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EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
The Ljubljanica: a river and its past
Editors Peter Turk, Janka Istenič, Timotej Knific in Tomaž Nabergoj
2009, 300 x 240 mm, 471 pages, iIlustr., ISBN 978-961-6169-64-6
Price: 49,00 EUR
The Ljubljanica is a typical karst river originating from several sources on the western edge of the Ljubljana Marshes (Ljubljansko barje; Barje) and flowing slowly over just 38 kilometres. Over half of its length runs through the Barje. This part of the Ljubljanica was declared a national cultural monument in 2003; it is also a natural monument and an integral part of the Ljubljana Marshes Landscape Park. Like many European rivers, as a site of cultural heritage, the Ljubljanica is a rich source of archaeological finds. Given its short length, it is unique for the large amount of finds.
The book is designed to complement the exhibition 'Ljubljanica - A River and its Past' in the National Museum of Slovenia (26 February 2009-27 September 2009), and, also as a monograph in its own right. It is intended for both the general and professional reader - especially archaeologists, historians and art historians. The book consists of two parts: introductory articles and short texts on the items displayed at the exhibition. The introductory articles deal with topics relevant to the Ljubljanica and associated historical developments. They include illustrations which give a picture of life along the river in different periods. The depictions are based both on our knowledge and on conjecture, which future discoveries might one day prove or disprove.
The second part contains short texts and photographs of selected objects of cultural heritage shown in the exhibition, most of which are being published or exhibited for the first time. In addition to items from the Ljubljanica, its banks and tributaries, we have also included some examples of depictions related to the river from the 17th-20th centuries. In addition to the objects kept in the National Museum of Slovenia, items from the City Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, the Archdiocesan Archives of Ljubljana and the Parish of Trnovo, as well as from the private collections of the Mück and Potočnik families, Dr. Damjan Prelovšek, Janez J. Švajncer and Zmago Tančič are also included. The objects (from the Ljubljanica) range from prehistory to the present, and reflect the daily life and historical events in this geographically exceptional area at the intersection of key European routes from West to East and North to South. The objects included in the book and exhibition are only a small sample of the cultural heritage salvaged from the Ljubljanica; the National Museum of Slovenia, which undertook the first underwater research of the Ljubljanica by divers as early as 1884, and which keeps the majority of its cultural heritage, has around 6000 items.
- Janka Istenič: Introduction
- Tomaž Verbič in Aleksander Horvat: The geology of the Ljubljansko barje
- Maja Andrič: Climatic change and marsh vegetation at the end of the Pleistocene and in the Holocene
- Andrej Gaspari: The history of the acquisition of finds and archaeological investigation of the Ljubljanica
- Zoran Milič, Gorazd Lemajič, Sonja Perovšek in Janka Istenič: The conservation and restoration of finds from Ljubljanica
- Andrej Gaspari: The Ljubljanica in prehistory
- Andrej Gaspari: Zalog near Verd. A hunting camp from the middle stone age
- Anton Velušček: The pile-dwelling settlements of the Ljubljansko barje and contemporary finds from the Ljubljanica
- Borut Toškan: The fauna of the pile-dwelling settlement period
- László Bartosiewicz, Alice M. Choyke in Erika Gál: Relationships between people and animals in prehistory
- Neva Trampuž Orel: The earliest metal artefacts from the Ljubljanica - an archaeometallurgical review
- Peter Turk in Andrej Gaspari: Gifts to the gods and ancestors
- Andrej Gaspari: Celtic warriors and the Ljubljanica
- Janka Istenič: The Ljubljanica - a Roman trade and transportation route
- Janka Istenič: The Ljubljanica and the Roman army
- Marjeta Šašel Kos: The Ljubljanica in ancient sources
- Jana Horvat: Nauportus - a settlement at the beginning if the transportation route along the Ljubljanica
- Janka Istenič: Emona - a Roman trading centre on the Ljubljanica
- Marjeta Šašel Kos: Ig - a rural settlement in the southern edge of the Ljubljansko barje
- Andrej Gaspari: The Roman regulation of the Ljubljanica and the draining of the Ljubljansko barje
- Andrej Gaspari: A cargo ship of Mediterranean sewn construction from Lipe
- Marjeta Šašel Kos: The Ljubljanica and the myth of the Argonauts
- Tomaž Nabergoj: The Ljubljanica and its long Middle Ages
- Polona Bitenc in Timotej Knific: Barbarian soldiers on the Ljubljanica
- Timotej Knific: The Ljubljanica and the early Slavs
- Miha Kosi: Ljubljana in the Middle Ages
- Miha Kosi: navigation on the Ljubljanica in the Middle Ages
- Tomaž Nabergoj: Arms and armour from the era of knights and mercenaries
- Tomaž Nabergoj: A time of citizens, a time of merchants
- Tomaž Nabergoj in Matija Žargi: The Ljubljanica from the Modern Era to date: the nature and culture of the river
- Olga Pivk: Archival sources of the Ljubljanica from the 16th to 18th centuries
- Matija Žargi: Valvasor's Ljubljanica
- Maja Žvanut in Mateja Kos: Fužine Castle and the onset of industry along the Ljubljanica
- Matija Žargi: Regulation if the Ljubljanica
- Anja Dular: The Ljubljanica in old books
- Blaženka First: The portrait of a river: views of a town on the Ljubljanica
- Darija Mavrič: They were meeting along the Ljubljanica .
Catalogue:
- Introduction: Janka Istenič
- Prehistory: Andrej Gaspari, Neva Trampuž Orel in Peter Turk with contributions by Janka Istenič in Alenka Miškec
- Roman Period: Janka Istenič with contributions by Milan Lovenjak, Alenka Miškec and Timotej Knific
- Middle Ages: Polona Bitenc, Timotej Knific, Tomaž Nabergoj and Nika Veršnik with contribution by Julijana Visočnik
- Modern Period: Blaženka First, Mateja Kos, Darija Mavrič, Tomaž Nabergoj, Nika Veršnik in Matija Žargi with contribution by Igor Cvetko
- Bibliography
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