Romajë
Romajë
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Romajë (definite Albanian: Romaja) is a village in the
Demographics
The village was mentioned in the Ottoman register of 1571 with 21 households and was inhabited by a Christian Albanian population with Albanian anthroponyms[2]
Geography
Romajë is situated in the transboundary Has region of Albania and present-day Kosovo. In Serbo-Croatian, it is known as Romaja (Ромаја in Cyrillic). The area of Romajë is the site of a multi-layered settlement of the pre-Roman Iron Age, the Roman era, and the medieval era. The archaeological site that is known as Sakra is located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the west of the present-day village, between the right bank of the Drin and the Deshtica river.
History
In a series of excavations in 1970–73, an
The materials found in the graves included iron weapons, a horse harness, amber and glass beads, local and imported pottery, and ritualistic items. Graves from the sixth and fifth centuries BCE contain long iron bars that were placed in the tombs are a means of payment to the afterlife. They indicate that the tribe of the
The trade flow of products that reached Romajë began from
The materials found in the tumuli are similar to those found in other tumuli in northern Albania, in particular, the tumuli of Kukës, which borders the Prizren region to the west and the tumuli of Mat farther to the southwest. The ceramics found in the site date to the early Iron Age, the Hellenistic era, and the Roman era.[11]
Nearby stand the ruins of the medieval church of Shën Prene (Paraskevi of Rome). It is a single-nave structure, 7.5 metres (25 ft) in length and 5.2 metres (17 ft) in width.[12]
References
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ 'Nina Doci, Doda, Gjon Puta, Koka Gaci, Biba Progoni, Kola Daba, Prend Gjini, Biba, Lika Koka ' Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve - Selami Pulaha p. 194
- ^ Schermer, Shukriu & Deskaj 2011, p. 236.
- ^ Shukriu 1977, p. 189
- ^ Palavestra 1997, p. 28
- ^ a b Palavestra 1997, p. 38
- ^ Shukriu 2008, p. 11.
- ^ Shukriu 2008, p. 10.
- ^ Baraliu & Muharremi 2019, p. 6.
- ^ Baraliu & Muharremi 2019, p. 13.
- ^ Shukriu 1977, p. 190.
- ^ Shukriu 1977, p. 198.
Bibliography
- Baraliu, Sedat; Muharremi, Ilir (2019). "Les importations grecques dans le territoire de Kosovo" (PDF). Studia Antica et Archaeologica. 25 (1).
- Palavestra, Aleksandar (1997). "Prehistoric amber and glass beads from Kosovo" (PDF). Balcanica.
- Shukriu, Edi (1977). "Kërkimet arkeologjike përgjatë rrjedhës së poshtme të Drinit të Bardhë / Recherches archéologiques le long du cours ultérieur de Drini i Bardhë". Iliria. 7–8. .
- Shukriu, Edi (2008). "Prehistory and Antique History of Kosova" (PDF). Thesis Kosova. 1.
- Schermer, Shirley; Shukriu, Edi; Deskaj, Sylvia (2011). Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; Fibiger, Linda (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation: An International Guide to Laws and Practice in the Excavation and Treatment of Archaeological Human Remains. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1136879560.
- Đurić, N.; Glis̆ić, J.; Todorović, J. (1975). Praistorijska Romaja-Romaja parahistorike. Enti për urbanizëm dhe mbrojtjen e përmendoreve kulturore dhe rraritjeve natyrore.