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Paldenica
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Around 150 m on the left side of the Pristina-Skopje road, at the entrance
of the village of Paldenica, above a hill which lays west from the village,
on a terrain configuration of a shape of a horse, that has a broader overview
of wider area of Lepenc gorge and the town of Hani i Elezit, an amount of
surface visible remains of roman pottery and bricks/tiles has been recorded
in the past. Nevertheless, in 1967, at the area situated in the vicinity of the
left river shore of Lepenc, couple of meters along the river bank stretched
toward the Hani i Elezit, a roman period necropolis was recorded. Numerous,
movable archaeological material was collected and documented at this
recognisance occasion, where a bronze casted belt decorated with glass pasta
in the millefiori technique was found (a glasswork technique which produces
distinctive decorative patterns on glassware). The archaeological material
dates chronologically sometime from the 2nd up to 3rd century AD, this
a time period of the construction of necropolis of Paldenica. On the other
hand, during the agricultural work carried out at the other side located on a
hill part in 1995, a marble engraved and inscribed stele of the roman date was
accidentally discovered (2nd- 3rd century AD).The stele has the following dimensions:
160 X 97 X 17,5 cm. Moreover, in another occasion, two bases for
columns were discovered at the same place. Most likely, the site was a roman
date settlement and when considering the surrounding terrain configuration,
presumably, if investigated further, traces of a roman road station might be
found somewhere close; it can be assumed since the road that linked ancient
Scupi (Skopje) with Ulpiana, have passed through these parts.
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Fig. 165. The belt decorated in millefiori technique
discovered in Paldenica (Kosovo Museum).
Fig. 166. Roman stele discovered in Paldenica.
Fig. 167. The site location of the Paldenica archaeological site.
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