The Archaeological Museum Zadar undertook archaeological excavations in 2007 and 2008 at the ancient church of St. George (sv. Jure) at the cemetery in Kruševo. The excavations uncovered architectural remains and small finds that bear... more
The Archaeological Museum Zadar undertook archaeological excavations
in 2007 and 2008 at the ancient church of St. George (sv. Jure) at the cemetery in Kruševo. The excavations uncovered architectural remains and small finds that bear witness to multiple
human activities at this site from prehistory to the present day. The earliest traces of human activities are related to the hypothesized existence of an Iron Age tumulus. A structure of unknown purpose was built at the same position in the Roman period, with a monumental building built on top of it in the period
of Late Antiquity. Finds of tegulae with the stamp P·COIEDI, marking the senatorial family of Coiedius, were related to the Roman
structure. A small pre-Romanesque rotunda followed in the early medieval period, to which a nave was added on the northwest
in the Middle Ages proper. In the post-Turkish period, a new, considerably larger nave was built in place of the medieval nave in front of the rotunda.
