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CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN CROATIA
Site name:
Solin
Position:
Radićeva ulica
(Stjepan Radić Street)
Head of excavations:
Andrej Nađander
and Tomislav Jerončić
Institution:
Kaukal d.o.o.
Excavation period:
2016 and 2017
Type of excavation:
rescue archaeological excavation
Total excavated area:
2000 m2
Chronological and cultural
attribution of the site:
Classical Antiquity, Middle Ages
SOLIN – RADIĆEVA ULICA (STJEPAN RADIĆ STREET)
RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
During the construction and installation of the gas distribution system in the
Split-Dalmatia County along the Klis-Solin route, the archaeological supervision,
and later during the nearly 800m-long rescue archaeological excavation,
movable finds and archaeological features were discovered and documented.
The excavation and documentation activities were conducted by Kaukal
d.o.o., an archaeological excavation company based in Split. The trench for the
gas pipeline stretched along the western edge of the southern part of what is
today the Prince Trpimir Street and along the western or south-western edge
of the Stjepan Radić Street, inside an area that used to be the Roman city of
Salona, between the south-eastern corner and southern part of the city walls.
Due to the conservation of north-eastern city gate complex remains (Porta Andetria),
and after identifying, documenting and conserving the finds and the
backfilling of the trench, the pipeline installation was carried out by drilling
at the depth of 9 meters below the surface, and placing the pipeline a few meters
below the deepest discovered foundations. This method should primarily
ensure the conservation of all immovable finds such as the system of walls,
wall foundations, fortification walls and tilling. At other parts of the excavation,
where the trench was not deep enough for the pipeline, the level of the
now reconstructed road was raised by 30-40 cm.
At the point where the Stjepan Radić Street turns south-east, and the line of
walls continues to stretch south or south-east, these walls are still partially
visible in the eastern part of the plot of grassy land between the Stjepan Radić
and King Zvonimir Streets. In early 20th century the ruins of the walls and
towers at this location were still quite visible and preserved above the surface.
Due to their demolition and the levelling of the surface with collapsed
ancient building material, the surface was significantly raised at this microlocation.
Certain large stone architectural finds were discovered within cultural layers
and numerous buried structures, such as waste pits. They were analysed
and photographed primarily in situ, and were then entrusted to the Archaeological
Museum in Split. Among the significant movable finds discovered, the
golden coins from the time of Constantine the Great, a marble female portrait,
and a tombstone, are noteworthy.
Translated by Mateo Radić