The sunken town was discovered in the Adriatic Sea between the islands of Ricula and Galesnjak.
26 November 2015 11:30
Brilio.net/en - Atlantis this may not be.
Thearchaeological world was given a jolt of excitement as a team of Croatian archaeologists announced that they have discovered an ancient sunken town near the town of Zadar.
Initially spotted in 2014, it wasn't until now that archaeologists have been ablet to extract relics and determine their age.
Led byMato Ilki from the University of Zadar, the team unearthed multiple relics with some that date all the way back to 3500 years.
"We discovered the stays of a giant settlement and a port in the ocean between the islands of Ricula and Galesnjak in the Pasman Channel final yr. After radiocarbon evaluation completed this month, let's say that the stays have been in all probability constructed round 1500 BC," Mato Ilkisaid.
The excavation was made possible after a local business named Secret Dalmation donated $2800 towards the project. The team has made use of satellite imagery and aerial photographs.
"One can clearly see the underwater structures on the aerial shots and, it is known from the records, that the region was part of the village of Tukljaca. The village was abandoned and slowly sunken underwater during the Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-1573)," Alan Mandic, project benefactor,wrotein a blog post.
"Back in the 70s, some archaeological reconnaissance has also been done but no sondage and actual underwater excavating have been done. Until now," he added.
When the team started their ventures into the sunken town, they found that it was littered in pottery fragments, wood residues, stone axes, and animal bones. Laboratory tests revealed that the town and port was constructed during the mid-Bronze Age period.
