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The dissertation deals with the interpretation of the archaeological layers of five cave archaeol... more The dissertation deals with the interpretation of the archaeological layers of five cave archaeological sites: Mujina Pecina near Kastela, Velika pecina-Klicevica near Benkovac, Zemunica in Bisko, Zala near Ogulin and Romualdova Pecina near Rovinj. The study is based on geoarchaeological analyses that include a detailed description of the stratigraphic sequence at each site, sedimentological laboratory analyses and micromorphological analysis of sediments. The subjects of this study are prehistoric layers from the mentioned caves, from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age levels. The main goals of the geoarchaeological study were to understand the infilling and postdepositional processes of the five caves, and the environmental conditions that controlled them, as well as the use of the cave by humans and animals. The identified site formation processes are polygenetic in origin and can generally be divided in geogenic, non-human biogenic processes and processes derived by anthr...

Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu

Rad donosi rezultate arheoloških istraživanja provedenih u sklopu projekta Hrvatske zaklade za zn... more Rad donosi rezultate arheoloških istraživanja provedenih u sklopu projekta Hrvatske zaklade za znanost pod nazivom „Prapovijesni lovci i sakupljači u Istri i obližnjim regijama: obrasci života i kretanja tijekom kasnog pleistocena (PREHISTRIA)“ u sezoni 2021. kada su provedena sustavna istraživanja Ljubićeve pećine kraj Marčane, te Abri Kontije 002 u Limskom kanalu. U Ljubićevoj pećini proširena je postojeća sonda u manjoj pećinskoj dvorani te su u njoj otkriveni arheološki nalazi (keramika, litički nalazi, ljudski i životinjski ostaci) iz različitih prapovijesnih razdoblja (brončano doba, eneolitik, neolitik i paleolitik). Nadalje, provedena su i manja sustavna istraživanja u postojećoj arheološkoj sondi na lokalitetu Abri Kontija 002. Otkriveni su brojni litički i faunski nalazi iz razdoblja gornjeg paleolitika. Na oba lokaliteta uzeti su uzorci za radiometrijsko datiranje, analize sedimentne DNA, geoarheološke, arheobotaničke i analize sirovinskog materijala, ZooMS te druge vrste...

Prilozi Instituta Za Arheologiju U Zagrebu, Nov 6, 2014

nomske analize, prostorne analize. na osnovi rezultata svih navedenih analiza glavni je cilj defi... more nomske analize, prostorne analize. na osnovi rezultata svih navedenih analiza glavni je cilj definirati varijabilnost kasnog musterijena (postupak proizvodnje litičkih izrađevina, tipologija oruđa, iskorištavanje sirovine, organizacija staništa, strategije preživljavanja) čime će se dobiti podaci o jedinstvenosti ili različitosti u ponašanju neandertalskih populacija u dalmaciji. nadalje, adekvatnom objavom rezultata znanstvenoj javnosti predstavit će se dalmacija kao važno, nažalost, još uvijek nedovoljno poznato područje za rekonstrukciju prilagodbe i života srednjopaleolitičkih lovaca i sakupljača. ovdje će biti predstavljeni u prvom redu rezultati terenskih istraživanja uz preliminarne rezultate nekih od pret-

Prilozi Instituta za Arheologiju

Članak donosi izvještaj prve godine istraživanja na projektu Kasni musterijen na istočnom Jadranu... more Članak donosi izvještaj prve godine istraživanja na projektu Kasni musterijen na istočnom Jadranu – temelj za razumijevanje identiteta kasnih neandertalaca i njihovog nestanka koji financira Hrvatska zaklada za znanost. Provedena su probna iskopavanja Matetine pećine kod Kaštela, rekognosciranja zaleđa Kaštela, a nastavljena su ranije započeta istraživanja Velike pećine u Kličevici kod Benkovca i podvodnoga paleolitičkog nalazišta Kaštel Štafilić. U metode dokumentiranja uvedeno je 3D fotografiranje, a u istraživanje električna rezistentna tomografija. The paper reports on the first year of research on the project Late Mousterian in the eastern Adriatic - towards understanding of late Neanderthals’ identity and their demise, financed by the Croatian Science Foundation. Trial excavations were carried out in the Matetina pećina cave near Kaštela, field survey was conducted in the hinterland of Kaštela, and the investigations continued in Velika pećina cave in Kličevica and at the unde...

Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu, 2022

Holocene archaeological cave sediments in Croatia. Combined with the reappraisal of previously pu... more Holocene archaeological cave sediments in Croatia. Combined with the reappraisal of previously published data, this study sheds new light on the pastoral use of caves in Croatia. The occurrence of macro-and microscopic indicators of the presence of animals -mostly ruminants -shows that caves were used for housing livestock from the Neolithic onwards, as happened all over the Northern Mediterranean area, from the Iberian Peninsula to Italy, and in the Southern Balkans. Following the distribution of open-air and cave prehistoric sites it can be concluded that caves were integrated in complex agropastoral systems of landscape exploitation.

Rad donosi rezultate arheoloških istraživanja provedenih tijekom 2014. i 2015. godine na četiri l... more Rad donosi rezultate arheoloških istraživanja provedenih tijekom 2014. i 2015. godine na četiri lokaliteta na području Limskog kanala u Istri. Istraživanja su dio projekta Hrvatske zaklade za znanost “Arheološka istraživanja kasnog pleistocena i ranog holocena na prostoru Limskog kanala” (ARCHAEOLIM). Terenski rad proveden je na četiri lokaliteta: Romualdovoj pećini, Abri Kontija 002, Pećini kod Rovinjskog Sela i Lim 001. Nadalje, tijekom 2015. godine proveden je i podvodni terenski pregled dijela Limskog kanala te geoarheološka uzorkovanja i geofizička mjerenja.This paper presents the results of archaeological investigation conducted in the course of 2014 and 2015 at four sites in the Lim Channel area in Istria County. The investigation is part of the Croatian Science Foundation’s Archaeological Investigations into the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Lim Channel project (ARCHAEOLIM). The fieldwork was conducted at four locations: Romuald’s Cave, Abri Kontija 002, Pećina ...

Annales Instituti archaeologici, Dec 22, 2020

Rezultati zaštitnih istraživanja kasnoavarodobnoga groblja Šarengrad-Klopare 2019. godine The res... more Rezultati zaštitnih istraživanja kasnoavarodobnoga groblja Šarengrad-Klopare 2019. godine The results of the rescue excavations of the Late Avar Age cemetery of Šarengrad-Klopare in 2019

The human use of caves around the Adriatic Sea. A geoarchaeological perspective

Prehistoric Hunther-Gatherers and Farmers in the Adriatic and Neighbouring Regions, Programme and Abstracts, 2015

Annales Instituti Archaeologici, Dec 22, 2020

The changing environment of Zala Cave: a geoarchaeological perspective

Svrha geoarheoloskog istraživanja spilje Zale bila je ustanoviti procese taloženja sedimenata, po... more Svrha geoarheoloskog istraživanja spilje Zale bila je ustanoviti procese taloženja sedimenata, postdepozicijske procese te uvjete u okolisu koji su ih kontrolirali te ljudske aktivnosti u spilji. Sedimentoloskim i mikromorfoloskim analizama utvrđeno je podrijetlo i nacin taloženja klasticnih sedimenata. Tri su moguca prirodna podrijetla sedimenata spilje Zale: lokalno - vapnenacki blokovi i krsje kao posljedica smrzavanja i odmrzavanja stijene u kojoj je oblikovana spilja, zatim endokrski - veliki dio vrlo finog sljunka i pijeska transportiran je i taložen u spilju podzemnim fluvijalnim tokom te alohtoni - materijali koji dolaze iz udaljenih podrucja izvan spilje. Geoarheoloska istraživanja otkrila su neke paleookolisne osobitosti, uglavnom povezane s ekstremno hladnim klimatskim uvjetima krajem pleistocena i pocetkom holocena kada su spilju posjecivale skupine lovaca skupljaca. Ulazna dvorana Zale bila je tada izravno povezana s unutrasnjoscu spilje kada je podzemni tok rijeke djel...

