EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS 13th Annual Meeting Zadar, Croatia 18th

344 Pages·2007·2.14 MB·English

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS

13th Annual Meeting

Zadar, Croatia
18th – 23rd September 2007

The 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Zadar, Croatia, 18th –
23rd September 2007, is organised by the University of Zadar, in cooperation with the
Archaeological museum in Zadar.
The abstract book is published with a financial support of the Ministry of science, education
and sports of the Republic of Croatia.

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ARCHAEOLOGIST

13th Annual Meeting

Zadar, Croatia
18th – 23rd September 2007

ABSTRACTS BOOK
Programme and Abstracts

University of Zadar
Zadar, 2007
EAA 13th Annual Meeting
Abstracts book

Editor-in-chief:
Ante Uglešić

Editorial Board:
Ante Uglešić, Dražen Maršić, Tomislav Fabijanić

Formatting:
Tomislav Fabijanić

Layout:
Denis Gospić

Cover design:
Ljubica Marčetić Marinović

Cover photo:
Stipe Surać

Meeting secretariat
of the EAA 13th Annual Meeting:

University of Zadar
Ulica Mihovila Pavlinovića bb
HR – 23000 ZADAR, CROATIA
http://www.unizd.hr/eaa2007

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UDK 902(063)(048)

EUROPEAN Association of Archaeologists.

Annual Meeting (13 ; 2007 ; Zadar)

Abstracts book / 13th Annual Meeting of the

European Association of Archaeologists, 18th-

23rd September 2007, Zadar - Croatia ; <editor-

in-chief Ante Uglešić>. - Zadar : University of

Zadar, 2007. - 342 str. ; 24 cm

ISBN 978-953-7237-25-7

120809006

ISBN 978-953-7237-25-7

Issue:
1000

Printing:
MEDIA Zadar

PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS

We present in this book the abstracts of sessions, round tables and posters as delivered to us
by 20th August 2007. We have done some light copy-editing, but the majority of abstracts are
presented as we received them. They are arranged by day. General Sessions and Poster abstracts
are given after Saturday’s abstracts. Several abstracts are missing. Some changes may be done
before the meeting itself.

Editorial Board
PREFACE

Dear EAA members and colleagues,

It is our great pleasure and honour to welcome you in Zadar, Croatia in occasion of the 13th
Annual Meeting of European Association of Archaeologists.
In previous years, the EAA's Annual Meetings have become major archaeological events in
Europe, gathering archaeologists from different national, institutional and professional areas. In
this way, they have significantly shaped European archaeology for the last decade. We hope that
this year EAA conference, with numerous sessions and round tables, divided in three thematic
blocks, workshops and a poster session, will be a continuation and improvement of this tradition,
with many occasions of discussion and debates, which would facilitate future projects and
initiatives.
As usual, conference Abstract book is a part of the Delegate pack and it contains, together with
abstracts of sessions, papers, round tables and posters, some basic information regarding the
conference.
Certain number of speakers included in the list sent by session organizers had not registered by
the deadline nor sent their abstracts. This has made it impossible to include a detailed scheduling
for each session in this Programme.
Let us stress that in the main text, the identification of the session organizers and speakers has
been restricted to their names, institutional affiliation and country (wherever this information was
made available to us by the speakers themselves or by session organizers). A table listing all
participants in alphabetic order will be included in the Delegate pack, as well as a detailed
programme.
Please accept our apology in case of any mistake in this publication, which might happen due
to the complexity of the organisation of the conference.
Finally, hoping that the information included here will be helpful, we wish you a fruitful
conference and a pleasant stay in Zadar.

Zadar, 20th August 2007

Prof. dr. sc. Ante Uglešić,
President of the Organising committee

Mr. sc. Tomislav Fabijanić,
Secretary of the Organising committee
PROGRAMME – time table

TUESDAY, 18th September 2007

09.30 – 18.00 Meeting: EAA Executive Board

WEDNESDAY, 19th September 2007

09.30 – 14.00 Meeting: EAA Editorial Board
13.00 – 19.00 Registration
17.00 – 18.30 Opening ceremony Grand Hall
19.00 – 21.30 Opening reception Zadar County

THURSDAY, 20th September 2007

08.30 – 19.00 Registration
rooms
09.00 – 18.30 Sessions and Round tables
open 08.30
13.15 – 13.45 Welcome Reception for new EAA members Room 143
20.00 – 24.00 EAA Annual Party1 Arsenal Club

FRIDAY, 21st September 2007

08.30 – 14.00 Registration2
rooms
09.00 – 18.30 Sessions and Round tables
open 08.30
13.15 – 14.15 Poster Sessions3 Grand Hall

SATURDAY, 22nd September 2007

rooms
09.00 – 16.30 Sessions and Round tables
open 08.30
Annual Business Meeting
17.00 – 19.00 Grand hall
All EAA members are invited to attend.
Hotel
20.00 Gala dinner
Kolovare

