Reports by Paula Androić Gračanin
Annales Instituti Archaeologici, 2019
The latest research campaigns within the project Archaeological Topography of the Island of Rab h... more The latest research campaigns within the project Archaeological Topography of the Island of Rab have included a series of interdisciplinary methods facilitating the identification and documentation of the determined sites, locations, and their surroundings. Also, test trenches have been made on certain sites since 2016 to verify the data and obtain a clearer chronology. On the basis of this methodology, sites on Lopar peninsula have been researched in the 2018 campaign too. The works included test trenches and geoarchaeological research in Podšilo bay, geophysical measurements on cape Kaštelina, and a survey of the wider areas of cape Šilo and Dubac cove. The results are still preliminary, but they already point to a complex use of Podšilo bay in late antiquity, while possible remains of Iron Age settlement architecture have been recorded on cape Kaštelina.
Annales Instituti Archaeologici, 2020
The collection of a wide range of data related to the settlement pattern of the island of Rab, ca... more The collection of a wide range of data related to the settlement pattern of the island of Rab, carried out through six years of reconnaissance, geophysical prospection and trial trenching campaigns, allowed the definition of a clearer picture of the island’s settling from the Bronze age to early Modern times. This data set, used as basis for further analysis, indicated the need to further explore selected settlement sites in order to better define both their typology and their internal organisation. Consequently, during the 2019 campaign of the Archaeological topography of the island of Rab project, research intensified on two sites on the Lopar peninsula: Kaštelina cape and Podšilo bay. In parallel, further reconnaissance and geophysical prospecting was carried out both on Lopar and within Rab municipality, aiding in the definition of settled area spread and their features, which will help comparative period-specific analysis of the island’s settling. A pilot prospecting campaign carried out within
the historic centre of Rab town allowed assessing the methods’ potential within the urban fabric of such a long-settled zone, but also gaining first wide-area data on its diachronic developments. Such data will also prove essential in understanding the inter-settlement relationships and the overall organisation of the island’s settlement pattern through time. Within the paper preliminary results of the research carried out at three sites is presented, i.e. an Iron Age hillfort, a Roman rural settlement and
within the urban centre, which are, due to their representative features, indicative for proposing the development of settling on the island.
Annales Instituti Archaeologici, 2020
With the 2019 pilot campaign the onset of multidisciplinary research at Danilo Gornje (Šibenik) w... more With the 2019 pilot campaign the onset of multidisciplinary research at Danilo Gornje (Šibenik) was marked, comprising geophysical prospections of the wider Šematorij site area and the first geoarchaeological landscape analyses. Activities were carried out in collaboration by the Šibenik City Museum, the Institute of Archaeology of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw and the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb as a first step in a wider multidisciplinary research programme aimed at exploring the topography and landscape of Danilo from pre-Roman times to late Antiquity.
Annales Instituti Archaeologici, 2017
Activities of the project "Archaeological topography of the island of Rab" in 2016 comprised a se... more Activities of the project "Archaeological topography of the island of Rab" in 2016 comprised a series of research undertakings aimed at outlining known sites and defining new ones through filed survey. As an active partner in the „Millenium of Rab's Benedictism“ project (Monastery of st. Andrew, Rab) together with Branko Mušič, PhD (University of Ljubljana), geophysical prospections of the Monastery's garden were carried out in hope to establish the archaeological potential of the area, known from various sources to have been the seat of the Bishop's palace, a church and perhaps other buildings and a graveyard. Results, difficult to interpret due to the multilayered architectonic history of the area, do show the presence
of structures and debris layers in various zones of the garden.
Secondly, trial excavations have been carried out on two previously identified sites: Za Markovićem and Pudarica. In the first case, two test pits have been dug on two terraces located below and above a supposedly antique wall, today incorporated in a drywall terracing structure. In the 2nd pit a complex stratigraphy emerged, while finds seem to point to a Late Antique datation of the identified structures and probably of the visible wall. Similarly, the test pit at Pudarica, aimed at investigating and preserving a grave previously damaged by infrastructure excavations, has proven a Late Antique cemeterial activity in the area. Though the grave served as a child burial over a longer period of time, rare finds point to a later Roman date.
Finally, field surveys were carried out on numerous sites on the island, pointing to a complex rural settling in Late Antiquity, but survey also resulted with finds that identify potential sites from Prehistoric and post-Medieval times.
Both trial excavations and field surveys have enriched our knowledge on the Late Antique rural settlement pattern on the island, providing clearer dates and pointing to particular features that can guide future research.
