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Sutilija hill above Trogir: Value Loss Assessment of the Site Damaged by Contemporary Stone Exploitation

Sutilija (St. Elijah’s) hill in Seget Gornji above Trogir is an important archaeological site characterised by a complex set of traces of anthropogenic activities from all time periods and marked by Iron Age and Medieval standing structures, as well as quarries that can be dated from Roman Period to Modern Times. As stone mining continues to this day in three active quarries, it is continuously subjected to harmful impacts that resulted in the vast devastation of the landscape, as well as the destruction of the archaeological features (Paraman, Tresić Pavičić 2017). 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 geodetic survey and high-resolution 3D photogrammetry of the entire hill and the available 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 time 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.

Trogir, Sutilija hill, hillfort, quarries, value loss assessment

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