Duboc Fortress is a fortress in Duboc village in the Vushtrri municipality in Kosovo. It is situated above Ceçan, part of the Ciçavica mountain chain, approximately 11 km southwest of the city of Vushtrri.
History
Duboc Fortress is a location of the Dardanic cultural group of the 8th and 9th centuries BCE Based on the findings of the cultural layers in this location, the discovered archaeological exhibits show about two different civilizations. Civilization A is in the lower layers underneath the civilization B, and the civilization B is in the upper layers.
Civilization B or the Duboc Fortress is located in the Mountain of the Town, (alb. "Mali i Gjytetit") from the north-east to the west. The length of the wall of the Duboc fortress is 900 meters, with the width of 2–4 meters, the height it is not known. The town of Duboc had two pairs of doors facing each other. In this fortress were found ceramics with ornaments of the Illyrian ethnographic fond, bricks, and marble objects with inscriptions.
From the paleolithic period there were found chisels made of pigs teeth. From the neolithic period were found different types of jewelry: earrings, and coins.
See also
References
- Milot Berisha, Kosovo Archaeological Guide, Prishtinë, Kosovo Archaeological Institute and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, 2012, p. 87
- Kraja, Mehmet, ed. (2018). Fjalori Enciklopedik i Kosovës [Encyclopedic Dictionary of Kosova] (in Albanian). Vol. 1. Pristina: Kosova Academy of Sciences and Arts. pp. 742–743. ISBN 9789951615846. OCLC 1080379844.
- Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosoves-Vushtrria, Prishtine, 2005, p. 148
- Emin Fejza, Zenun Gjocaj, Izet Miftari, Vushtrria-Viciana me rrethine, Vushtrri, 2003, pg.470
- Alaj, Premtim (2019). Les habitats de l'Age du fer sur le territoire de l'actuel Kosovo (Thesis). Université de Lyon. p. 65.
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