Archaeological Guide of Kosovo

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Hisar
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The archaeological site, respectively the prehistoric settlement
of Hisar, is situated on the southwestern part of town of Suhareka, set
on a plateau (terrace) dominating the wider flat terrain of the north side,
situated between Suhareka in the north and Shiroka in the south, on
the right side of the road from Suhareka to Prizren. The terrace is a elliptic
flat area measuring in diameter 180 x 90 m and counting a total
surface of approximately 1.1 ha, with the highest elevation recorded 422
m (above sea level).
The first archaeological excavations were carried out in several seasons;
1961-1963, 1978 and again after two and half decades, the Archaeological
Institute of Kosovo continued in two annual seasons in 2003-2004.
The discovered archaeological material recorded at this site during the excavations,
stretches from the Late Neolithic continuing until the Iron Age,
which offers an overview for the study of the material culture of the autochthonous
Dardanian population. Hisar presents a very important prehistoric
civilization not only for the region, but for the entire Balkans, too. The site is
a proof of a flourished town of a Copper Age.
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Hisar
Fig. 58. and Fig. 59. View of the Hisar settlement.
Fig. 61. The map of the multilayer archaeological site of Hisar
Fig. 60. Orthophoto of the Hisar hill plateau
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