A team of archaeologists discovered under several layers of mud a path built of stones dating from about 7,000 years ago.
archaeologists They were led by Dr. Mate Paricaof the University of Zadar, in Croatiawho disseminated the finding.
“The ancient road connected Soline with Korcula island and may have been in use 7,000 years ago,” he revealed. Parica.
In addition, he said that “like the rest of the settlement, the paved walkway survived for millennia thanks to the fact that the Croatian coast is dotted with islands that protect the region from big waves.”
According to the analyzes radiocarbon that they made on the samples of wood found, the settlement of Soline dates from approximately the 4,900 BC. (BC).
The road, which is around 4 meters wide, was built with stone slabs carefully stacked one on top of the other. It is believed to have been the work of Hvar culturewhich occupied that area during the Neolithic era.
The finding was possible thanks to collaboration between experts from the Dubrovnik Museumshe Kaštela City Museumthe Zadar University, Korcula City Museumalong with the help of photographers and divers.
During the expeditions another underwater settlement was also discovered on the opposite side of the island. Blades, stone axes and fragments of millstones were recovered from there, which help to understand what these settlements were like.
The research director Igor Borzi found in that region “strange structures in the sea”. The archaeological diving team in the town of Soline carried out an inspection of the central part of the bay of gradinaand to the general delight it was determined that at a depth of 4 to 5 meters, the existence of a settlement almost identical to that of Soline,” said the University of Zadar.
Source: Ambito
