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Archaeological Prospection of Coastal and Submerged Settlement Sites. Re-Evaluation of the Roman Site Complex of Vižula, Croatia

    Nives Doneus, Igor Miholjek, Kristina Džin, Michael Doneus, Pavle Dugonjić, Hannes Schiel

Archaeologia Austriaca 104/2020, pp. 235-281, 2020/11/12

Zeitschrift zur Archäologie Europas
Journal on the Archaeology of Europe

doi: 10.1553/archaeologia104s235

doi: 10.1553/archaeologia104s235


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doi:10.1553/archaeologia104



doi:10.1553/archaeologia104s235



doi:10.1553/archaeologia104s235

Abstract

For many decades the villa maritima of Vižula had been considered as one of the largest of its kind in Istria, Croatia. In order to prove this theory, large-scale archaeological prospection was applied in Vižula from 2014 onwards, including geophysics (Ground Penetrating Radar) and remote sensing (Airborne Laser Scanning/Airborne Laser Bathymetry). Integrating the results of these non-invasive techniques with terrestrial and underwater surveys and excavations provided an opportunity to evaluate this architecture from a different perspective. Our research indicates that instead of a single luxurious residence, several contemporary complexes existed on Vižula, namely two villae maritimae and two villae rusticae. Furthermore, the results show that the combined methodology is able to integrate detail and context into an interpretative coherent model of a landscape going far beyond the analytical capabilities of each individual method.

Keywords: Mediterranean, Roman villa maritima, archaeological prospection, ALS/ALB, GPR, underwater archaeology, integrated interpretation of prospection data