Croatian Mediterranean Village through Centuries

U prvom se dijelu zadržavamo na starim izvorima koji govore o ondašnjem životu seljaštva i korištenju ruralnog prostora. Treba se vratiti u 13. i 14. stojeće kada statuti priobalnih komuna govore o temeljnim društvenim odnosima u ruralnom prostoru. Javlja se i razvija kolonat kao specifični oblik društvenih i proizvodnih odnosa u ruralnom prostoru. Mnogo kasnije javljaju se razni putopisci među kojima bi posebno trebalo izdvojiti Alberta Fortisa i, bliže nama, Rudolfa Bičanića koji nam pričaju o životu, običajima i odnosima u selu njihovog vremena. U drugom dijelu govorimo o istraživanjima u modernim vremenima. Šezdesetih godina prošlog stoljeća na poticaj FAO organizacije UN-a, po uzoru na jedan projekt istraživanja u Alpama, počinju i kod nas opsežna istraživanja mediteranskog sela. Iz tih opsežnih istraživanja iznosimo samo neke natuknice o odnosima i procesima razvoja mediteranskog sela Hrvatske poslije Drugog svjetskog rata. I na kraju govorimo o nekim temeljnim obilježjima mediteranskog sela kao naselja, njegovog smještaja u prostoru i razvoju.The first part of the paper is about old sources which describe rural life and use of rural space in the past. The statutes of coastal communities from 13th and 14th century talk about basic social relations in rural space. The colonat, a specific system of social and production relations was established and developed. Much later, various travel writers tell us about life, customs and relations in the village. One should single out Albert Fortis and, closer to our time, Rudolf Bičanić. In the second part of the paper, we look at modern times research. In the 1960s, on the initiative of the FAO of the United Nations and based on a research project in the Alps, extensive research of the Mediterranean village started in our country. Here we mention only a few facts about the social relations and development processes in the Mediterranean village of Croatia after World War II. In the end, we look at some basic features of the Mediterranean village as a settlement, its position in space and its development