U ovome se radu obrađuje 408 toponima na području bilećkih Rudina u istočnoj Hercegovini, predjela na razmeđu srednjovjekovnih sklavinija Huma i Tribunije. Riječ je o području koje je neprekinuto ...nastanjeno od pretpovijesti. Bogatu je toponimijsku građu prikupio i 1903. objavio Jevto Dedijer, no tek se ovim radom ona toponomastički razrađuje. Naselja su obrađenoga područja okupljena u 17 seoskih općina. Iz toponimijske se građe izdvajaju toponimi dalmatoromanskoga postanja (npr. Barbati i Mantokit) te odrazi rijetko potvrđenih narodnih imena (npr. Čanjev Do i Čepelica).
New fossils from the Late Cenomanian-Turonian locality in the Bileca area are reported. The fossils include a diverse assemblage of snakelike reptile remains, fishes and plants. While fossil snakes ...have already been found in this area, the remains of fish and plants are reported for the first time. Based on the state of fossil preservation, the following were identified: the snake Pachyophis (Simoliophiidae), the pychnodont fish Coelodus sp., and plant remains of the flowering plants groups Magnoliidae exc. Lilianae, Arecaceae (palm trees), and Cycadopsida.
Records of Cretaceous marine snakes from Bosnia and Herzegovina have been
known for nearly a hundred years. This paper presents a new finding of a
pachyostotic snake from the local quarry Dubovac, ...three kilometers northwest
of Bileca. The specimen consists of 29 vertebrae, seven of which are
detached from the slab. The two best preserved vertebrae are almost
square-shaped resembling Simoliophis rochebrunei but neural arches are much
more swollen. Vertebrae and ribs are extremely pachyostotic as in Pachyophis
woodwardi. Since there are no three-dimensional vertebrae of this species
preserved from Bosnia and Herzegovina, precise identification was limited to
a certain extent.
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The paper discusses the issues of the demographic development of Bileća municipality. A complex analysis of vital statistics and other relevant demographic parameters is used in an attempt to define ...modern challenges in the demographic development of the target municipality. Furthermore, demographic potentials and limitations are being discussed and population policy measures are being defined in order to devise a long-term development strategy of the municipality.
U ovom se radu prikazuje prehrana stanovništva u Velikoj župi Dubrava od njezinog utemeljenja u lipnju 1941. do kraja 1942. godine. Analiziraju se izvještaji Velike župe Dubrava kao i njezinih ...kotarskih oblasti i oružničkih zapovjedništava upućenih nadležnim ministarstvima i zapovjedništvima talijanskih vojnih snaga stacioniranih u Velikoj župi Dubrava. Iz njih je vidljivo da su postojali veliki problemi u organizaciji prehrane stanovništva, da je stanovništvo uvelike oskudijevalo osnovnim životnim namirnicama, te da je hrana neredovito pristizala i da su se iz mjeseca u mjesec smanjivali obroci hrane po glavi stanovnika. Od gladi se umiralo kao i od zaraznih bolesti koje je glad prouzrokovala.
Half a century after the Holocaust, on European soil, Bosnian Serbs orchestrated a system of concentration camps where they subjected their Bosniak Muslim and Bosnian Croat neighbors to torture, ...abuse, and killing. Foreign journalists exposed the horrors of the camps in the summer of 1992, sparking worldwide outrage. This exposure, however, did not stop the mass atrocities. Hikmet Karčić shows that the use of camps and detention facilities has been a ubiquitous practice in countless wars and genocides in order to achieve the wartime objectives of perpetrators. Although camps have been used for different strategic purposes, their essential functions are always the same: to inflict torture and lasting trauma on the victims. Torture, Humiliate, Kill develops the author’s collective traumatization theory, which contends that the concentration camps set up by the Bosnian Serb authorities had the primary purpose of inflicting collective trauma on the non-Serb population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This collective traumatization consisted of excessive use of torture, sexual abuse, humiliation, and killing. The physical and psychological suffering imposed by these methods were seen as a quick and efficient means to establish the Serb “living space.” Karčić argues that this trauma was deliberately intended to deter non-Serbs from ever returning to their pre-war homes. The book centers on multiple examples of experiences at concentration camps in four towns operated by Bosnian Serbs during the war: Prijedor, Bijeljina, Višegrad, and Bileća. Chosen according to their political and geographical position, Karčić demonstrates that these camps were used as tools for the ethno-religious genocidal campaign against non-Serbs. Torture, Humiliate, Kill is a thorough and definitive resource for understanding the function and operation of camps during the Bosnian genocide.
