Abstract
Montenegro is a land of great history which needs attention and care for a deeper knowledge and its making at the disposal of new generations. It is still a territory to be discovered, studied, and disclosed. It is important to understand how much hidden heritage there is still in this area to explore and exploit, but on the other hand, how much known heritage exists to protect and monitor, preventing its destruction and loss. In this context, Montenegro is heavily investing in the management of cultural heritage through initiatives for identification, protection, preservation, enhancement and fruition of them. In the frame of the knowledge, the use of non-destructive geophysical methods can be helpful for a cognitive investigation immediately in the bud of any archaeological verification project, safeguarded through preventive archaeology operations and the exploration of large areas within archaeological parks. In this paper, the results of geophysical prospections at the Hellenistic-Illyrian site of Mjace, the roman towns of Doclea and Municipium S, the medieval city of Svač, and the Stećci medieval tombstones graveyards of Novakovići, Žugića, and Plužine are presented. The study allowed the reconnaissance of new buried structures in the soil and has provided an updated view of the rich archaeological heritage of Montenegro.
Highlights
The research followed a multidisciplinary approach in which geophysicists and archaeologists operated in full synergy, calibrating the procedures of intervention and taking into account all the needs of the study
The planning of geophysical prospections were prepared in accordance with the archaeologists, assuming the type, size and depth of the probable findings in the subsurface and considering the logistics of the survey area and the nature of the subsoil in order to define the best strategy for the study of a particular area
The study has shown the results of the application of non-destructive geophysical prospections in
Summary
Traces of human presence in Montenegro date back to the prehistoric period, which are attested in the archaeological sites of Bioče, Crvena stijena and Mališina stijena (Middle Palaeolithic), Crvena stijena, Mališina stijena, Medena stijena and Trebački krš (Upper Palaeolithic), Odmut and Vruća pećina (Mesolithic), Bijelog Polja, Doganje, Beran, and Trnje (Neolithic) [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13].The Illyrian tribes represent the first populations that inhabited Montenegro between the fifth and the second century before Christ [14]. 25 sixth included in the2020, Byzantine the limits of which were occupied by the Slavs in the middle of century who initiated a long process of Christianization until the tenth century. After this period, complex f the sixth century who initiated a long process of Christianization until the tenth century. Complex f the sixth century who initiated a long process of Christianization until the tenth century After this period, complex events affected the territory that was conquered in the centuries by Serbs, Turks, Venetians and Ottomans
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