SUNDAY, 23rd September 2007

Post conference excursions

1 Please bring your tickets for one complimentary drink. Full bar availble. Music.
2 The registration desk will then be moved to the Meeting secretariat until the end of the meeting.
3 Authors of posters should attend at their posters to answer the questions.
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GENERAL INFORMATION

About Zadar

Zadar is a beautiful Mediterranean city, with three millennia long history. Founded in the Early
Iron Age by the Liburnians, it became a Roman colony Iader when its urban layout, still visible
today, was first structured. Later, it became the capital city of the Byzantine province of Dalmatia.
In the 7th century the Croats came to the Zadar region and very soon to the town itself.
Its rich historical and cultural heritage of world importance is evident at every step: the
remains of the Roman Forum from the 1st century; the most famous early medieval church in
Croatia and hallmark of the city – St. Donat's Church from the 9th century; St. Grisigono's Church
from the 12th century and the St. Mary's bell tower from the year 1105; the Romanesque St.
Anastasia's Cathedral from the 13th century; St. Frances church – the oldest Gothic church in
Dalmatia; mighty fortification walls with Sea farer's and Land gates from the 16th century… It is
also noteworthy that Zadar is surrounded by four national parks: Plitvice lakes, Kornati islands,
Paklenica gorge and the river Krka.
For further information, please see leaflets in Delegates pack.

University of Zadar (www.unizd.hr)

The University of Zadar has long tradition of academic excellence. Its academic heritage
incorporates the first University on Croatian soil Universitas Iadertina, founded in Zadar in 1396,
and the Faculty of arts which was the first Croatian institution of higher education outside of
Zagreb, established in 1956. Today the University has over 5000 students across 21 academic
departments. Its Department of archaeology is one of the most prestigious archaeological
institutions in Croatia whose academic staff and students are engaged in numerous fieldworks and
scientific projects throughout the country.

Archaeological museum in Zadar

The Archaeological museum in Zadar is famous for both its 150 years long activities and for its
prominent scientific and conservation achievements in documenting, researching and displaying
the archaeology and monuments of the region. Important activities of the Museum include public
presentations, temporary exhibitions, printing catalogues, guides and prospects... Museum’s
experts daily conduct numerous excavations and protective works in the town and its region that
abounds in sites and findings of great historical and cultural importance.

Logo of the conference

The logo of the conference (Author: Ljubica Marčetić Marinović) is a drawing of an early
medieval vessel, called Condura, found in Nin near Zadar. The town of Nin, where two such
vessels where found, is situated on an islet 20 km NW from Zadar in the middle of a large bay
whose entrance enjoys excellent protection. It was important Roman city called Aenona (e.g. the
largest Roman temple in Dalmatia was constructed there) but it experienced its greatest flourish in
the Early Medieval period when it became one of the administrative and cultural centres of
Croatian state.
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Two boats were discovered in 1966 at the entrance to the harbour and the site was explored
by a team of the Archaeological museum in Zadar and the Museum of the city of Šibenik, headed
by Zdenko Brusić. In 1974, ships were lifted from the sea bottom and transported to the
Archaeological museum in Zadar. After extensive conservation efforts undertaken by Božidar
Vilhar, boats were presented to the public in newly build pavilion of the Museum in Nin where they
remain today. In the year 1998, two replicas were built. Quite interesting fact is that both crafts
were deliberately sunk (great quantity of stones was found in them) which must have been done
through the need of closing up the passage and thus making an obstacle which at a given moment
prevented other ships from entering the harbour.
According to radio-carbon analyses of the wood, ships were built or sailing at the end of the
11th century and the beginning of the 12th century A.D. Because of that fact, and the fact that
these ships resemble those mentioned by the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII (913-959), crafts
were named – Condura Croatica. Namely, in the chapter in which the emperor describes Old
Croatian navy he mentions two types of Croatian vessels – condurae and sagenae.

Venue

The EAA's 13th Annual Meeting will be held at the University of Zadar (address: Obala kralja P.
Krešimira IV., 2, www.unizd.hr), in a splendid building from the early 1900s, situated in the very
heart of the historic town overlooking the sea.

Registration

Registration desk will function according to the following schedule:
Wednesday (19th Sept. 2007): from 13.00 to 19.00
Thursday (20th Sept. 2007): from 8.30 to 19.00
Friday (21st Sept. 2007): from 8.30 to 14.00

The registration desk will then be moved to the Meeting secretariat until the end of the
meeting.
The desk will have 3 separate sections:
- section for conference participants who have registered and paid in advance,
- conference registration or payment on-site, closing dinner,
- Accommodation, excursions (tourist agency “Bonaca”).

Notice Board

There will be a notice board at the main entrance of the University of Zadar (on the left side),
where delegates can leave messages for each other and check on the latest information provided
by the local Organising Committee.

Meeting staff

English-speaking meeting staff will be available to assist in sessions. Helpers are volunteers,
students of archaeology from University of Zadar. They will be easily recognized by their distinctive
T-shirts. For easier identification, the volunteers and members of the local Organising committee
will wear badges with a different colour from those of other delegates.
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