Half a century after the Holocaust, on European soil, Bosnian Serbs orchestrated a system of concentration camps where they subjected their Bosniak Muslim and Bosnian Croat neighbors to torture, ...abuse, and killing. Foreign journalists exposed the horrors of the camps in the summer of 1992, sparking worldwide outrage. This exposure, however, did not stop the mass atrocities. Hikmet Karčić shows that the use of camps and detention facilities has been a ubiquitous practice in countless wars and genocides in order to achieve the wartime objectives of perpetrators. Although camps have been used for different strategic purposes, their essential functions are always the same: to inflict torture and lasting trauma on the victims. Torture, Humiliate, Kill develops the author’s collective traumatization theory, which contends that the concentration camps set up by the Bosnian Serb authorities had the primary purpose of inflicting collective trauma on the non-Serb population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This collective traumatization consisted of excessive use of torture, sexual abuse, humiliation, and killing. The physical and psychological suffering imposed by these methods were seen as a quick and efficient means to establish the Serb “living space.” Karčić argues that this trauma was deliberately intended to deter non-Serbs from ever returning to their pre-war homes. The book centers on multiple examples of experiences at concentration camps in four towns operated by Bosnian Serbs during the war: Prijedor, Bijeljina, Višegrad, and Bileća. Chosen according to their political and geographical position, Karčić demonstrates that these camps were used as tools for the ethno-religious genocidal campaign against non-Serbs. Torture, Humiliate, Kill is a thorough and definitive resource for understanding the function and operation of camps during the Bosnian genocide.
The paper gives a brief overview of the problem of traffic regulation and border crossings on the Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro border in 1912. After the border between Montenegro and Bosnia ...and Herzegovina was established at the Berlin Congress in 1878, certain problems were created in the realization of communications and the transition between the population of the border parts of this state. It was the area of the districts: Foca, Gacko, Bileca and Trebinje from the Bosnian side and the Pivka and Golija Captains from the Montenegrin side. Namely, in certain places there were no transitions from one side or the other, so the population went to the so-called. "Illegal" places, performing trade and other necessary jobs and needs. This represented some difficulties for the authorities of both countries, because many goods were smuggled, or not cleared, which caused some damage to these countries. The authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro were willing to regulate border relations, the establishment of several official crossing points, and the established procedure for monitoring passengers and clearance of goods. In 1912, this procedure was up-to-date, as confirmed by the mutual correlation between the official authorities of these states. In this paper, on the basis of several documents, attempts were made to point out attempts to regulate traffic and grant privileges to citizens on this border by the states of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As the region of Eastern Herzegovina and the Boka Kotorska (Kotor Bay) area is one of the most highly karstified areas in the world, its hydrogeological properties, typical for karst, are extremely ...exposed. The main erosion base-levels for surface and underground waters of that region are: the Neretva River valley in the west, the Adriatic Sea and Dubrovnik littoral in the south and Boka Kotorska in the east. At the same time it belongs to one of the most investigated karst regions in the world known as the Dinaric Karst. The basic theories related to the nature of karst are based on the multidisciplinary and long-lasting investigation of this particular region. World famous karstologists such as Cvijić, Grund, Katzer and many others created crucial theories of karstology based on investigations and analysis of the Dinaric Karst. Many large and successfully constructed structures (dams, reservoirs and tunnels) of the region also became the basis for the development of engineering karstology. Massive karst investigation works were also performed during the twentieth century. The accumulated data and knowledge have been presented at many scientific conferences and has also appeared in many publications. The text below presents in brief, the general natural properties of the region and represents only a small part of the available data.
East Herzegovina is characterized by substantial water resources and abundant precipitation from October to May each year. As a result, the karst poljes of east Herzegovina are experiencing major, ...long-lasting floods during the rainy period and, conversely, insufficient recharge to the aquifer systems and rivers in the summer, often causing streams to completely dry out. Consequently, the karst poljes, which are the largest arable lands in the area, are rendered virtually useless during most of the year. To address this issue, the idea was born to build multi-purpose systems—the Trebišnjica Hydropower Scheme—in the so-called Lower Horizons and Upper Horizons, the primary and ultimate goal being the management of water resources in the area. The Lower Horizons scheme, which encompasses hydraulic structures, surface reservoirs, hydroelectric power plants, irrigation systems and drinking water supply facilities, was largely completed in the 1970s. The outstanding Upper Horizons project calls for comprehensive development of the water regime, including water resources management, social, environmental and energy components, as well as the transfer of water from the Neretva River Basin to the Trebišnjica River Basin (still under evaluation). Namely, interbasin transfer would reduce the discharges of the Neretva’s left tributaries: the Buna, the Bunica and the Bregava, but must not threaten minimal natural flows. The hydraulic model and preliminary environmental impact assessment indicate that there will be no significant adverse impacts; however, continuous monitoring of the effects during both construction and operation is mandatory.
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