Books by Lujana Paraman
The book brings to light the results of the first excavation in the old town of Trogir in 1978-19... more The book brings to light the results of the first excavation in the old town of Trogir in 1978-1980, within the Trogir Town Museum (Garagnin - Fanfogna palace), with the contribution to the Hellenistic urbanism of central Dalmatia, and the description and analysis of more than 4000 recorded artefacts (mostly pottery, some lithic, glass, metal and stone finds) covering the time span from the Upper Paleolithic Period, Bronze and Iron Ages to Hellenistic, Roman and Medieval Period in Trogir/central Dalmatia.
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Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu, 2023
The paper presents the results of archaeometric analysis of pottery from several Bronze Age sites... more The paper presents the results of archaeometric analysis of pottery from several Bronze Age sites in the area of central Dalmatia. A mineralogical-petrographic analysis of 38 thin sections of ceramics was carried out using the method of optical microscopy, while the mineral composition of a smaller number of samples was determined using the X-ray powder diffraction method. The research provided data on the characteristics of the clay raw material, the type and proportion of non-plastic tempers intentionally added to the clay, and information on the production techniques and firing temperatures. The research showed that Bronze Age potters very likely used local, easily available clay and non-plastic temper material: calcite, sedimentary rocks and grog. By considering technological choices, changes in pottery practices between the first and last phases of the Bronze Age were observed. The long-term tradition of using calcite is evident, which becomes a dominant tempering material in the last phase of the Bronze Age. On the other hand, since the Early Bronze Age, potters have used grog, either alone or in combination with calcite and, more rarely, crushed sedimentary rocks, and this practice seems to have been slowly abandoned since the Late Bronze Age. The results therefore indicate a correlation between tempering material selection with chronological patterns, that is, such a practice could be related to the periodic influences of various social factors.
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Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu, 2023
The article provides the results of lithic analysis of the material from the site of Malo polje-K... more The article provides the results of lithic analysis of the material from the site of Malo polje-Krban, near Trogir. Among the approximately six thousand lithic finds, geofacts predominate, but artefacts, which have been studied in more detail, are also present. The artefacts date mostly to the Middle Palaeolithic (centripetal cores, scrapers), while those potentially dated to the Upper Palaeolithic are rare. With regard to the other Middle Palaeolithic finds and sites in the immediate and distant surroundings, this site confirms the presence of Neanderthals in the vicinity of Trogir and Kaštela, which is also the case in the wider Adriatic area.
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Zbornik radova znanstvenog skupa „OSAM STOLJEĆA ŠTOVANJA GOSPE OD ANĐELA I PRVOGA FRANJEVAČKOG SAMOSTANA U TROGIRU”, Trogir – Arbanija, 18. – 19. 10. 2018., 2022
U radu se donosi sažeti pregled zaštitnog arheološkog istraživanja ranosrednjovjekovnog groblja n... more U radu se donosi sažeti pregled zaštitnog arheološkog istraživanja ranosrednjovjekovnog groblja na redove otkrivenog prilikom izgradnje kuće na predjelu Brigi u trogirskom Malom polju. Manje groblje sačinjava 12 grobnih cjelina s kosturnim ostacima više pokojnika, koji su sahranjeni bez priloga. Ustanovljeno je nekoliko tipova grobnica i grobnih konstrukcija. Radiokarbonska analiza ukazala je na datiranje groblja u 8. i 9. stoljeće. Groblje se razmatra u kontekstu poznatih podataka o korištenju istočnog dijela trogirskog Malog polja u prošlosti.
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Zbornik radova znanstvenog skupa „OSAM STOLJEĆA ŠTOVANJA GOSPE OD ANĐELA I PRVOGA FRANJEVAČKOG SAMOSTANA U TROGIRU”, Trogir – Arbanija, 18. – 19. 10. 2018., 2022
Najstariji tragovi boravka čovjeka na prostoru Trogira i Kaštela potječu
iz starijega kamenog dob... more Najstariji tragovi boravka čovjeka na prostoru Trogira i Kaštela potječu
iz starijega kamenog doba (paleolitika). Zadnjih dvadesetak godina posvećena je znatna pozornost istraživanju tog razdoblja. Većina nalaza s navedenog prostora pripada srednjem paleolitiku koji se u Europi povezuje s neandertalcima. Iz starijeg kamenog doba dokumentirane su tri vrste nalazišta: špilja (Mujina pećina), nalazišta na otvorenom (Malo polje – Krban, Karanušići) i podvodna nalazišta (Resnik, Malo polje – Kopilice, Trogir – lapidarij Muzeja grada Trogira), a dio njih sustavno je istražen. Podvodna nalazišta nekoć su bila na otvorenom, a uništena su podizanjem razine mora tijekom holocena. Nalazi prikupljeni istraživanjima lokaliteta na otvorenom, u špilji i pod morem, svjedoče o kulturi i prilagodbenim sposobnostima srednjopaleolitičkih lovaca skupljača te dopunjuju sliku njihova života na tlu Hrvatske.
