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Number 6 / Broj 6, Zadar, December 2016 / Prosinac 2016.
Bekić, Surić
Shipwreck Investigation off the Islet of Veruda
Istraživanje brodoloma u podmorju otočića Veruda
Pešić
New Results from Babuljaš Investigation
Novi rezultati istraživanja podmorja Babuljaša
Surić, Bekić
SUBMERGED HERITAGE - POTOPLJENA BAŠTINA / Number 6 / Broj 6, Zadar, December 2016. / Prosinac 2016.
ISSU
Vrgoč, Šimičić
The Early Croatian Boats at Nin
U OVOM:
Starohrvatski brodovi iz Nina
BROJU
ISSN 1848-2422
2016 Cape Uljeva Shipwrecks
Investigation Campaign
Istraživanja brodoloma na rtu
Uljeva, kampanja 2016. g.
Roko Surić, rsuric@icua.hr / Luka Bekić, lbekic@icua.hr
Rocks that were certainly detested by ancient mariners Hridina koja je zasigurno među drevnim moreplovcima
and deadly when a strong northerly bura was blowing, bila omražena, a za snažnih bura i pogubna, privukla je i
again this year drew archaeologists from the Internation- ove godine arheologe iz Međunarodnog centra za pod-
al Centre for Underwater Archaeology (ICUA). Joined by vodnu arheologiju (MCPA). Uz pomoć kolega iz Slove-
their colleagues from Slovenia, the Netherlands and Oman, nije, Nizozemske i Omana djelatnici centra proveli su u
ICUA staffers investigated four shipwrecks at Kuje cove in razdoblju od 16. do 25. listopada 2016. g. istraživanje na
the period from the 16th to 25th of October 2016. The ar- četiri brodoloma i u uvali Kuje. Arheološka iskopavanja
chaeological excavations were conducted at the Uljeva A, provedena su na Uljevi A, B, i C, dok je na Uljevi D izvr-
B and C sites, while video and photographic documenta- šena video i fotodokumentacija u svrhu izrade 3D mo-
tion was made of Uljeva D with the aim of creating a 3D dela. Ovogodišnja istraživanja nastavak su višegodišnjih
model. This year’s investigation continues on a multi-year istraživanja (Bekić 2012, 2012b, 2013, 2014; Bekić, Surić
effort (Bekić 2012, 2012b, 2013, 2014; Bekić, Surić 2015) 2015) koja se provode od 1998. g.
that began in 1998.
Stručni voditelj arheološkog istraživanja bio je dr.sc.Luka
Serving as head of the campaign was Luka Bekić DSc, with Bekić, njegov zamjenik Mladen Pešić, a ostatak stručne i
deputy Mladen Pešić and an expert and technical team tehničke ekipe činili su arheolozi Maja Kaleb i Roko Surić
thy among this year’s finds are an agglomeration of metal je ustanovljeno da se na istočnoj strani uvale na dubini od
spikes and the find of round glass, perhaps from post-me- 2 do 4 m nalazi više balastnih hrpi. Za neke balastne hrpe se
dieval eyeglasses. Based on the material found this wreck ne može sa sigurnošću ustanoviti vrijeme nastanka, dok se
could be from the seventeenth century. neke na osnovu materijala mogu datirati u razdoblje 17. st.
Na dvije balastne hrpe se napravila foto i video dokumen-
Shipwreck Uljeva D was first examined during last year’s tacija u svrhu izrade fotomozaika.
campaign (Bekić, Surić 2015). It was established then that
this is an Antiquity period shipwreck with a cargo of tegu- Na balastnoj hrpi (označena kao B1) u sjeveroistočnom di-
lae, imbrices and vaulting/fictile tubes (tubi fittili). Excava- jelu uvale Kuje, na dubini od oko 2 m osim pregleda izvršilo
tions were not undertaken at this site as the focus was on se i iskopavanje. Na istoj hrpi je u prošlogodišnjoj kampanji
photographic and video documentation aimed at creat- istražen rov dimenzija 3 x 1 m, a isti takav rov istražen je ove
ing a 3D model. The preponderance of the archaeological godine na središtu hrpe, ne bi li se pronašlo čim više nalaza
material is found in a 10 by six metre pit and in crevices koji bi mogli posvjedočiti karakteru ovog lokaliteta. Iskopa-
among the rocks to the east of the pit. The site was im- vanjem je pronađena velika količina građevinskog otpada,
aged using an underwater camera (GoPro HERO 3) and a kao što su fragmentirane opeke i crijep, no pronađen je i ve-
total of 750 extracts from the images obtained were used lik broj ulomaka keramičkog posuđa koje na osnovu stilskih
to create a model. Agisoft-Photoscan software was used karakteristika možemo smjestiti u period 17. st. Gotovo sa si-
to create the model and an orthophoto map of the site. gurnošću se može zaključiti kako su nalazi keramičkog posu-
The model and site map will be of use in the future when đa, zajedno s građevinskim otpadom, bili u funkciji balasta.
documenting the site ahead of excavation.
Ovogodišnjim istraživanjem nadopunjena je slika poznava-
Parallel to the excavations at the Uljeva rocks, this cam- nja karaktera lokaliteta na hridinama pred rtom Uljeva i u
paign also saw us conduct an archaeological survey of uvali Kuje. Unatoč činjenici da su ostaci brodoloma značaj-
a part of Kuje cove followed by excavation at one of the no uništeni zbog karaktera podvodnog terena, kao i uslijed
ballast heaps. The survey established that there are mul- devastacije zbog pristupačnosti nalazišta, ipak predstavlja-
tiple ballast heaps to the east side of the cove at depths ju dragocjen izvor podataka za arheološku znanost. Arheo-
of from two to four metres. For some of the ballast heaps loška građa, koja je zbog svog karaktera ili mogućnosti stil-
we cannot with certainty determine a time of occurrence, ske, odnosno tipološke datacije važna, dokumentirana je i
while others can be dated to the seventeenth century on donesena u MCPA Zadar, gdje će u radionicama za restau-
the basis of materials found. Photographic and video doc- riranje i konzerviranje proći procese koji su nužni za njiho-
umentation was made of two ballast heaps with the aim vu zaštitu, a potom će krenuti u daljnju dokumentacijsku
of creating a photomosaic. obradu i publikaciju.
Along with the survey we also conducted excavations at a Podmorje na hridi Uljeva i u uvali Kuje krije mnoge spoznaje o
ballast heap designated as B1 in the northeast plovidbi i teretu, ali i životu na prostoru istočne istar-
section of the cove at a depth of about two ske obale kroz povijest. Kako bi
metres. A three by one metre trench was ex ova arheološka nalazišta
cavated here during last year’s campaign and 13. Some of dobila poseban zna-
a trench of the same size was investigated this the finds of pottery čaj, potrebno ih je
year at the centre of the heap with the objective found in the investigation iskoristiti za popu-
of the trench at a
of finding as many finds as possible that would ballast heap / Neki njavanje turističke
bear witness to the nature of this site. The ex- od keramičkih nalaza ponude i popula-
cavation yielded a large quantity of construction pronađenih istraživanjem rizaciju kulturne
rova na balastnoj hrpi
debris such as fragmented brick and roofing tiles baštine u južnoj
(Photo: M. Kaleb)
and a large number of potsherds the stylistic char- Istri. Isto tako, za de-
acteristics of which allow us to place them in the taljnije sagledavanje
seventeenth century. We can be almost entire- povijesti ovih događaja biti
ly confident that the pottery and construction će potrebno nastaviti istraživanja.
materials found were used as ballast.