Naslov
Urban Transformation and Landscape Change Surrounding the Nadin Archaeological Site, Croatia

Autori
Zaro, Gregory ; Čelhar, Martina ; Vujević, Dario ; Ćuka, Anica ; Faričić, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International Interdisciplinary Conference Movements, Narratives & Landscapes / Mirošević, Lena et al. - Zadar, 2015, 41-42

Skup
International interdisciplinary conference MOVEMENTS, NARRATIVES AND LANDSCAPES, Sveučilište u Zadru, Zadar, 5.-7. 06. 2015

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 05.06.2015. - 07.06.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Nadin-Gradina, North Dalmatia, urban transformation, landscape change

Sažetak
Cities are a dominant factor in global environmental change today, but as a long-term process, urbanization has played a significant role in shaping our planet’s landscapes and environments for millennia, effectively creating anthropogenic landscapes. Recognition of this point opens the door for archaeological research to make significant contributions to contemporary urban/ecological issues while also generating cross-cultural knowledge about urbanism in the ancient, historic, and modern worlds. This paper presents the research design and preliminary results from a field program of archaeological excavation and analysis at the Nadin archaeological site, a moderately-sized center in Croatia’s Ravni Kotari region along the Adriatic Sea. The site is situated near the 3, 000-year-old city of Zadar, an important social and economic center in the region today but one that faces significant urban/ecological challenges over the coming century. With a nearly 2, 500-year record of (possibly intermittent) occupational history, Nadin affords the opportunity to investigate the relationship between phases of urban growth and decline and broader changes in landscape and environment. This work is generating archaeological data related to urban form, spatial organization, economy, subsistence, and environment from the site’s inception to the present era. This project is also working to more precisely delineate the site’s chronology, an essential prerequisite to articulating changes in urban form with broader changes in landscape and environment. The results will help build a range of knowledge on human-environmental interactions in the Zadar region, offering deep-time perspectives on contemporary issues.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

POVEZANOST RADA