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IARPotHP 3, 2020
This paper focuses on an aspect of material culture from that period, the ceramic relief-ware fro... more This paper focuses on an aspect of material culture from that period, the ceramic relief-ware from Trogir and its neighbourhood, and brings together currently available evidence of this Hellenistic pottery class, setting it in to the regional context. The preliminary analysis of morphology, decoration and fabrics, mostly of mould-made bowls, but also occasionally of other shapes such a crater and a plate, indicates the overwhelming presence of products of probable regional, Dalmatian workshop(s), and imports of conceivably central (at least Albania) and eastern Mediterranean (so-called Ionian bowls) provenance. The recent evidence is slowly outlining the patterns of consumption, and points to the adoption of mould-made bowls as the drinking vessels in Trogir's households by the advanced 2nd c. BCE. Other finds discovered in a household(?) shrine, indicate the practical appropriation of relief ware in social drinking and/or libations as a part of certain cult rites, while its role in mortuary activities, for now, has to remain a speculative once, since Tragurion necropolis of the last centuries BCE has not yet been discovered.
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Annales Instituti Archaeologici, 2021
The paper presents a random find from “Hellenistic grave/s” on the island of Čiovo near Trogir, a... more The paper presents a random find from “Hellenistic grave/s” on the island of Čiovo near Trogir, as a rare document of the funeral practices of Tragurians, and Čiovo land use in 2nd/1st century BC.
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Vjesnik za arheologiju i historiju dalmatinsku, 2021
The hill-fort on the Sutilija hill, towering over Trogir’s Malo polje from the north-west, is one... more The hill-fort on the Sutilija hill, towering over Trogir’s Malo polje from the north-west, is one of the most important sites for understanding the prehistory and protohistory of the Trogir-Kaštela area. This is best reflected in the huge volumes of collapsed ramparts, the complexity of visible structures and the high concentration of surface finds, including imported pottery. Despite this, but also due to the devastation of the site during the modern exploitation of technical-building stone, its material heritage is almost completely unknown. The paper provides an overview of previous research using non-destructive methods on the Sutilija hill, which aimed to document the present state and expand scientific knowledge about the properties and significance of the site. Particular emphasis is given to analysis of various categories of surface finds, from prehistoric local pottery, amphorae and other pottery imports to other finds for personal and/or practical use. Previously unknown finds suggest a broader dynamics of anthropogenic activity at this site, as well as economic and cultural changes that this undoubtedly significant Iron Age centre experienced in the fourth century BCE. It was the result of increasingly active regional trade and multicultural interaction, which took place in the context of protohistoric transformation of Central Dalmatian Iron Age communities.
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Annales Instituti Archaeologici, 2020
“Trogir Through Time”, an international scientific research project of the Trogir Town Museum, th... more “Trogir Through Time”, an international scientific research project of the Trogir Town Museum, the Institute of Archaeology
in Zagreb, and the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, included a field survey
and the photogrammetric and topographic documentation of nine prehistoric sites in the greater Trogir area (the settlements
of Seget Gornji and Bristivica in the municipality of Seget, and Blizna Gornja and Vinišće in the municipality of Marina)
in October 2019. It is the area northwest of the Sutilija hillfort and the related enclosures of Velika Gradina and Baturova
Gomila in Baradići, and the large hillfort sites Čurkovac above Bristivica with the enclosures of Ćudine and Domazeti in its
immediate vicinity, Grad above Blizna Gonja and its related enclosures Brig and Gradina, and Oriješćak near Vinišće. The
paper presents the research results with an introduction part describing in detail the earlier state of research.
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Proceedings from the 6th Scientific Conference Methodology and Archaeometry, 2020
The paper analyses methodological possibilities of retrospective monitoring and value loss assess... more The paper analyses methodological possibilities of retrospective monitoring and value loss assessment on the archaeological records continuously subjected to harmful impacts using an example of prehistoric archaeological record preserved on Sutilija (St. Elijah's) hill in Seget Gornji above Trogir, Croatia, which is continuously subjected to stone mining that resulted in the vast devastation of the landscape, as well as the destruction of the archaeological features. 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 topographic survey and high-resolution 3D photogrammetry of the entire hill with the available archival 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 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.
