The ancient quarry in Srebrena bay on the island of Vis

Autor opisuje kamenolome na otoku Visu od kojih se jedan nalazio na jugoistočnoj strani otoka u uvali Srebrena. Drugi najstariji viški kamenolom nalazio se na mjestu podizanja antičke Isse gdje se prije izgradnje insula morao terasasto isplanirati teren. Terase su se ukopavale u padinu uzvisine, a kamen koji se tom prilikom dobio mogao se koristiti za izgradnju bedema i kuća. Tako se građevinski materijal dobivao na najlakši mogući način, dok se iz sedam milja udaljene uvale Srebrena kamen transportirao brodovima.The first quarries on our coast were opened during the 4th century BC, during the foundation of the Greek colonies of Issa and Pharos. The construction of poleis demanded plenty of building material especially for the town walls made of stone blocks, which were heavy for manipulation and transport. Issa was built on the slope of Gradina hill which additionally complicated the job of planning the regular orthogonal raster of the city, but at the same time it was an opportunity to get the stone during the forming of the terraces on which insulae, i.e. set of houses were formed. The stone that was dug up during the burial of the terraces into the hill slope could also be used for building houses and city walls. The first ‘quarry’ was formed in that way and it was opened during the founding of the polis. The other quarry was in Srebrena bay on the south-east side of the island of Vis. We found Hellenistic materials from the 3rd century BC there, so it is obvious that it was the quarry that existed long after Issa was built. The stone from this quarry could be exported in other parts of the Mediterranean which is a matter that should be researched at some point