We present dendrochronological dating of Eneolithic pile dwellings on Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia, from the 4th millennium BC, partly included on the world heritage list. Samples of oak timbers (Quercus sp.) from the stilts on which the dwellings were built have been collected over the past 20 years. They have been dendrochronologically cross-dated. We describe the construction of a 442-year chronology BAR-3330 based on 106 cross-dated tree-ring series of wood from six pile-dwelling sites. Comparison of BAR-3330 with reference chronologies of more than 500 km distant areas north of the Alps showed that it can be teleconnected and dated with a combined German Swiss chronology. The time span of BAR-3330 was defined in this way as 3771–3330 BC. This is the first successful dendrochronological dating of prehistoric pile dwellings south of the Alps using reference chronologies from the north based on teleconnection.
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Reconstruction of an important Hallstatt helmet grave with a decorated belt plate, made on the basis of archival documents and newspaper reports.
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An interdisciplinary study of the archaeological landscape of the Trieste area, mainly based on airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR), ground penetrating radar (GPR), and archaeological surveys, has led to the discovery of an early Roman fortification system, composed of a big central camp (San Rocco) flanked by two minor forts.
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In the course of his Illyrian war (35-33 BC), Octavian conquered the Iapodes, parts of Pannonia around Segestica/Siscia, as well as the Delmatae. However, most of the future Pannonia and Dalmatia was subdued by Tiberius in his Pannonian war (12-9 BC) and Pannonian-Dalmatian rebellion (AD 6-9). The comparison of the two main accounts of the revolt, that of Velleius Paterculus and Cassius Dio, led to the conclusion that it is not possible to reconstruct the exact course of the events on the basis of their narratives, not even in terms of chronology, and any attempt should be regarded as approximate.
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New evidence of the intentional use of cereal by-products at Stare gmajne pile-dwelling site is presented. The chaff material, which had been used for tempering, was discovered inside one of the loom-weights and analysed. More than 1,800 excellently preserved cereal macroremains in less than 1 litre of waterlogged clayey material were sorted. Barley rachis fragments and glume wheat (emmer and einkorn) by-products prevailed. A few grains were also found.
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