Rescue Excavations at Proložac and Glavina in 1997 A Contribution to the Archaeological Map of Imotski Plain

Tijekom 1997. godine djelatnici Muzeja hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika iz Splita nadzirali su iskop za kanalizaciju kroz općinu Proložac, od Postranja, zaselka Prološca na zapadu, do Glavine Donje, otkrivši tri nova položaja važna za popunjavanje arheološke karte Imotskog polja.A team from the Jl!Juseum of Croatian Archaeolof{ical J1.onuments oversaw the constluction of a sewage system through the Proložac district, from Postranje, a hamlet ofProložac on the west, to Glavina Donja, discovering three sites that are important for supplementing the archaeological map ofthe Imotski Plain. Rescue test excavation was performed on part ofthe old cemetery at Gaza located opposite Opačac, at the source of the Vrijika River, and the archaeological zone of the same name, and 1 7 graves of the post-Turkish period with individual burials were uncovered. Similar graves were also excavated at nearby Luka in Glavina Donja. The large surface area would indicate several centuries ofburial, which has not yet been confirmed by actualfinds. Several dry stone walled grave plots covered by slab lids along the eastem bank of the Suvaja Stream contained individual burials. Although no grave goods were found, a nearby two-eaved stećak (standing mediaeval tombstone) would indicate late mediaeval burials in the area of a former Roman cemetery. The find of three bracelets confirms the archaeological signi/icance ofthe area below Kokića Glavica, which from the pre-Roman period to the present has been one of the most important settlements of this region