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 CIP-Katalogizacija u publikaciji Znanstvena knjižnica Zadar 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. 8 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. 9 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.