Hvar, otok Sveti Klement, uvala Soline, arheoloka istraivanja 2013

• Published in: Godišnjak Instituta za arheologiju Vol. 10; pp. 128 - 133
• Main Authors: Ugarkovic, Marina, Schrunk, Ivancica, Begovic, Vlasta, Petric, Marinko, Neuhauser, Tina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Croatian
• Published: 01.01.2014
• ISSN: 1845-4046

During June 2013 the investigations of the Roman villa located in Soline Bay on the island of St. Clement (Sv. Klement near Hvar) continued in its seventh season. We excavated three trial trenches down to the bedrock (T 11-13). In Probe 11, the extension of Probe 8 from 2012, 24 stratigraphic units (SU 11000-11023) were documented. We uncovered segments of three intersecting walls (N-S/E-W), which enclosed two partially excavated spaces (R 2 and R 3). One significant find in Probe 2 was a floor made in "opus signinum" (SU 11023) with a round depression 50 cm wide, which sloped down to an imbedded stone bowl (D=32.5 cm) at its bottom. This structure may have served as a basin for olive oil sedimentation or for draining crushed olives or more probably as a water cistern. Most importantly, the evidence of an earlier building phase was documented in Probe 11. A stone wall foundation SU 11021 was foundon the bedrock, running at a slight angle but under the N-S wall SU 11012. The E-W wall SU 11009 (abutting SU 11012) of the Late Antique orientation sat on the earlier wall foundation. This wall foundation probably belonged to the early Imperial period over which the Late Antique structures were built in a somewhat different orientation. Fragments of wall plaster, some with traces of polychrome paint, were found in the clayish brown soil (SU 11020) above the bedrock in the southern part of the trench. The new finds of melted glass are interesting, but alone may not be indicative of any glass production. [Publication Abstract]