Working report
Conclusion Skilled team of Kosovar archaeologists, carried out for twelve days (April 2007), expedition all over the “zone of interest”. The focal aim of this expedition was exploration of all probable existing archaeological sites within the prior selected area. This mission had investigative character and cabinet researches, consultations of various relative publications, unpublished materials, and excavation reports from the nearby sites. Moreover, cadastral maps and aerial pictures (orthophotos) were part of the analyse processes. Survey
methods,
which
involved
pedestrian
walkover-surface
reconnaissance
and
observation of the landscape, were essential for this project. The areas- “zone of interest” that were part of our survey are mainly agriculture-crop growing land and to some extent industrial built-up areas. However, archaeological team with the permission of the landlords, conducted a thoroughgoing examination, particularly on ploughed parcels, while as the soil is turned up from the agriculture machinery, artefacts normally move or rise to the top.
We should take into account that, conducting field survey during the spring is not the most favourable period, while intense vegetation and agriculture cultivated area make it quite difficult to accurately observe the ground soil.
The archaeological surface survey did not reveal any kind of archaeological proof within the “zone of interest”, however, we strongly emphasise the importance of attendance of archaeologists when the building foundations and unearthing processes start by developers. In addition, even though the archaeological survey did not produce any significant information, it does not inevitably mean that the “zone of interest” is archaeologically free. Sometimes, erection of buildings or similar undertaking can by chance uncover and reveal from underneath the ground, fragments and bits of past civilisations. Project coordinator Kemajl Luci
Prepared by the: Museum of Kosova