The Adriatic Islands Project: Contact, Commerce and Colonialism 6000 BC - AD 600, Volume 1: The Archaeological Heritage of Hvar, Croatia

Product Description The first volume from the Adriatic Islands project comprises the results from a thorough survey and mapping of the Dalmatian island of Hvar in Croatia. The area has long played an important role on trade routes between Italy and Illyria and Greece. There is a great deal of Neolithic archaeology, Bronze and Iron age burial monuments and much Greco-Roman material. The bulk of this book is a gazetter of around 800 sites, each of them having been visited by members of the team. The entries include plans, descriptions and references. About the Author Vincent Gaffney, Branko Kirigin, Marinko Petric and Niksa Vujnovic. With a commentary on the classical sources for the island by Slobodan Cace