Dendroarchaeology at Lake Ohrid: 5th and 2nd millennia BCE tree-ring chronologies from the waterlogged site of Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia

On the prehistoric site of Ploča Mičov Grad (Ohrid, North Macedonia) on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid a total of 799 wooden elements were recorded from a systematically excavated area of nearly 100 square meters. Most of them are pile remains of round wood with diameters up to almost 40 cm. A comprehensive dendrochronological analysis allowed the construction of numerous well-replicated chronologies for different species. High agreements between the chronologies prove that oak, pine, juniper, ash and hop-hornbeam can be cross-dated. The chronologies were dated by means of radiocarbon dating and modelling using wiggle matching. An intensive settlement phase is attested for the middle of the 5th millennium BCE. Further phases follow towards the end of the 5th millennium BCE and in the 2nd millennium around 1800, 1400 and 1300 BCE. Furthermore, the exact, relative felling dates allow first insights into the minimum duration of the settlement phases, which lie between 17 and 87 years. The multi-centennial chronologies presented in this study represent a first robust dating basis for future research in the numerous not yet dated prehistoric lake shore settlements in the southwestern Balkans with excellently preserved wooden remains

Network in Eastern European Neolithic and Wetland Archaeology. Scientific Cooperation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland

The “Network in Eastern European Neolithic and Wetland Archaeology for the improvement of field techniques and dating methods” (NEENAWA) was an Institutional Partnership between archaeological institutions in North Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine and Switzerland, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The project focused on the enhancement of scientific infrastructure and training of students and professionals dealing with Neolithic settlements near lakes, rivers and marshes. The aim of this book is to document the activities performed during and arising from this project between 2015 and 2020. Activity and experience reports as well as scientific case studies keep record of the various actions and events that took place in the partner countries. They also witness to the scientific and structural development of wetland and underwater archaeology in Eastern Europe

ИСТРАЖУВАЊЕ НА АРХЕОЛОШКИОТ ЛОКАЛИТЕТ „ПЛОЧА - МИЌОВ ГРАД“, ОХРИД, 2017година

The Ploča-Mikjov Grad site is located on the Lake of Ohrid, in the Bay of Bones near Gradište, in the vicinity of the village of Peštani.Археолошкиот локалитет „Плоча - Миќов Град“ се наоѓа на Охридското Езеро, во Заливот на Коските кај Градиште, во близина на селото Пештани

ИСТРАЖУВАЊЕ ВО 2018 ГОДИНА НА ЛОКАЛИТЕТОТ ПЛОЧА - МИЌОВ ГРАД ВО ОХРИДСКОТО ЕЗЕРО - Research in 2018 at Ploča-Mićov Grad site on the Lake Ohrid

The archaeological campaign in 2018 at the site Plocha-Miciov Grad near Gradište on the Lake Ohrid gave new insight about this pile-dwelling settlement. The establishment of an international team and the application of the multidisciplinary approach have yielded fruitful research and have enabled a wider scientific perspective for a palafite with a particularly complex chronological and cultural character