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The project '' A new GIS procedure for the reconstruction of the landscape in classical antiquity (territory of today Primorje-Gorski kotar county)

In the course of the ongoing research project ''Archaeological Topography of Croatia in Classical Antiquity'' the application of a new GIS procedure made it possible to make reconstructions of some Roman sites and past landscapes (landscape in classical antiquity) on the territory of present-day Primorje-Gorski Kotar, County of Primorje -Gorski Kotar. The County encompasses the territory of the northern Adriatic with the part of Istrian pennisula, coastal territory of Rijeka bay with its hinterland, the islands- Cres, Lošinj, Krk, Rab and the part of Gorski Kotar to the upper course of Kupa and Dobra rivers. The difference between sea level and mountain territory with highest points of Učka at 1401 m, Risnjak at 1528 m and Velika Kapela at 1534 m makes this area especially dynamic in landscape line. Important communications and ancient roads lead from the ports and crossing the mountains, further to the great river valles(Kupa, Sava, Drava, Dunav) connecting the Mediterranean area with the Middle Europe. The GIS approach to the study of changes in historical landscapes indicated that the greatest transformations of the landscape occured in the Roman period, and are still visible today.

GIS, archaeological topography, historical landscape in classical antiquity, archaeological landscape, 4th century BC to 6th century AD

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