Field surveys of the construction area of new roads in the Zagreb and Istria counties

Tijekom svibnja 2012. Institut za arheologiju izvršio je tri terenska pregleda za potrebe izrade studija utjecaja na kulturnu baštinu. Riječ je o pregledu područja izgradnje nove državne ceste čvor Prilesje – Kloštar Ivanić – Ivanić-Grad, potom mjestu izgradnje novog čvora Sveta Klara na zagrebačkoj obilaznici, oba zahvata na teritoriju Zagrebačke županije, te trasi spojne ceste između Lupoglava i Vranje u Istarskoj županiji. Najvažniji rezultati dobiveni su prilikom pregleda nove državne ceste na području Kloštar Ivanića, gdje su zabilježena 22 dosad nepoznata položaja s arheološkim nalazima.In May 2012, the Institute of Archaeology carried out field surveys for the purposes of a cultural heritage impact assessment. On the section between the junction Prilesje and Kloštar-Ivanić and Ivanić Grad, a total of 22 sites were identified in the length of 18 kilometres. Medieval pottery was discovered on nearly all these sites, with fewer finds from antiquity and prehistory. However, the really important result is, in fact, the locating of sites that were hitherto unknown in this poorly investigated area. In the area of the construction of the Sv. Klara junction on the Zagreb bypass, a total of 5 concentrations of surface finds were identified, where older and more recent material were mixed together, which is consistent with the fairly high intensity of construction in the urban periphery area. The last survey was carried out in the Istria County between Lupoglav and Vranje. The well-known structures of the prehistoric and rich medieval heritage of the Lupoglav area are not jeopardised by the construction of the new road although the existence of new sites may be concealed by the impassable vegetation