Risan, Montenegro : Excavations in 2014

Abstrakt

In the 2014 season, fieldwork was resumed at Sector Carine vI after a decade. Carine is a former village and currently a quarter of Risan, located on the northern bank of the River Spila. 1 The area was first methodically excavated in 19882 and later in 2001–2004. 3 During that time, three main construction phases 1 on Carine in general: T. KoWAL, changes in a Landscape: A case Study of Three Postcards from risan, “Novensia” 24, 2013, 41–60; M. LEMKE, New Facts from old Texts. dusting off Written Sources on Antique and Medieval risan, “Novensia” 25, 2014, 53–83. 2 v. KovAčEvIć, istraživanja arheološkog lokaliteta “carine” u risnu, “Glasnik odjeljenja Umjetnosti Crnogorska Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti (CANU)” 16, 1997, 17–51; D. UJES, v. KovAčEvIć, Novac “kralja” Balajosa sa iskopavanja u risnu (1988), “Numizmatičar” 15, 1992, 9–24. 3 P. DyCzEK, v. KovAčEvIć, P. LUTovAC, J. MARTINovIć, J. RECłAW, A. STAKovIć, rhizon 2001–2003. Preliminary report on the excavations of the center for Archaeological research – Novae, Warsaw University, “Archeologia” (Warsaw) Lv, 2004, 101–118, pls. XXIv–XXvII; P. DyCzEK, v. KovAčEvIć, M. LEMKE, P. LUTovAC, J. RECłAW, rhizon 2004–2007. Preliminary report on the excavations of the centerfor research on the Antiquity of Southeastern europe, University of Warsaw, “Archeologia” (Warsaw) LvIII (2007), 2009, 121–139, pls. XIX, XX. 4 P. DyCzEK ET AL., rhizon 2001–2003..., 112–117; P. DyCzEK ET AL., rhizon 2004–2007…, 129. have been identified. The first one, dating back to the 4th– 3rd c. bC, consisted of a large courtyard building with two large amphora storerooms. The second phase, from the 3rd– 2nd c. bC (the “era of King ballaios”) included architecture interpreted as warehouses and small shops. After a couple of centuries, which were less discernible in the archaeological record, in the next distinct phase of construction, during the times of Emperor Constantine, i.e., the first half of the 4th c. AD, a large, rectangular building oriented north-south was erected at Carine vI. It measured 20 m by more than 20 m and was interpreted as a late Roman horreum.