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Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes 88, 2019
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Conference presentations by Lujana Paraman
10th international scientific conference Methodology & Archaeometry, Book of Abstracts, Miloglav, Ina (ed.), Zagreb, 2022
The Bronze Age pottery in Dalmatia is still a relatively unexplored area. Although ceramic finds ... more The Bronze Age pottery in Dalmatia is still a relatively unexplored area. Although ceramic finds are present on many archaeological sites pottery still represents a data set with a mostly incomplete context usually processed selectively and in an unsystematized manner using the traditional approach. This resulted in a lack of research questions and challenges. However, questions focused on the technology of production, use, and distribution of ceramics have the potential to provide a new research direction that will ultimately enable a better understanding of the everyday life of Bronze Age communities of Dalmatia. Therefore, this research is focused on the study of pottery raw materials from which ceramic vessels were made. The paper presents the results of archaeometric analysis of pottery from several Bronze Age sites in the area of central Dalmatia. A mineralogicalpetrographic analysis of 38 thin sections of ceramics was carried out using the method of optical microscopy, while the mineral composition of a smaller number of samples was determined using the X-ray powder diffraction method. The research provided data on the characteristics of the clay raw material, data on the type and proportion of non-plastic tempers intentionally added to the clay, as well as information on the production techniques and firing temperatures. Research has shown that Bronze Age potters used two types of non-plastic temper material, crushed calcite, and grog. The analysis of the results indicates technological differences, especially in the choice of tempering material, between ceramics of the early and probably middle Bronze Age compared to ceramics dated to the late Bronze and early Iron Age in the area of central Dalmatia.
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AABA Poster Presentation, 2023
Paleopathological analysis of the very young (less than 6 months of age at death) can give a wind... more Paleopathological analysis of the very young (less than 6 months of age at death) can give a window into overall social conditions and maternal health. excavations in the modern city of Trogir (Croatia) provided an excellent case study for this type of analysis. During development projects in 2011, 2016, and 2020, individuals of all ages were recovered. From these excavations, a total of 66 individuals under the age of 6 months of age at death were analyzed from two different contexts: a potential Villa Rustica site (VR, private cemetery dating to approximately AD 0-400) and the city necropolis (TCN, municipal cemetery located at a crossroads dating to approximately AD 400-700). These individuals were scored for pathological conditions and age at death distributions between the VR and TCN. Results of this analysis show incredibly high rates of crib orbitalia (CO), portico hyperostosis (PH), increased porosity, and periostea reaction for both assemblages, ranging from 50% to 100% prevalence for these indicators.
These results and distribution of indicators (including CO, PH, and increased porosity on teh spheroid) are consistent with identification of scurvy and rickets but given the environment and access to coastal resources (which should have provided appropriate nutritional and synthesis of vitamin D), these results are unexpected. This presentation details the paleopathological analysis as well as hypothesize the presence of lead poisoning in this assemblage, consistent with recent publications on lead poisoning in the Roman world. We also discuss next steps in analysis to confirm or refute this hypothesis.
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Put Dragulina, a Roman cemetery site dating between 1st century AD to approximately 7th century A... more Put Dragulina, a Roman cemetery site dating between 1st century AD to approximately 7th century AD, was excavated as part of rescue projects during 2011 and 2017 in Trogir, Croatia. At least 65 individual graves were excavated with associated burial goods. Along with the recovery of human remains, over 250 fragments of animal bone were recovered. This poster presents the identification and analysis of ovicaprines, cattle, and equid remains as possible remnants of feasting activities associated with mortuary practices based on postmortem alterations.The presence of cut marks on the distal and proximal portion of the bones suggest that the remains were processed and consumed. In association with the infant and adult burials, it is suggested that the postmortem alterations, alongside the presence of fragmented burned bone, are indicators that mortuary feasting processes were occurring at this Roman cemetery site.
