Prilog kulturnoj stratigrafiji manastira Svetih arhanđela kod Prizrena

Abstract

The traces of monastery complex of the Holly Archangels at Prizren are drawing the scholars' attention for decades. The assessments of architects and art historians based upon field research, contributed greatly to the study of this important edifice. Archaeological research, however, has not been advanced since the first exploration of R. Grujić in 1927. The basic objective of all previous research was to obtain the data on monastery architecture and its conservation, and hence the earlier archaeological layers were not explored. Therefore a problem of what preceded to the construction of this remarkable lega on the role of this place in earlier Medieval epochs. Based upon the present survey of culture stratigraphy, this contribution focuses on data obtained from the analysis of ceramic material which may lead to a different approach to the research of this complex.