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Preliminary Results of Rescue Archaeological
Investigations in Osor (2022–2025)

Mateja Baričević, Matija Makarun, Dalibor Branković in Martin Bažoka 2025
Invited Lecture
November

Abstract From October 2022 to May 2025, the Croatian Conservation Insti-
tute, Arheo Kvarner, and Stratum conducted three campaigns of archaeolog-
ical rescue investigations in the settlement of Osor. The research was under- 4–5
taken prior to the construction of the wastewater drainage and sewerage
system within the cultural-historical complex of Osor. As a settlement with Koper,
continuous occupation from prehistory to the present, it reached its peak
during the Roman period. Previous archaeological and geophysical research •
has confirmed the significance and stratigraphic complexity of the site over
time, which also applies to the ongoing investigations. Preliminary excava- Spotlight
tion results have confirmed some previously known facts and provided new
insights. The earliest layers of the town are evidenced by prehistoric finds
and an Iron Age burial with grave goods. The largest number of finds with a
clearlydefinedfunction dateto theRoman period(1st-3rdcentury),including
the remains of a toilet (latrinum) in the south-eastern part of the settlement, Scientific
a structure with heated rooms (hypocaustum) and pools later reused in the
medieval period, the drainage system (cloaca), and the Roman forum. The the
most significant discovery is the remains of a yet undefined sacral structure
on Osor square, accompanied by burials. in
Osor
Keywords Osor,settlement,rescuearchaeology,urbanarchaeology,prelim-
inary results

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