Naslov
Investigating the submerged prehistory of the eastern Adriatic: progress and prospects

Autori
Benjamin, Jonathan ; Bekić, Luka ; Komšo, Darko ; Koncani Uhač, Ida ; Bonsall, Clive

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, ostalo

Knjiga
Submerged Prehistory

Urednik/ci
Benjamin, Jonathan ; Bonsall, Clive ; Pickard, Catriona ; Fischer, Anders

Izdavač
Oxbow Books

Grad
Oxford

Godina
2011

Raspon stranica
193-206

ISBN
978-1-84217-418-0

Ključne riječi
eastern Adriatic, sea-level rise, submerged cultural landscapes, Mesolithic–Neolithic transition

Sažetak
In this paper we assess the potential for the survival and investigation of submerged prehistoric sites and cultural landscapes in the eastern Adriatic. We review previous underwater prehistoric finds from the region and evaluate their significance. Most of these finds were made in shallow water close inshore and likely date to the Neolithic–Early Bronze Age. We discuss the reasons for this pattern and for the concentration of finds along the Istrian and Dalmatian coasts. The prospects for finding submerged sites belonging to earlier periods of prehistory are discussed, with emphasis on the crucial period between 7000 and 5500 cal BC during which farming and herding supplanted hunting, fishing, and gathering as the dominant modes of subsistence. Against this background, we present a research design for a multidisciplinary study of submerged landscapes around one of the larger islands of the Zadar archipelago. It is suggested that some important questions of the processes and timing of the transition to farming around the Adriatic Basin may only be answered through the investigation of the continental shelf, and that such research can also contribute to a better understanding of Holocene sea-level and coastal change.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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