Polje niže Vrcelja – an early Neolithic site in the Benkovac area

U članku se razmatraju rezultati zaštitnih arheoloških istraživanja na nalazištu Polje niže Vrcelja, nedaleko od Benkovca. Nalazište sadrži kasnoantički i neolitički horizont koji je pripisan impresso kulturi te mu je posvećen ovaj rad. Složena stratigrafska slika neolitičkog dijela kulturnog depozita datiranog radiokarbonskom analizom ukazuje na arheološki potencijal i važnost ovog nalazišta pri proučavanju i upotpunjavanju slike o neolitiku istočnog Jadrana, ali i potrebu za daljnjim sustavnim arheološkim iskopavanjem nalazišta te potrebu za interdisciplinarnim pristupom istraživanju.The article contains an examination of the results of rescue archaeological research at the Polje niže Vrcelja site, not far from the town of Benkovac. The site consists of Late Antique and Neolithic horizons. The latter, to which this work is dedicated, has been ascribed to the Impressed Ware culture. The complex stratigraphic Neolithic segment of the cultural deposits dated by radiocarbon analysis highlight the archaeological potential and importance of studying and supplementing the picture of the Neolithic in the Eastern Adriatic seaboard, as well as the need for more systematic archaeological excavations of the site and the need for an interdisciplinary approach to research