Archaeology of the Ljubljanica River (Slovenia)
Early underwater investigations and some current issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12406708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrej Gaspari (0000-0002-8252-0258, University of Ljubljana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-52 |
| Publication date | 2003-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-2414 • E-ISSN: 1095-9270 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2003.tb01430.x |
| OpenAlex | W1971168647 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Abundant archaeological evidence and specific geomorphologic features make the upper course of the Ljubljanica River running through Ljubljana Moor (Slovenia) one of the most interesting rivers in Europe. Roman bronze vessels and iron weapons found by chance in the Ljubljanica at Vrhnika, the ancient Nauportus, led the director of the Provincial Museum in Ljubljana, Karel Dežman, to devise a large scale plan for an underwater survey of the riverbed. This, one of the first modern research projects of underwater archaeology was executed in 1884 with the help of divers from the Austro-Hungarian naval base in Pula. Investigations by the Group for Underwater Archaeology and the activities of amateur divers from 1979 onwards revealed distinctly structured distributions of underwater finds on several sites in the upper course of the river indicating possible sacred places with votive offerings and funeral sites, as well as other non-ritual concentrations
Amateur · Ancient history · Archaeology · Baltic sea · Bronze · Excavation · Geography · Geophysical survey · Maritime archaeology · Underwater · Underwater archaeology · Archaeological Research and Protection · History · Marine and environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |