Lokalitet Svibe u Gornjem Moštru kod Visokog u svjetlu prvih arheoloških istraživanja
The site of Svibe in Gornje Moštre near Visoko in the light of new archaeological indicators

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the results of a preliminary archaeological excavation at Svibe in the present-day village of Gornje Moštre near Visoko. The aim of the project was to examine the archaeological potential of the site and verify its association with Roman provenance as indicated by numerous small archeological finds retrived from an earlier period. The excavation revealed a 12,5 m long foundation wall, which confirmed the assumption of the existence of larger architectural remains on the site. Although the project was originally based on the premise that regarded Svibe as a Roman site, this paper, based on several medieval documents or charters and epigraphic monuments, opens the possibility of different temporal and cultural attribution. Medieval written sources, namely charters of Stjepan II Kotromanić, Tvrtko I Kotromanić and Queen Jelena as well as the epigraphic plate of Ban Kulin found in Biskupići near Visoko, allow the assumption that the discovered architectural remains in Svibe could actually present traces of one of several archaeologically still unidentified medieval structures mentioned in the sources listed above. This is the first time that serious archaeological research, which could possibly give answers to key questions of medieval Bosnian history, has been undertaken. If the assumptions made about the medieval origin of the site prove correct in future research, it will significantly change the historical and cultural landscape of Visoko and Bosnia in medieval times.

• Details
• Contents