Novi prilozi arheološkoj topografiji Dugopoljskoga kraja [New Contributions to the Archaeological Topography of the Dugopolje Region]

This article presents the results of archaeological excavations at the site Dugopolje – Vučipolje, along the course of the Zagreb-Dubrovnik highway. Excavation was carried out on 2005. Minor excavations had already been performed at this site in 1980, with the discovery of a walled grave vault from the period of late Antiquity lined with 7 Roman stelae dated to the early Imperial period.The new excavations were intended to uncover a broader context for this grave vault, and were divided into three sectors. Sector 2 was located in the immediate vicinity of the excavated grave vaults, and it belonged to the settlement complex related to the grave vaults. Excavation was undertaken in the area where the geo-radar investigative method showed the densest concentration of architecture. A system of pools (piscinae) was traced, whose bottoms, covered with mosaics, were placed at varied levels. The southern piscina was probably turned into a storage area during the 6th century, as is indicated by amphorae. All three sectors deserve further excavation, as it will be possible to gain insight into the development of a rural community located along the route of the main roads leading from Salona, the main city of the province of Dalmatia, towards the interior