Multiscale and Multitemporal Remote Sensing for Neolithic Settlement Detection and Protection—The Case of Gorjani, Croatia

The decade of research concentrating on the area of Eastern Slavonia revealed an abundance of large and complex Middle and Late Neolithic sites. It changed profoundly how we perceive Middle and Late Neolithic settlements, including space, size and organization. The vast majority of these sites were...

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Published in:Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2024-03, Vol.16 (5), p.736
Main Authors: Šošić Klindžić, Rajna, Šiljeg, Bartul, Kalafatić, Hrvoje
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
aerial archaeology
Aerial reconnaissance
Archaeology
Cultural heritage
Culture
Culture media
Eastern Croatia
enclosure
Excavation
Image analysis
Image processing
Lithic
Magnetic fields
magnetic survey
Magnetic surveys
Methods
Middle and Late Neolithic
Neolithic
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Satellite observation
settlement organization
Stone Age
Surveys
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Summary:The decade of research concentrating on the area of Eastern Slavonia revealed an abundance of large and complex Middle and Late Neolithic sites. It changed profoundly how we perceive Middle and Late Neolithic settlements, including space, size and organization. The vast majority of these sites were detected through aerial reconnaissance and satellite image analysis. The observation of the sites was followed by intensive field surveys, which confirmed their attribution to the Middle and Late Neolithic period by surface finds. On those confirmed sites in the vicinity of Đakovo, Croatia, a magnetic survey was conducted on five sites, and the results confirmed the presence of large-scale Middle and Late Neolithic settlements with complex spatial organization and enclosure(s). The most complex remains so far are the sites Gorjani, Kremenjača and Topole, which we present in this paper, where one or two settlements remain covering an area of 70 hectares which is currently in the process of formal protection as a cultural landscape by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia. The special focus of this paper is the application of remote sensing in the detection, archaeological confirmation and protection of the site of Gorjani Topole.
ISSN:2072-4292
2072-4292
DOI:10.3390/rs16050736