First Results of a Bilateral Research Project

Abstract

Since 2009 the Roman-Germanic Commission of the DAI has conducted geophysical surveys in cooperation with the archaeological institutions of the Republic of Kosovo. The cultural landscape of the Western Balkans encompasses a variety of archaeological monuments and sites. An extensive survey programme mainly aims at sites from the Neolithic to the Roman period. The large-scale use of geophysical measurement systems enables effective evaluation of a site in terms of size, complexity and its integration into the landscape. Apart from well-known and partially excavated sites like Gllamnik-Vindenis and Graçanicë-Ulpiana/Iustiniana Secunda, survey areas at Runik, Boka e Përçevës, Korishë, Lubozhdë and Poslishtë were formerly known by surface finds or small test trenches only. The results of the geophysical survey both at burial landscapes and settlements help to perceive and archaeologically consolidate a dynamic prehistoric and historic cultural landscape within a highly frequented region of contact in South-Eastern Europe.