ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK

Inštitut za arheologijo  ZRC SAZU

ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK 70, 2019

Petra VOJAKOVIĆ, Iris BEKLJANOV ZIDANŠEK, Borut TOŠKAN

Late Republican Nauportus: the Stara pošta site

Abstract

The 2016 archaeological investigations at the Stara pošta site (building also known as Lavrenčičeva hiša, at the address of Cankarjev trg 1c), on the left bank of the River Ljubljanica in Vrhnika, central Slovenia, unearthed habitation remains from the Late Republican period. Four phases of human activities have been identified. Those of the first phase involved clearing the bank of the Ljubljanica. The second phase is represented by settlement layers. In the third phase, a layer of gravel suggests that the bank was reinforced and levelled. Small finds and 14C dates place these three phases between the late 2nd century and mid-1st century BC. After the mid-1st century BC, this area was abandoned (Phase IV). The site revealed the earliest traces of Roman habitation in the Nauportus area. It lies some 350 m south of the fortified Augustan post at Dolge njive and settlement at Breg.

Keywords: Slovenia, Nauportus, Vrhnika, Stara pošta, Late La Tène period, late 2nd and mid-1st century BC, Roman settlement

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