Croatia at the Crossroads A consideration of archaeological and historical connectivity Proceedings of conference held at Europe House, Smith Square, London, 24–25 June 2013 to mark the accession of Croatia to the European Union edited by David Davison, Vince Gaffney, Preston Miracle and Jo Sofaer Archaeopress Archaeology Archaeopress Publishing Ltd Gordon House 276 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7ED www.archaeopress.com ISBN 978 1 78491 530 8 ISBN 978 1 78491 5315 (e-Pdf) © Archaeopress and authors 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners. Printed in England by Oxuniprint, Oxford This book is available direct from Archaeopress or from our website www.archaeopress.com Contents Preface ................................................................................................................................................................iii Foreword ..............................................................................................................................................................v Interactions in the Old Stone Age: Possible Scenarios Using the Vindija Biological Evidence .................................1 Ivor Janković and Fred H. Smith Contacts and Connections in Late Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic Croatia ...................................................11 Ivor Karavanić Adriatic Connections: Exploring Relationships from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Mesolithic ............................19 Dario Vujević The Mesolithic in Croatia ....................................................................................................................................33 Darko Komšo The Development of Eneolithic Cultures Between the Sava and Drava Rivers......................................................59 Jacqueline Balen Croatia and the Crossroads of Early Greek Seafarers ...........................................................................................75 Helena Tomas Multiculturalists Before We Knew It: Keeping Pace with Bronze Age Trends ........................................................85 Sanjin Mihelić Clay Birds as Religious Objects and Works of Craft in the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age of the Balkans and the Carpathian Basin .............................................................................................................91 Darko Maričević The Princes of the Crossroads — The Early Iron Age in Northern Croatia ...........................................................109 Hrvoje Potrebica Indigenous Pottery in Dalmatia During the Last Millennium BC ........................................................................123 Vedran Barbarić Salona and the Sea – Some Observations .........................................................................................................139 Branko Kirigin Interaction Between Incomers and Autochthons on Roman Funerary Stones from the Croatian Region of Pannonia (1st –4th Centuries) ...........................................................................................................................157 Branka Migotti Immigrants from Other Areas of the Roman Empire Documented on Siscia Lead Tags ......................................169 Ivan Radman-Livaja New Knowledge on Certain Early Christian Dioceses in the Eastern Adriatic Region ..........................................193 Ante Škegro The K-type Sword from Koljane in Dalmatia as Possible Evidence for the Arrival of Croats at the End of the 8th Century .....................................................................................................................................................207 Ante Milošević The Gnalić Shipwreck: Microcosm of the Late Renaissance World .........................................................................223 Irena Radić Rossi, Mariangela Nicolardi and Katarina Batur Weapons of the Military Frontier in Croatia from the End of the 17th to the End of the 19th Century – Combat Equipment and Emblems of Rank ............................................................................................................249 Dora Bošković i.