Animal remains originating from Ljubljansko barje’s pile-dwellings have been the object of interest of both local and foreign archaeozoologists for more than a century, which importantly contributed to our knowledge of lifestyles and alimentary customs of the then communities. The paper offers a review of the main facts concerning this topic, with the author focusing on the detection of diachronic changes in the importance of hunting vs. animal keeping and primary products of animal husbandry vs. secondary ones.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 28995117The Ljubljanica river is the rich source of the archaeological finds. The cultural heritage of the river was presented in the exhibition of the National Museum of Slovenia in 2009, as well as in the two books (in Slovene and English). The introductory articles offer picture of a life along the river and the associated historical developments in different periods. The authors Toškan, Šašel Kos and Horvat presented the fauna of the prehistoric pile-dwellings, the historical sources for the prehistory and Roman period and the Roman settlements of Nauportus and Ig in the five articles.
F.29 Contribution to the development of national cultural identity
COBISS.SI-ID: 243961856Rivers have always been the most natural communication routes linking settlements and countries; the Sava River represented a part of such a route starting on the Ljubljanica River near Nauportus (Vrhnika), and continuing along the Sava and the Danube to the Black Sea. Navigation on the Sava was very important in prehistory and even more so in Antiquity. The god Savus was worshipped along the entire course of the Sava River. In the settlement called Sava, a sanctuary to the goddess Adsalluta and Savus was discovered.
F.29 Contribution to the development of national cultural identity
COBISS.SI-ID: 30884653The 2nd chapter of the History of Slovenia is dedicated to the Roman conquest and Roman history of the northern Adriatic area, which was subdued soon after the founding of Aquileia in 181 BC. Southeastern Alpine and Pannonian regions (parts of Regio X, Noricum and Pannonia) were conquered at a later date, in the course of the 1st century BC and during the Augustan period. The Romans founded several autonomous towns, which became flourishing centres of Romanisation. Roman civilization left traces, which are our common archaeological and historical heritage.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 28595501Since 1998, the National Museum of Slovenia has been keeping its collection of Roman stone monuments in a modern lapidarium, which was organized in the narrow hallways of the ground floor. The collection contains some 200 pieces, most of which were, prior to 1995, immured in the walls without any order. They are mainly from Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana (Roman Emona) and the nearby village of Ig, as well as from Lower Carniola (Dolenjska). Several monuments are kept in the glass pavilion in the museum garden, which was officially opened in mid-2007.
F.27 Contribution to preserving/protecting natural and cultural heritage
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