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In February 2018 the Austrian Archaeological Institute/Austrian Academy of Sciences in cooperatio... more In February 2018 the Austrian Archaeological Institute/Austrian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Trogir Town Museum and the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb commenced excavations in the basement of a historic residential building in the city centre of Trogir located on the central coast of Dalmatia. Probably dating to the 12th century , the house appears to be one of the oldest buildings that still remain in the historical city center which has been recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site. The trench was laid out with the objective to clarify questions regarding chronology, function, history of use and urban planning of the ancient Tragurion/Tragurium that was founded by the Greek colony of Issa in the late 3rd century BC. Underneath a sequence of layers related to the modern occupation and the construction of the Venetian house parts a cemetery with at least seven graves including mostly well-preserved skeletal remains of seven non-adult individuals were uncovered. Two nicely preserved silver-plated bronze earrings from the 9th century AD found as grave goods in grave 4 indicate an Early Medieval date for the cemetery.
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by Miroslav Razum, Ivica Pleština, Gábor Kalla, Marius Bâsceanu, Neda Mirković-Marić, Martina Celhar, Sonja Kacar, Ina Miloglav, Nedko Elenski, Alexandra Comsa, Zrinka Premužić, Carmen Cuenca-García, Ivan Vranic, Damjan Donev, Vasilka Dimitrovska, Lujana Paraman, Petya Georgieva, Tzvetana Popova, Lilian Dogiama, Dragan Jovanovic, Seta Štuhec, Ana Đuričić, Catherine COMMENGE, Lidija Kovacheva, Jan Zachar, Snježana Vrdoljak ex Karavanić, Katalin Sebők, Marta Rakvin, Alexandra Anders, Roxana Munteanu, Iharka Szücs-Csillik, Gianluca Cantoro, Nataša Miladinović-Radmilović, Maja Kuzmanovic, Marina Vladimirova, and Jovan D . Mitrović Settlements, Culture and Population Dynamics in Balkan Prehistory - ABSTRACTS OF THE ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS, Mar 9, 2015
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Settlements, Culture and Population Dynamics in Balkan Prehistory
International Conference
13-14.03.2015
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
ABSTRACTS OF THE ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
General Editor: Vasilka Dimitrovska
Cover Design: Vasilka Dimitrovska, Elka Anastasova
Design: Elka Anastasova
Editing and English proofreading: Mark Branov
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Unpublished graduate thesis on Hellenistic Period in ancient Tragurium (modern day Trogir).
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Excavation reports by Lujana Paraman
Hrvatski arheološki godišnjak, 2017
A field survey and recording of traditional heritage, as well as archaeological supervision on th... more A field survey and recording of traditional heritage, as well as archaeological supervision on the route of the so-called junction road 2 (SC2), were carried out within the framework of the implementation of the mainland - Čiovo island bridge building project.
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Hrvatski arheološki godišnjak, 2017
Report on field survey and recording of traditional heritage as well as probe excavations and arc... more Report on field survey and recording of traditional heritage as well as probe excavations and archaeological supervision carried out in the eastern part of Tragurium ager (Malo polje plain) on the construction site of so-called junction road 1 (SC1), within the framework of the implementation of the mainland - Čiovo island bridge building project.
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iz starijega kamenog doba (paleolitika). Zadnjih dvadesetak godina posvećena je znatna pozornost istraživanju tog razdoblja. Većina nalaza s navedenog prostora pripada srednjem paleolitiku koji se u Europi povezuje s neandertalcima. Iz starijeg kamenog doba dokumentirane su tri vrste nalazišta: špilja (Mujina pećina), nalazišta na otvorenom (Malo polje – Krban, Karanušići) i podvodna nalazišta (Resnik, Malo polje – Kopilice, Trogir – lapidarij Muzeja grada Trogira), a dio njih sustavno je istražen. Podvodna nalazišta nekoć su bila na otvorenom, a uništena su podizanjem razine mora tijekom holocena. Nalazi prikupljeni istraživanjima lokaliteta na otvorenom, u špilji i pod morem, svjedoče o kulturi i prilagodbenim sposobnostima srednjopaleolitičkih lovaca skupljača te dopunjuju sliku njihova života na tlu Hrvatske.
in Zagreb, and the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, included a field survey
and the photogrammetric and topographic documentation of nine prehistoric sites in the greater Trogir area (the settlements
of Seget Gornji and Bristivica in the municipality of Seget, and Blizna Gornja and Vinišće in the municipality of Marina)
in October 2019. It is the area northwest of the Sutilija hillfort and the related enclosures of Velika Gradina and Baturova
Gomila in Baradići, and the large hillfort sites Čurkovac above Bristivica with the enclosures of Ćudine and Domazeti in its
immediate vicinity, Grad above Blizna Gonja and its related enclosures Brig and Gradina, and Oriješćak near Vinišće. The
paper presents the research results with an introduction part describing in detail the earlier state of research.
