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ijima upravo s namjenom izvidnice, stražarnice ili, simple mutual communication. Such arrangement prostor, priroda, prošlost ■ space, nature, past 19
jednostavno, promatračnice.15 formed the first protective zone of the settlement in
Osor. The vast majority of them were erected on small
Osor je, dakle, središte – okružen morem, opasan flattened plateaus intended to function as observation
snažnim bedemima i s pristanišnom infrastrukturom points or watchtowers.15
(sl. 6). U to se doba vjerojatno prokopava i kanal uz za-
padni potez prevlake zbog kojeg, na začetku razvoja Osor is therefore the centre – surrounded by the sea,
pomorstva i priobalne navigacije, naselje i stječe tu ka- girdled with strong walls and with harbour infrastruc-
pitalnu stratešku vrijednost.16 S obzirom na iznimno ture (Fig. 6). At that period was probably excavated the
dugu povijest posljednjeg tisućljeća prije Krista, naša channel on the western isthmus due to which, at the
se pozornost opet sužava i u vremenskom određenju beginning of the development of maritime navigation,
ograničava na vrijeme druge polovice toga tisućljeća, the settlement acquired its capital strategic value.16 Giv-
odnosno još uže, na razdoblje od kraja 5. do 2. stolje- en the extremely long history of the last millennium
ća pr. Kr. BC, our attention is again narrowed and chronologi-
cally limited to the period from the end of the 5th to the
Prema sadašnjem poznavanju tog djelića njegove bu- 2nd cent. BC.
jne prošlosti, koje se u najvećoj mjeri temelji na suku-
su brojnih rezultata arheoloških istraživanja,17 Osor According to present knowledge, which is largely
je tada pouzdano imao pravi protourbani karakter based on the summary of numerous results of archae-
naselja. Sudjelovao je u oblikovanju i filtriranju gos- ological research,17 Osor reliably had a real proto-urban
podarskih ali i kulturnih trendova, pa kao središn- character of the settlements. It participated in shaping
je naselje otočja postaje i nezaobilazno prometno and filtering of economic but also cultural trends. The
središte sjevernoga Jadrana, nadzirući jednu od važ- central settlement of the island group became an inevi-
nih i vitalnih komunikacija iz sjeverne i srednje Euro- table centre of transport in the northern Adriatic over-
pe­k Sredozemlju. seeing one of the important and vital communications
running from Northern and Central Europe to the
Obrazloženje takvom promišljanju iznova se može Mediterranean.
pronaći u staroj zemljopisnoj književnosti,18 a potvr-
Explanation of these conclusions can be found again
15 Blečić, Sušanj 2007b, 5-7; usp. Dlaka 2011, 7-12; Starac 2011, 21-26. in the old geographical literature, while confirmations
16 Stražičić 1981, 111-114; usp. Faber 1980, 298; Faber 1982, 61-63, 65; Blečić 2007,
15 Blečić, Sušanj 2007b, 5-7; cf. Dlaka 2011, 7-12; Starac 2011, 21-26.
200. 16 Stražičić 1981, 111-114; cf. Faber 1980, 298; Faber 1982, 61-63, 65; Blečić 2007, 200.
17 Faber 1972; Faber 1974; Faber 1975; Faber 1976; Faber 1980; Faber 1982; Faber 17 Faber 1972; Faber 1974; Faber 1975; Faber 1976; Faber 1980; Faber 1982; Faber

2000 – uz stariju literaturu; usp. Blečić et al. 2006, 39-57; Blečić, Sušanj 2007a, 2000 – with earlier literature; cf. Blečić et al. 2006, 39-57; Blečić, Sušanj 2007a,
4-27; Blečić Kavur 2010, 16-37; Blečić Kavur 2014a; Blečić Kavur 2014b. 4-27; Blečić Kavur 2010, 16-37; Blečić Kavur 2014a; Blečić Kavur 2014b.
18 U grčkoj se geografiji od 4. st. pr. Kr. nalaze nešto jasnije predodžbe o hidro-
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