Svibe - prilozi istraživanju rimske antike na području centralne Bosne
Svibe - contributions to the research of Roman antiquity in central Bosnia

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the results of the most recent archaeological excavations at the site of Svibe in Gornje Moštre near Visoko, which were conducted in October 2020, in the organization of the Regional Museum in Visoko. The aim of the research, which relied directly on the results of experimental archaeological excavations, was to expand the ground plan of architectural remains in order to determine the character of the building complex discovered in the previous campaign. During the excavation, 6 new test pits were opened, which revealed new parts of the wall foundations with a total length of almost 45 m, illustrating the complex architecture of the site and placing it simultaneously within the context of Roman villa architecture of Late Antiquity. A comparative analysis of the situation on the ground and the results of geophysical survey suggest that the discovered architectural remains could present the remains of a fortified rustic villa on the site, which according to the typological analysis of one part of the ceramic material, can be dated to the 2nd - 4th century AD. The discovered remains represent the first architectural finds of this type in the greater Visoko area and are of immense importance for the study of architecture, urbanism, economy, and general development of the area in the late Roman period. This site, fully excavated, could potentially answer the question of the cultural transformation of the Visoko basin from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages, shed ding light on the key questions of development and origin of the medieval Bosnian state in the early Middle Ages.

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