Varvaria-Breberium-Bribir Archaeological Project

Varvaria-Breberium-Bribir Archaeological Project took over in 2014 the extensive excavation of the Bribirska Glavica hilltop. Dubbed “Croatia’s Troy” by Lujo Marun, its first excavator, the site has a long research history, initiated by Marun’s digs, in 1910. But it is the history of the site itself and of its seemingly uninterrupted occupation, from Neolithic through modern times, that singles it out. Liburnian fortified settlement turned into a Roman municipium, later on, in the 10th century, one of the fourteen earliest documented Croatian counties, and, under Paul I Šubić, de facto capital of a large territory comprising Dalmatia, Slavonia, Herzegovina and Bosnia, Bribir offers rare opportunities for archaeological investigation as it encapsulates a significant part of Dalmatia’s history.

The project concentrates on the late antique and early mediaeval phases of the site, in an attempt to shed light, through modern archaeological methods, on several critical issues raised by this period, which remains in many respects elusive: variations in urbanism patterns; communication networks and lines of exchange, including long-distance intracontinental contacts; the dynamic and chronology of the Christianisation process; the role played by the Dalmatian hinterland and its urban centres in the emergence of cultural, ethnic and religious identities, associated thus far with the coastal cities; etc.

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Scientific team

Ante Milošević

Ante Milošević

Muzej hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika, Split, Croatia

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Victor Ghica

Victor Ghica

MF vitenskapelig høyskole, Oslo, Norway

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Danijel Dzino

Danijel Dzino

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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Nikolina Uroda

Nikolina Uroda

Muzej hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika, Split, Croatia

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Andrea Di Miceli

Andrea Di Miceli

ArcheoRes - Archaeological Research Group, Italy

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Tommaso Mattioli

Tommaso Mattioli

ArcheoRes - Archaeological Research Group, Italy

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Branka Milošević

Branka Milošević

Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia

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Željko Krnčević

Željko Krnčević

Muzej grada Šibenika, Šibenik, Croatia

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Yann Béliez

Yann Béliez

Palimpsest, Brno, Czech Republic

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Ivana Ožanić Roguljić

Ivana Ožanić Roguljić

Institut za arheologiju Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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Kristina Jelinčić Vučković

Kristina Jelinčić Vučković

Institut za arheologiju Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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Bartul Šiljeg

Bartul Šiljeg

Institut za arheologiju Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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Kelly Reed

Kelly Reed

University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

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Mario Šlaus

Mario Šlaus

University of Zadar, Croatia

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Željka Bedić

Željka Bedić

Anthropological Centre, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Art, Zagreb, Croatia

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Vlasta Vyroubal

Vlasta Vyroubal

Anthropological Centre, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Art, Zagreb, Croatia

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Per Rathsman

Per Rathsman

Rathsman ArkitektKontor AB, Sweden

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Events

Kolokvij o Bribiru 2

Kolokvij o Bribiru 2

Poštovane kolegice/poštovani kolege, Čast nam je pozvati Vas na V. Gunjačine dane, međunarodni znanstveni skup u organizaciji Muzeja hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika u Splitu koji će se održati na Bribirskoj glavici od 28. do 29. travnja 2017. godine. Povodom završetka...

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