Kale-Krševica

Coordinates: 42°26′36″N 21°51′37″E / 42.44333°N 21.86028°E / 42.44333; 21.86028
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Fortress of Krševica
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Kale-Krševica is an archaeological site in

Hellenistic periods.[1] It holds the remains of the northernmost Ancient Macedonian city so far discovered.[2][3]

Location and size

The site is located in the hills of Krševica overlooking Bujanovac and Vranje, to the south of Ristovac in southern Serbia.[4][5]

The town had an exceptionally strategic position on a plateau that descends from the

Rujan mountain towards the South Morava and Vranje valley.[6] At the slopes of the plateau is a village where houses often have stone blocks from the ancient settlement.[citation needed] Its acropolis and suburbium, which encompass 4 hectares,[4][5] extended to the valley of Krševička river.[citation needed
]

Description and history

Of the over 4 hectares covered by the site, some 1,000 squares[clarification needed] had been excavated by 2004.[4][5]

The former

fortified town has a history going back to the 13th century BC (Bronze Age)[4][5] as a settlement with elements of an acropolis, but the main preserved characteristics are of a Greek-Mediterranean-style urban town from the 5th[7] or 4th century BC,[4] with stone walls and a necropolis.[3]

Finds of coins of

Pelagia correspond in general to the chronological span of the archaeological material discovered so far in the course of excavations,[8] which allows to considered the site as the northernmost[2] Ancient Macedonian city. The town had at least 3,000 inhabitants in the 4th and 3rd century BC.[2]

The

Paeonian tribe of Agrianes dwelled in this region, and the Scordisci are believed to have razed the town to the ground in 279 BC.[9]

Identification

Dr. Petar Popović from the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade says that the site could be the ancient city of Damastion.[10]

Findings

The first findings were recorded in 1966.[11]

Identical finds of pottery[clarification needed] were made in Cernica,[clarification needed] Gadimlje,[clarification needed] and in the Skopje basin.[citation needed]

Early Iron Age city

The findings include the foundations of the 13th century BC city,[11] and Brnjica culture pottery of the early Iron Age (1200 BC).[12]

Ancient Macedonian city

The 4th-century BC findings comprise Greek vessels of the types known as

loom weights, spindle whorls and spools from the fourth and early third centuries BC found at the site.[1]

Excavation history

In 2001 the research around the site took a new turn with cooperation between the Belgrade Archaeological Institute, the

Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2298/STA0656309P
    . Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Najseverniji grad Aleksandrovog carstva – Lokalitet Kale, Bujanovac". Trablmejker.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b "(02/12/03)Arheoloska izlozba o grckom lokalitetu Kale-Krsevica | SEEcult.org Portal za kulturu jugoistočne Evrope". Seecult.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Microsoft Word – Media Report September 2004.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d "IN novi broj". Kraljevo.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  6. ^ http://av.zrc-sazu.si/pdf/58/AV_58_Popovic.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ A. Davinić (28 July 2008). "Kultura : Otkrili ledenicu iz antičkog doba : POLITIKA". Politika.rs. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  8. ^ Popović, Petar (1 January 2007). "Numismatic finds of the 4th-3rd centuries BC from Kale at Krševica (southeastern Serbia)". Arheološki vestnik. 58.
  9. ^ "Microsoft Word – CRDA SUCCESS STORY – Kale Archeology VR.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Kultura : Kale iznova iznenađuje naučnike : POLITIKA". Politika.rs. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Diana: Center for Preventive Conservation". Narodnimuzej.rs. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Recueil du Musée National Belgrade: archéologie". Narodnimuzej.rs. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

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