podrucju Limskog kanala pro... more Rad donosi rezultate arheoloskih istraživanja na cetiri lokaliteta na podrucju Limskog kanala provedenih tijekom 2016. godine. Terenska istraživanja dio su projekta „Arheoloska istraživanja kasnog pleistocena i ranog holocena na prostoru Limskog kanala (ARCHAEOLIM)“ financiranog od Hrvatske zaklade za znanost i provedena su na cetiri lokaliteta: Romualdovoj pecini, Abri Kontija 002, Pecini kod Rovinjskog Sela i Lim 001.

Anthropologie, 2020

In this paper we present three prehistoric cases (two previously reported and one recently discov... more In this paper we present three prehistoric cases (two previously reported and one recently discovered) of trepanation from Croatia: Rudine, Bezdanjaca and Jagodnjak, all dated to the Bronze Age. By using a detailed macroscopic analysis as well as radiographic imaging (x-ray and CT scanning) of the skulls, we provide a new assessment and interpretation for this type of surgical intervention during the Bronze Age. The first case was that of an adult male from the Rudine site dated to the Early Bronze Age; the second trepanation was recorded on an adult female from the Bezdanjaca Cave, dated to the Middle/Late Bronze Age; the third case was observed on a juvenile cranium from the Jagodnjak site, dated to the Middle Bronze Age. All three cases exhibit several similarities: (i) all are located on the right side of the frontal bone; (ii) all three are of similar dimension/shape; (iii) in all cases all three layers of calvarium were breached; and (iv) similar techniques for the trepanation procedure were used in all cases. These three crania represent the oldest cases of intentional medical interventions in the territory of modern-day Croatia, while the Jagodnjak individual is the youngest person thus far discovered with this kind of treatment in the region.

Quaternary International, 2018

Antiquity, 2017

As a part of the multidisciplinary project entitled ‘Archaeological Investigations into the Late ... more As a part of the multidisciplinary project entitled ‘Archaeological Investigations into the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Lim Channel, Istria’, archaeological research has been conducted at four sites: Romuald's Cave, Abri Kontija 002, Pećina at Rovinjsko Selo and Lim 001 (Figure 1). There is much debate on issues related to biological and behavioural continuity, to patterns of changes and adaptations during this crucial period, and to external factors (e.g. changes in ecology and climate). For example, a clearer insight is needed into how climatic change affects the ecology of specific regions, including changing sea levels. Additionally, there continues to be debate centring on who produced the earliest (Initial) Upper Palaeolithic industries in Europe. To achieve a more precise insight into long-term diachronic changes and cultural relations around the Adriatic, and to document the presence of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic humans in Istria, we concentrated on a s...

Opuscula Archaeologica Radovi Arheoloskog Zavoda, Dec 31, 2012