Papers by Paula Androić Gračanin
U sklopu projekta „Velebit – Kulturni krajolik Podvelebitske Like“ reambulirano je devet lokalite... more U sklopu projekta „Velebit – Kulturni krajolik Podvelebitske Like“ reambulirano je devet lokaliteta i nekoliko pozicija – potencijalnih arheoloških nalazišta – koji se nalaze na području između Senja i Karlobaga (Ličko-senjska županija), a kronološki se smještaju od prapovijesnih razdoblja do kasnoga srednjeg vijeka. Osim terenskih pregleda pojedini su lokaliteti snimljeni bespilotnom letjelicom sa svrhom izrade ortofotografskih snimaka i 3D modela. Dok su na nekim lokalitetima utvrđeni arheološki ostaci koji se spominju u literaturi, na drugima je zatečena često posve drukčija situacija, što opravdava opetovano reambuliranje ranije utvrđenih lokaliteta.Within the project “Velebit – Cultural landscape of Sub-Velebit Lika” nine sites and several positions with archaeological indicators have been surveyed. The sites are located in the area between Senj and Karlobag (Lika–Senj County) while their chronologies stretch from Prehistory to the late Middle Ages. Apart from reconnaissance, s...
Istraživanja u sklopu projekta Arheološka topografija otoka Raba provode se, u posljednjim kampan... more Istraživanja u sklopu projekta Arheološka topografija otoka Raba provode se, u posljednjim kampanjama, nizom interdisciplinarnih metoda koje olakšavaju kako identifikaciju, tako i dokumentiranje utvrđenih lokaliteta i položaja te uz njih povezanoga krajolika. Također, od 2016. godine pristupilo se probnome sondiranju pojedinih lokaliteta u svrhu provjere podataka i dobivanja jasnije kronologije. Slijedom tako postavljene metodologije, pristupilo se istraživanjima lokaliteta loparskoga poluotoka i tijekom kampanje 2018. godine, odnosno provedena su probna sondiranja i geoarheološka istraživanja u uvali Podšilo, geofizička mjerenja na rtu Kaštelina kao i reambulacija širih područja rta Šilo i uvale Dubac. Rezultati, iako još uvijek preliminarni, daju naslutiti kompleksno korištenje uvale Podšilo u kasnoantičkome razdoblju, dok su na rtu Kaštelina zabilježeni mogući ostaci željeznodobne naseobinske arhitekture.The latest research campaigns within the project Archaeological Topography o...
Tijekom rujna 2017. godine terenskim je pregledima i geofizičkim istraživanjima obuhvaćeno više l... more Tijekom rujna 2017. godine terenskim je pregledima i geofizičkim istraživanjima obuhvaćeno više lokaliteta na otoku Rabu s naglaskom na loparski poluotok, gdje su provedena i sondažna istraživanja na lokalitetu Podkućine u uvali Podšilo. Mahom su obuhvaćeni lokaliteti antičke i kasnoantičke datacije i to oni ruralno-gospodarskoga karaktera, a zahvaljujući interdisciplinarnom istraživačkom pristupu prikupljeni podaci ukazuju na njihovo prostiranje, kronologiju i međusobni suodnos. Dio aktivnosti proveden je u sklopu projekta RED – Rimska ekonomija u Dalmaciji Hrvatske zaklade za znanost (IP-11-2013-3973).A series of field and geophysical surveys were carried out in September 2017 on multiple sites on the island of Rab, in particular within Lopar peninsula, where trial excavations have also been conducted. The activities were carried out thanks to the collaboration of the Institute of archaeology in Zagreb (Dr. A. Konestra), the Institute of Archaeology of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Un...
Arheološka topografija otoka Raba" 2017. g.: rezultati istraživanja topografije područja grada Raba i Lopara te probna sodniranja (lokalitet Podkućine u uvali Podšilo)
"Arheološka topografija otoka Raba" 2017. g.: rezultati istraživanja topografije područja grada Raba i Lopara te probna sodniranja (lokalitet Podkućine u uvali Podšilo), 2017
Annales Instituti Archaeologici, Dec 22, 2020
Rezultati zaštitnih istraživanja kasnoavarodobnoga groblja Šarengrad -Klopare 2019. godine The re... 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
Terenski pregledi, geofizička i sondažna istraživanja projekta „Arheološka topografija otoka Raba“ u 2017. godini
Aktivnosti projekta „ Arheoloska topografija otoka Raba” u 2016. godini obuhvatile su, uz terenske... more Aktivnosti projekta „ Arheoloska topografija otoka Raba” u 2016. godini obuhvatile su, uz terenske preglede koji cine okosnicu istraživanja, i niz razlicitih aktivnosti provedenih sa svrhom boljeg razumijevanja ranije utvrđenih lokaliteta. Aktivnim ukljucivanjem u projekt „ isucljece rapskog benediktinstva” ciji je nositelj samostan sv. Andrije u Rabu, zajedno s kolegom dr. sc. B. Musicem (Sveuciliste u Ljubljani) provedena su geofizicka istraživanja na podrucju samostanskoga vrta. Sondažna su istraživanja provedena na lokalitetima Za Markovicem i Pudarica, dok su terenski pregledi obuhvatili razlicita podrucja otoka.