Trampling Experiments – A Contribution to the Pseudo-Retouch Issue

Stone tools can, apart from human-made retouch, exhibit traces of damage due to post depositional... more Stone tools can, apart from human-made retouch, exhibit traces of damage due to post depositional processes. As a result of post depositional factors, whether animal, human or natural in origin, this damage can sometimes be interpreted as human-made retouch, even though it is actually the so called pseudo-retouch. Due to the problems arising in differentiating these two wholly opposite things, the last few decades have shown an increase in trampling experiments, the goal of which was to separate and recognize real retouch from pseudo-retouch. This article is going to show three such experiments executed by the authors, their methodology and results, as well the comparison to the results of the pseudo-retouch analysis done on lithic finds from a Middle Palaeolithic site of Mujina pećina in Croatia. The third experiment also consisted of taking a sample for soil micromorphological analysis which provided even more insights into this complex topic.

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.

An excavation conducted by the Ephorate for Palaeoanthropology and Speleology in 2011 at the Kata... more An excavation conducted by the Ephorate for Palaeoanthropology and Speleology in 2011 at the Kataphygadi Cave on the Myrminkaris ridge in western Kythera has identifi ed evidence of human activity in two separate periods-Late Minoan IB/Late Helladic IIA and Late Helladic IIIB-early Late Helladic IIIC-and documented the stratigraphy, and associated pottery, lithics, faunal and plant remains, as well as secondary burials. Although earlier topographical and archaeological studies had located the site and commented on the presence of archaeological remains, this study represents the fi rst systematic excavation within two chambers of the cave, presenting detailed discussion of the geology, geomorphology, topography, formation processes, and archaeology. The paper explores possible functions of the cave in the Bronze Age and its contextual relationship to cult and burial caves on Crete and mainland Greece, and engages methodological problems of interpreting the evidence of depositional practices derived from excavation.

Prikaz monografije o dva kasnoanticka i ranosrednjovjekovna lokaliteta na jugozapadnoj obali Istre.

Late Upper Paleolithic, early Mesolithic and early Neolithic from the cave site Zemunica near Bisko (Dalmatia, Croatia)

This paper presents results from lithic, pottery, zooarchaeological, osteological, petrological a... more This paper presents results from lithic, pottery, zooarchaeological, osteological, petrological and geoarchaeological analyses from the early Neolithic, Mesolithic and late Upper Paleolithic levels of Zemunica Cave in Croatia. The site provides valuable information about the aforementioned periods in Dalmatia and original evidence supporting newly proposed models of the spread of Neolithisation in this area.

Alan Bowman i Andrew Wilson (ur.), Settlement, Urbanization, and Population. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy, Oxford University Press, 2011, 362 str

Prikaz zbornika radova o naseljima, procesu urbanizacije i stanovnistvu antike i ranoga srednjeg ... more Prikaz zbornika radova o naseljima, procesu urbanizacije i stanovnistvu antike i ranoga srednjeg vijeka na prostorima Rimskog Carstva.

Upotreba laserskog skeniranja iz zraka u istraživanju arheološkog krajolika Općine Vrsar

Archaeological excavations in the Lim Channel in 2016. Sites: Romuald's cave, Abri Kontija 002, Lim 001, Cave near Rovinjsko selo

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.

Roman centuriation in the territory of Vrsar, Croatia

Kratki pregled studije slucaja, vizualizacija rimske centurijacije laserskim skeniranjem iz zraka.