CULTURAL HERITAGE: - Macedonian Information Centre

GoleM Grad in PreSPa (FroM oreStianS to roManS) - 55
on the floor, in front of the altar, a believer-donor placed only one piece
of ground mosaic that reminds of the decoration of the rich mosaics in
the basilicas in the urban centers. The Christianized population started
to be buried near this church.
The entire Roman epoch was monitored with the discovery of
numerous coins, over 100 pieces, as well as gold and silver jewelry, more
intensively from the period between the 4 th and 6 th century.
The existence of this modest settlement is owed to some economy,
which was definitely based on fishing, some agriculture, but also hunting
in the woods on the land. The numerous teeth of boars discovered in
the cultural layers confirm the hunting of this animal. We can add to the
already mentioned coins from the remote cities of the early ancient times
those of the Roman epoch, especially from the 4 th to the 6 th century, from
Constantine to Justinian. This late Roman epoch and the beginning of
the early Byzantine period, as one of the phases in which the settlement
existed, was confirmed with the discovery of the necropolis, with findings
of pack-saddle pads, jewelry, and coins dating from the 7 th century.
The settlement was not reconstructed in the Middle Age. This
period was characterized by monastic life and intensified construction
of churches, and so far three have been registered, including the two
early Christian churches. The burials continued to take place around St.
Demetrius Church, a holy place for the population from the surrounding
settlement on the land.