St. Mavar\u27s Church in Žedno

Tijekom 1998. i 1999. godine Muzej hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika poduzeo je zaštitna arheološka istraživanja crkve Sv. Mavra u mjestu Žedno na otoku Čiovu. Radovi su se odvijali u suradnji s Državnom upravom za zaštitu spomenika kulture u Splitu) koja je nadzirala radove na obnovi i uređenju crkve. Iskopavanjima je utvrdeno da najraniji slojevi pripadaju ranorimskom razdoblju 1 stoljeća. Ta je Jaza dokumentirana vrlo dobro očuvanom gusternom) te pokretnim nalazima koje saČinjavaju keramika) novac i ulomci nadgrobnih spomenika. Drugu Jazu predstavljaju slojevi s kasnoantičkim materijalom: keramika) novci)temeljni ostaci gospodarskih objekata. Slijedi diskontinuitet naseljenosti tijekom ranoga srednjeg vijeka) a gornji slojevi pripadaju razdoblju od 12.-13. stoljeća. Tada je na ostacima kasnoantičkih zdanja podignuta romanička crkva Sv. Mavra i oko nje se postupno razvija najstarije župsko groblje sela Žedno. Izgradnjom dominikanskog samostana Sv. Križa na obali Kaštelanskog zaljeva groblje seli oko samostanske crkve. Posljednju Jazu predstavljaju novovjekovni slojevi) kada su oko Sv. Mavra boravili pustinjaci) koji su temeljito obnovili rimsku gustemu i podigli uz crkvu manji objekt u kojemu su boravili) a sama crkva je znatno produžena i obnovljena u baroknom slogu.In 1998 and 1999, the Croatian Archaeological Monuments Museum performed protective archaeological researches of the St. Mavar\u27s Church in Žedno, island of Ciovo. The works were undertaken in collaboration with the State Departmentfor the Protection of National Heritage, that supervised the works of the church rebuilding. Excavations established that the earliest layers belonged to early-Roman period, P\u27 century AD. This period is very well documented by a preserved water cistern and movable finds consisting of ceramics, coins and tombstone fragments. The second period are layers containing late-Roman materials: ceramics, coins, basic remains off arming structures. There follows a discontinuity of population during the early middle ages, whereas the upper layers belong to 12-1J1h century. Then, on remains of late classical structures, there was built the St. Mavar\u27s Church, around which gradually developed the oldest parish graveyard of the village ofŽedno. When the Dominican monastery ofHoly Cross was founded at the Kaptela Bay coast} the graveyard was moved around the monasteric church. The last period make new-age layers} when around the St. Mavar\u27s Church lived hermits who completely repaired the Roman water cistern and erected a smaller structure next to the church} where the lived} whereas the very church was significantly prolonged and rebuilt in the Baroque style