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  • Dvorina
  • Orešac, Suhopolje
  • Bolentium
  • Croatia
  • Virovitica-Podravina
  • Municipality of Suhopolje

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Chronology

  • 300 AD - 400 AD

Season

    • After quite a long break, work was continued on the rescue excavations at the Roman site of Dvorina, the Roman Bolentia. The archaeological complex of the Dvorina, Luka and Svetina sites has been known to expert circles since 1913 due to the surface finds of Roman chariots and parts of a bronze lamp, which are kept in the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. The first test excavations in the 1980s were carried out by the same institution when D. Nemeth Ehrlich established the residential part of the settlement and the necropolis. Another necropolis from the 4th century was found in 1997 by T. Sekelj Ivančan in the southern part of Dvorina, towards the Port. Archaeological finds from excavations, but mostly surface artefacts located in private collections, date the site to the 1st-4th century AD. An illegally excavated test dig by an amateur archaeologist unveiled a hypocaust and frescos, which were a guideline for further excavation, this time with a planned conservation. Since part of that Roman house is located in a part of the Dvorina that cannot be cultivated due to a lot of brick and stone, it has grown into thickets, so the first task was to free up the space for excavation. The excavation lasted only 10 days, however, two trenches, S-1 measuring 5.50 x 4.50 m and S-2 measuring 4 x 2 m, gave very good results. In the first, the lower pillars of the hypocaust and the plaster base, which continue beyond the trench, were found at a depth of 1.30 m. In the second one, placed further south where the terrain is higher, at a depth of 1.40 m floor plaster and partially preserved brick pavement were found. In the far northeast corner of the trench, a 20–30 cm wide wall of fragmented stone and brick connected with mortar was established, probably a partition wall in one of the rooms. A narrow strip of brick pavement was found along the wall. In addition to an abundance of fragmented bricks, stone and mortar, in much smaller quantities potsherds, metal finds (a broken bronze thread), fragments of frescoes and coins were found in archaeological excavations. These few archaeological artefacts, especially coins, date the site to the 4th century AD. At the end of the excavation, the trenches were covered with thicker protective nylon and buried. Currently, the City Museum of Virovitica is negotiating the purchase of the privately owned land at Dvorina, after which the conservation of a luxurious Roman house on the shore of Brežnica can be planned and realized (Silvija Salajić 2006, Hrvatski arheološki godišnjak 2/2005, 70–71).

Bibliography

    • Dorica Nemeth Ehrlich, Arheološka istraživanja u Orešcu kod Virovitice, Virovitički zbornik 1234 – 1984, Virovitica, 1986.
    • Silvija Salajić, katalog izložbe Arheologija virovitičkog kraja, Virovitica, 2001.
    • Silvija Salajić, Novim nalazima do novih spoznaja o virovitičkom području, Izdanja Hrvatskog arheološkog društva, Arheološka istraživanja u Bjelovarsko-bilogorskoj županiji i pogrebni ritusi na teritoriju Hrvatske, Vol. 21., Zagreb, 2003.
    • Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Kasnoantičko groblje Orešac – Luka II, Opvscvla archaeologica, 23-24, Zagreb, 1999-2000: 203 – 215.
    • Silvija Salajić 2006, Dvorina, Hrvatski arheološki godišnjak 2/2005, 70–71.