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ia universitatistural, Historical and Natural Heritage of Repub- raziskav. Na zahodnem delu najdišča je bila odkrita po-
lic of Srpska. All archaeological works so far are vršina, ki najverjetneje predstavlja negativ zidu, na kate-
pr eliminary r eport of archaeological r esearch at the k astel site in banja luk a in 2019 61 co-financed by the City of Banja Luka through ro se nadaljuje plast s kamni in malto. Najverjetneje gre
public calls for projects of cultural and artistic za podkonstrukcijo poda, ki jo seka plast temnejše zem-
creativity co-financing. As much as it was capa- lje, kar kaže na možnost pokopa. Najverjetneje gre za
ble of supporting this, for the last two years the objekt, ki so ga poškodovali kasnejši vkopi.
City of Banja Luka provided finances for the re- V naslednji fazi se v skladu z rezultati geofizičnih razi-
construction and reconstruction of the walls of skav načrtuje zaključek izkopavanj na severozahodnem
Kastel fortress, as well parts of the entrance tow- delu stavbe na Dvorišču II. Poteka pa tudi izdelava na-
er have been reconstructed so far as well as the črta konservatorsko-restavratorskih del na temeljih, kot
southern ramparts of the fort, and work is con- tudi predstavitev celotnega najdišča.
tinuing into the current year.
Summary
Povzetek
At the end of 2018 preparations began to continue the
Konec leta 2018 so se začele priprave na nadaljevanje raz- excavations at the Kastel fortress site in Banja Luka,
iskav na trdnjavi Kastel v Banji Luki ter se končno začele which eventually started in 2019. The first phase of the
leta 2019. Prva faza je vključevala geofizični radarski po- work involved geophysical radar recording of 10,000 m2
snetek 10.000 m2 ter obdelavo pridobljenih podatkov. as well as the processing of the obtained data, which stat-
Rezultati so na vsem raziskovanem območju pokazali ed that in all the researched area there are clear indica-
jasne znake, da je pod površjem pričakovati različne ar- tions, that different archaeological objects should be ex-
heološke strukture. Pomanjkanje informacij iz katastra pected below the surface. The lack of information from
podzemnih vodov in predhodnih arheoloških izkopa- the cadastre of underground installations and previous
vanj je pogojevalo razlago pridobljenih podatkov. Pri- archaeological excavations has conditioned the inter-
dobljene podatke smo omejili na izolacijo geometrič- pretation of the obtained data. We limited the obtained
no pravilnih nepravilnosti, ki jih je treba upoštevati pri data on isolation of geometrically correct anomalies,
načrtovanju prihodnjih raziskav ali izvajanju del katere which should be taken into account when planning the
koli vrste. future research or performing works of any type.
Vzporedno z geofizičnimi raziskavami smo začeli čišče- In parallel with the geophysical research, we began
nje arheološkega najdišča na Dvorišču II znotraj zidov cleaning of archaeological site in the Courtyard II with-
okopa. Gre za nadaljevanje izkopavanj kompleksa stavb in the walls of the rampart. It is considered as the con-
iz poznoantičnega (?) in srednjeveškega (?) obdobja, ki tinuation of the excavations of the Late-antique (?) and
so jih leta 1988 ustavili. Od tedaj je bilo najdišče zapušče- Medieval (?) complex of buildings, which were discon-
no in prepuščeno propadanju. Čiščenje je potekalo po tinued in 1988 since the site was abandoned and left to
že opredeljenih prostorih, ki smo jih označili z arabskimi chance. Cleaning was carried out according to the al-
številkami 1 do 8, ter se začelo v severozahodnem delu ready defined rooms, which we marked with Arabic nu-
in potekalo proti jugu. Po odstranitvi vegetacijske pla- merals 1 to 8, moving from the northwestern room to-
sti debeline od 0,20 do 0,50 m smo odprli dva kontrolna wards the initial south. After removal of the vegetation
jarka za določitev globine temeljev zidov vsake stavbe. layer from 0.20 to 0.50 m of the newly formed deposi-
Dela so se nadaljevala v zahodnem delu stavbe, razde- tion layer, two control trenches were opened to deter-
ljenem na tri mikrolokacije, kjer je bila odstranjena tudi mine the depth of the foundation zone of the wall from
plast debeline od 0,10 do 0,30 m. Poleg številnih nedav- each of the objects. The work continued in the western
nih najdb ter živalskih kosti, keramičnih fragmentov in part of the building divided the three micro-sites where
kamnitih prodnikov sta bili v prostoru 9 vzdolž zahod- a layer of 0.10–0.30 m was also removed. In addition to a
nega profila A-D odkriti dve človeški okostji. Do konca number of recent findings, as well as animal bones, ce-
raziskav je bilo eno okostje v celoti očiščeno, dokumen- ramic fragments and stone pebbles, two human skele-
tirano in odstranjeno, drugo pa je ostalo za nadaljevanje tons were identified in room 9 along the western A-D
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