Rezultati zaštitnih istraživanja kasnoavarodobnoga groblja Šarengrad -Klopare 2019. godine The re... 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
Kulturni krajolik Velebita – Terenski pregledi na području Podvelebitskoga primorja u 2017. godini
Archaeological topography of the island of Rab" in 2017: results of topographic research in the Town of Rab and Lopar areas and trial excavations (Podkućine site in Podšilo bay)
Projekt „Arheoloska topografija otoka Raba“ pokrenut je 2013. godine suradnjom Instituta za arheo... more Projekt „Arheoloska topografija otoka Raba“ pokrenut je 2013. godine suradnjom Instituta za arheologiju i Konzervatorskoga odjel Ministarstva kulture u Rijeci, s ciljem definiranja i kartiranja arheoloskih lokaliteta prisutnih na otoku Rabu unutar GIS sustava. Istraživanja 2017. g. ukljucila su terensku reambulaciju, geofizicka mjerenja i probno sondiranje na razlicitim položajima na Loparu, te u manjoj mjeri na podrucju garad Raba. Utvrđeni lokaliteti i ostaci arhitekture upucuju na ruralno naseljavanje otoka kroz anticko i kasno anticko razdoblje.
Fieldwork and Research, 2019
Results of multidisciplinary research conducted on the island of Rab (Northeastern Adriatic, Croa... more Results of multidisciplinary research conducted on the island of Rab (Northeastern Adriatic, Croatia) are presented with particular focus on late Roman rural settlements and their economic activities. The settlement in Podšilo bay, Lopar peninsula, is analyzed in more detail, providing evidence on a vibrant local community engaged in diversified craft activities and the exploitation of local land and marine resources. Along with the specificities of its layout and organization, this site also presents unique possibilities to study environmental factors that influenced its setup and economy, but also its demise, tentatively placed within the 6th century AD.
Annales Instituti Archaeologici, Dec 22, 2020
Rezultati zaštitnih istraživanja kasnoavarodobnoga groblja Šarengrad -Klopare 2019. godine The re... 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
Using Gis in the Diachronic Study of Late Roman Settlement Transformations: Preliminary Data and Possible Relations to Environment Change in the North-Eastern Adriatic
GIS Odyssey Journal, Sep 15, 2021
In the paper the use of GIS to diachronically analyse the settlement pattern detected through arc... more In the paper the use of GIS to diachronically analyse the settlement pattern detected through archaeological research is illustrated on the case study of the island of Rab (NE Adriatic, Croatia) and correlated with a model of the island's economic output, its environmental features and available data on regional changing climatic conditions. The obtained results are then interpreted within a wider Adriatic setting and a current theoretical framework which allows to correlate socioeconomic and environmental indicators in the interpretation of archaeologically detected changes in the use of the landscape.
Arheološka topografija otoka Raba: geofizička, sondažna i topografska istraživanja u 2016. godini
Arheološka topografija otoka Raba: geofizička, sondažna i topografska istraživanja u 2016. godini
Archaeological topography of the island of Rab" in 2017: results of topographic research in the Town of Rab and Lopar areas and trial excavations (Podkućine site in Podšilo bay)
Projekt „Arheoloska topografija otoka Raba“ pokrenut je 2013. godine suradnjom Instituta za arheo... more Projekt „Arheoloska topografija otoka Raba“ pokrenut je 2013. godine suradnjom Instituta za arheologiju i Konzervatorskoga odjel Ministarstva kulture u Rijeci, s ciljem definiranja i kartiranja arheoloskih lokaliteta prisutnih na otoku Rabu unutar GIS sustava. Istraživanja 2017. g. ukljucila su terensku reambulaciju, geofizicka mjerenja i probno sondiranje na razlicitim položajima na Loparu, te u manjoj mjeri na podrucju garad Raba. Utvrđeni lokaliteti i ostaci arhitekture upucuju na ruralno naseljavanje otoka kroz anticko i kasno anticko razdoblje.
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Reports by Paula Androić Gračanin
the historic centre of Rab town allowed assessing the methods’ potential within the urban fabric of such a long-settled zone, but also gaining first wide-area data on its diachronic developments. Such data will also prove essential in understanding the inter-settlement relationships and the overall organisation of the island’s settlement pattern through time. Within the paper preliminary results of the research carried out at three sites is presented, i.e. an Iron Age hillfort, a Roman rural settlement and
within the urban centre, which are, due to their representative features, indicative for proposing the development of settling on the island.
of structures and debris layers in various zones of the garden.
Secondly, trial excavations have been carried out on two previously identified sites: Za Markovićem and Pudarica. In the first case, two test pits have been dug on two terraces located below and above a supposedly antique wall, today incorporated in a drywall terracing structure. In the 2nd pit a complex stratigraphy emerged, while finds seem to point to a Late Antique datation of the identified structures and probably of the visible wall. Similarly, the test pit at Pudarica, aimed at investigating and preserving a grave previously damaged by infrastructure excavations, has proven a Late Antique cemeterial activity in the area. Though the grave served as a child burial over a longer period of time, rare finds point to a later Roman date.
Finally, field surveys were carried out on numerous sites on the island, pointing to a complex rural settling in Late Antiquity, but survey also resulted with finds that identify potential sites from Prehistoric and post-Medieval times.
Both trial excavations and field surveys have enriched our knowledge on the Late Antique rural settlement pattern on the island, providing clearer dates and pointing to particular features that can guide future research.
Papers by Paula Androić Gračanin