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Possibilities of Retrospective Monitoring and Value Loss Assessment of the Site Damaged by Continuous Stone Exploitation: Sutilija hill above Trogir, Croatia

The paper analyses methodological possibilities of retrospective monitoring and value loss assessment on the archaeological records continuously subjected to harmful impacts using an example of prehistoric archaeological record preserved on Sutilija (St. Elijah’s) hill in Seget Gornji above Trogir, Croatia, which is continuously subjected to stone mining that resulted in the vast devastation of the landscape, as well as the destruction of the archaeological features. This was the stimulus for the project focused on monitoring of the site with the objective to document its present state and to collect the data about changes in the landscape. Through comparison of the data collected by topographic survey and high-resolution 3D photogrammetry of the entire hill with the available archival spatial data (aerial photographs, cadastral maps etc.) a set of information was obtained that enables analysis of the changes caused by anthropogenic activities in different periods. Results of this type of analysis are suitable for the valorisation of the site, as well as a value loss assessment through different periods of contemporary stone exploitation. As the collected data enables chronological separation of the harmful impacts, the authors will present a methodological approach to the reconstruction of their effects and the possibilities that this type of analysis has for the assessment of value loss on continuously endangered archaeological sites.

Sutilija hill, hillfort, quarries, damaged archaeological record, retrospective monitoring, value loss assessment (VLA)

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