Conference presentations by Lujana Paraman
These results and distribution of indicators (including CO, PH, and increased porosity on teh spheroid) are consistent with identification of scurvy and rickets but given the environment and access to coastal resources (which should have provided appropriate nutritional and synthesis of vitamin D), these results are unexpected. This presentation details the paleopathological analysis as well as hypothesize the presence of lead poisoning in this assemblage, consistent with recent publications on lead poisoning in the Roman world. We also discuss next steps in analysis to confirm or refute this hypothesis.
http://haemus.org.mk
Settlements, Culture and Population Dynamics in Balkan Prehistory
International Conference
13-14.03.2015
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
ABSTRACTS OF THE ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
General Editor: Vasilka Dimitrovska
Cover Design: Vasilka Dimitrovska, Elka Anastasova
Design: Elka Anastasova
Editing and English proofreading: Mark Branov
Thesis Chapters by Lujana Paraman
Excavation reports by Lujana Paraman
iz starijega kamenog doba (paleolitika). Zadnjih dvadesetak godina posvećena je znatna pozornost istraživanju tog razdoblja. Većina nalaza s navedenog prostora pripada srednjem paleolitiku koji se u Europi povezuje s neandertalcima. Iz starijeg kamenog doba dokumentirane su tri vrste nalazišta: špilja (Mujina pećina), nalazišta na otvorenom (Malo polje – Krban, Karanušići) i podvodna nalazišta (Resnik, Malo polje – Kopilice, Trogir – lapidarij Muzeja grada Trogira), a dio njih sustavno je istražen. Podvodna nalazišta nekoć su bila na otvorenom, a uništena su podizanjem razine mora tijekom holocena. Nalazi prikupljeni istraživanjima lokaliteta na otvorenom, u špilji i pod morem, svjedoče o kulturi i prilagodbenim sposobnostima srednjopaleolitičkih lovaca skupljača te dopunjuju sliku njihova života na tlu Hrvatske.
in Zagreb, and the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, included a field survey
and the photogrammetric and topographic documentation of nine prehistoric sites in the greater Trogir area (the settlements
of Seget Gornji and Bristivica in the municipality of Seget, and Blizna Gornja and Vinišće in the municipality of Marina)
in October 2019. It is the area northwest of the Sutilija hillfort and the related enclosures of Velika Gradina and Baturova
Gomila in Baradići, and the large hillfort sites Čurkovac above Bristivica with the enclosures of Ćudine and Domazeti in its
immediate vicinity, Grad above Blizna Gonja and its related enclosures Brig and Gradina, and Oriješćak near Vinišće. The
paper presents the research results with an introduction part describing in detail the earlier state of research.
These results and distribution of indicators (including CO, PH, and increased porosity on teh spheroid) are consistent with identification of scurvy and rickets but given the environment and access to coastal resources (which should have provided appropriate nutritional and synthesis of vitamin D), these results are unexpected. This presentation details the paleopathological analysis as well as hypothesize the presence of lead poisoning in this assemblage, consistent with recent publications on lead poisoning in the Roman world. We also discuss next steps in analysis to confirm or refute this hypothesis.
http://haemus.org.mk
Settlements, Culture and Population Dynamics in Balkan Prehistory
International Conference
13-14.03.2015
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
ABSTRACTS OF THE ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
General Editor: Vasilka Dimitrovska
Cover Design: Vasilka Dimitrovska, Elka Anastasova
Design: Elka Anastasova
Editing and English proofreading: Mark Branov
New research on ancient Trogir. A joint Croatian-Austrian mission
koje će se održati 4. ožujka 2019. u 11 sati u knjižnici
Instituta za arheologiju, Ljudevita Gaja 32, Zagreb.
Tema predavanja biti će predstavljanje rezultata arheoloških
istraživanja koja su se tijekom veljače 2019. godine odvijala
u centru Trogira (Ulica Matije Gupca 15), s posebnim naglaskom
na pronalazak groblja iz ranosrednjovjekovnog razdoblja, u
sklopu projekta „Trogir Time Travel“ –
znanstveno-istraživačkog projekta u suradnji Muzeja grada
Trogira, Instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu i Austrijskog
arheološkog instituta Austrijske akademije za znanost.
Predavanje će održati Lujana Paraman (Muzej grada Trogira), dr.
Marina Ugarković (Institut za arheologiju u Zagrebu) i dr.
Martin Steskal (Austrijski arheološki institut Austrijske
akademije za znanost)