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Project code: 6-02-018


SETTLEMENTS AND CULTURES OF THE PREHISTORIC AND CLASSICAL PERIODS ON THE ADRIATIC


Main researcher: MIGOTTI, BRANKA (118095)


Assistants
Type of research: basic
Duration from: 04/30/91. to 12/31/94.
Papers on project (total): 26
Papers on project quoted in Current Contents: 1
Institution name: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb (101)
Department/Institute: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Institute for historical and social sciences Department for archaeology
Address: Ante Kovačića 5
City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
Communication
Fax: 385 (0)1-44-93-78
Phone: 385 (0)1-44-90-93
Summary: The project provides for 3 years of investigation. It is a basic scientific investigation which consists of fieldwork, laboratory analysis and theoretical investigations carried out on archaeological and anthropological material. An interdisciplinary approach is used to analyse and determine the chronological continuity of the various populations, cultures and settlements which were present, from prehistory to the Middle Ages, on the Eastern Adriatic. Cultural and population exchange with neighboring areas (continental Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Middle Europe and the Mediterranean area) is also analysed. The project includes 4 specific scientific investigations: a) The analysis and definition of prehistoric cultures on the Eastern Adriatic, definition of their developmental phases, and analysis of cultural and population relationships with other cultures contiguous in time and space, b) The analysis of geographic, ethnographic, historic and other data related to the Illyrians during the periods of Greek colonization and Roman expansion, c) The analysis of material and cultural aspects of Early Christian civilisation on the Eastern Adriatic within the framework of the universal phenomenon of Early Christianity, d) Anthropological analyses of archaeological populations on the Eastern Adriatic and in continental Croatia with particular emphasis on reconstruction of subsistence strategies and the effects of microevolutionary processes.

Keywords: archaeology, anthropology, interdisciplinary approach, Croatia, chronological continuity, prehistory, classical period, early christianity, microevolution.

Research goals: Previous investigations on the Eastern Adriatic have shown the full complexity of problems present in the archaeological and anthropological analyses of the prehistoric, classical and Early Christian periods as well as the relevance of these data to the greater Mediterranean and European areas. The results of these analyses have so far not been adequately systemised and valorised. The aim of this project is to reconstruct chronological and cultural trends on the East Adriatic from prehistoric times to the Early Middle Ages. The exploration of prehistoric settlements and cultures on the East Adriatic has the aim of defining the developmental phases of these cultures and to determine and analyse potential relationships with other European cultures. The aim of investigating the classical period is to reconstruct, based on historical and archaeological data, developments in Illyricum from the time of the first contacts with the Classical World to the end of the Early Roman Imperial period. The revalorization of known, as well as determination of new Early Christian sites in Dalmatia has the final goal of developing a comprehensive catalogue of Early Christian remains. Data thus gathered and systemised will be used to analyse and determine different material and cultural aspects of Early Christianity in Roman Dalmatia. Anthropological analyses of archaeological populations have the goal of reconstructing life conditions and stresses specific to various populations as well as to determine the effects of changing ecological and cultural systems on the biological attributes of the analysed populations.

COOPERATION - INSTITUTIONS


  1. Name of institution: Smithsonian Institution
    Type of institution: University/Faculty
    City: Washington,D.C., USA

  2. Name of institution: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti
    Type of institution: University/Faculty
    City: 61000 - Ljubljana, Slovenija

  3. Name of institution: Arheološki muzej u Zagrebu
    Type of institution: Other
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  4. Name of institution: Arheološki muzej u Zadru
    Type of institution: Other
    City: 23000 - Zadar, Croatia

  5. Name of institution: Arheološki muzej Split
    Type of institution: Other
    City: 21000 - Split, Croatia

  6. Name of institution: Muzej Slavonije Osijek
    Type of institution: Other
    City: 31000 - Osijek, Croatia

  7. Name of institution: Gradski muzej Bjelovar
    Type of institution: Other
    City: 43000 - Bjelovar, Hrvatska

  8. Name of institution: Muzej Brača
    Type of institution: Other
    City: 58400 - Škrip, Hrvatska

  9. Name of institution: Zavičajni muzej Vela Luka
    Type of institution: Other
    City: 50270 - Vela Luka, Hrvatska

  10. Name of institution: Institut za antropologiju
    Type of institution: University/Faculty
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  11. Name of institution: Institut za arheologiju u Zagrebu
    Type of institution: University/Faculty
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  12. Name of institution: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
    Type of institution: Economical/Production
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  13. Name of institution: Općina Supetar
    Type of institution: Institution whose primary activities ar
    City: 58400 - Supetar, Hrvatska

  14. Name of institution: Općina Vela Luka
    Type of institution: Institution whose primary activities ar
    City: 50270 - Vela Luka, Hrvatska

  15. Name of institution: Oddelek za arheologijo (Filozofska fakulteta)
    Type of institution: University/Faculty
    Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information
    City: 61000 - Ljubljana, Slovenija
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