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Archaeologists in Croatia have unearthed
what they say is the largest Stone Age city ever discovered in the
region. The new find stretches for more than 100 thousand square meters,
and it is believed to be roughly 7,000 years old.
A research team led by Maja Krznaric
Skrivanko and Hrvoje Vulic from Vinkovci Municipal Museum announced this
week that they had discovered a previously unknown village that dates
back to the fifth or fourth millennium BC. Speaking with JutarnjiList,
the team said that the discovery lurked for millennia just a couple of
feet below the surface.
“At the beginning,” Vulic said, “we
found the remains of tanks, wells, and ceramic items dating back to the
Stone Age, and we decided to further investigate.”
The find was made a few kilometers west
of Vinkovci, a Croatian city of roughly 35,000 and the largest town in
the country. The survey work was necessary to ensure that any future
construction work on the site would not damage unknown historical
artifacts. The researchers reportedly had no clue that they would find
such a massive repository of archaeological treasures before they
started the dig.
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