Summary
Traces of Mithraism in Slovenia are represented by a large number of Mithraea and finds of altars and stones carved with Mithraic symbols. Some of these have been systematically studied and ...are quite well-known, others are poorly documented and less known. This difference is largely a consequence of factors from antiquity, such as the social status of the dedicators of the monuments and the choice of the location.
Our contribution focuses on the location of these shrines in north-eastern Slovenia, especially at Drava Plain and Ager of Poetovio, one of the most important Mithraic centres. The questions we explore are: where and in what environment were Mithraea built; what is their relationship to other urban structures, traffic routes, natural resources and topography; and what role do they have in their setting within provincial and city boundaries.
The results of our analysis show the heterogeneity of responses to these questions and, consequently, the vitality of the cult of Mithras in the study area.
A still unresolved heated discussion took place nearly 70 years ago in the second and third issue of the Historic Review. It is one of the most controversial archaeological issues in Slovenia, i.e. ...the problem of the so-called Slavic sanctuary in Ptuj. Author presents the vibrant background of the discovery in the post-war Yugoslavia during the big archaeological excavations on the western plateau of the Ptuj Castle. Excavations are presented in a bigger context of the post-war (re)building of the state and nation (of Yugoslavs), as archaeologists and historians laid new foundations of new state.
This study concerns the microfacies characterization of white and black limestone tesserae from selected Roman floor mosaics in Slovenia, with the aim of defining their provenance. We investigated 42 ...tesserae from 15 different mosaics from the archaeological sites of Ljubljana, Izola, Mošnje, Ptuj, Črnomelj and Šentpavel, dated from the first century bc to the fifth century ad. Among the studied tesserae, 13 different microfacies were identified: eight black and five white. The most common were mudstones with ostracods (65% of black tesserae) and wacke‐packstones with miliolids (85% of white tesserae). The majority of the identified facies can be found in the Cretaceous successions of the Dinaric Carbonate Platform in south‐western Slovenia, north‐eastern Italy and south‐eastern Croatia, suggesting a regional or imported origin of the tesserae.
The author of the present paper based herself on archives and printed newspaper sources to present extraordinary winter extreme weather events in the Ptuj area between 1700 and 1941. Extreme weather ...events have been affecting man's everyday life since always and changing his living environment. Data about the extreme weather events that Ptuj citizens had to live through were recorded by chroniclers. All town chronicles read about severe winters, ice on the river Drava which represented the major obstacle, and consequently floods in the town in 18th and until the mid-20th century. The Ptuj citizens focused on particular on the frozen Drava in 1766, the event that was represented on a votive painting The Ice on the River Drava by a local painter, Franz Josef Fellner. Ptuj district office set up a crisis management board each time the river froze in order to monitor the foreseen danger and protect and save the citizens by following strict measures. Although the then town administration had a system of information and action due to repeated floods and frequent icy winters to quickly resolve the situation after each flood and melting ice, the town needed a lot of energy, will and financial resources to redevelop, and the reconstruction was carried out slow; the renovation processes were also slow due to additional financial burdens rather long. In 1896 the Municipality of Ptuj decided to build a new Drava embankment between the two bridges (road and railway) in the length of 236 meters. Between 1897 and 1907 river banks were strengthened with supportive walls. With this investment, they protected the lower part of the town from further floods. The Drava embankment with supportive walls between the two bridges protects the lower part of the town Ptuj from floods even in the 21st century.
Prispevek obravnava družino in mladost Antona Korošca, enega vodilnih slovenskih politikov pred drugo svetovno vojno. Korošec se je rodil maja 1872 v Biserjanah pri Svetem Juriju ob Ščavnici, v ...družini očeta Janeza in mame Neže (rojene Ploj). Imel je starejšega brata Jakoba in mlajšo sestro Marijo. Bil je nečak pravnika in rodoljuba Jakoba Ploja ter bratranec pravnika in politika Miroslava Ploja. Obiskoval je gimnazijo na Ptuju in v Mariboru, kasneje pa je bil gojenec mariborskega bogoslovja. 25. julija 1895 je bil posvečen v duhovnika, nato pa je služboval na Sladki gori pri Ponikvi ter v Marenbergu (danes Radlje ob Dravi). Zatem je bil učni prefekt v mariborskem dijaškem semenišču. Julija 1905 je promoviral za doktorja teologije v Gradcu.
The article addresses the brief 13th century dispute between the Styrian noble families of Ptuj (German: Pettau) and Liechtenstein. The related texts should be considered as some of the earliest ...still preserved examples of medieval propaganda of one Styrian family against an other. The paper's purpose is to highlight the most important narrative source of the time, Ottokar aus der Gaal's Styrian Rhyme Chronicle. This Chronicle was written by a Liechtenstein vasal, and was meant to portray Frederick V of Ptuj as a coward – specifically during the battle on the Marchfeld. The article discusses the reason behind and the course of the feud, the actual accusation of cowardice, the validity of the accusation and lastly the epilogue of the whole dispute between the parties. Both of the Styrian nobles involved – Otto II of Liechtenstein and Frederick V of Ptuj – obviously came to an agreement sometime in the early 1280s and sealed hostilities with a marriage of their children.
The hill of Panorama in Ptuj is one of the most important areas of Roman Poetovio. Chance finds and small-scale excavations in the past centuries have revealed the existence of significant ...archaeological remains that included buildings with numerous rooms and objects dedicated to a variety of deities, the remains of a sanctuary dedicated to the Nutrices, an Early Christian church, an aqueduct and a cemetery. The geophysical investigations have revealed the urban design with a rectilinear grid of streets and building plots.The first few chapters of the book present the history of archaeological research on Panorama, the analytical approaches and the geophysical investigations with the methods employed and the final results. The main chapters correlate the archaeological data of differing quality and nature (chance finds, rescue excavations, old and modern archaeological investigations, geophysical surveys) and locate them with a series of plans. The comprehensive overview is supported by a Catalogue of stone monuments that presents the basic data, descriptions, bibliography, commentary and photographs of the stone objects recovered on Panorama.
The Mura-Zala sedimentary Basin is a Neogene basin with many competing geopotentials, spanning parts of Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Hungary. Here we present the 3D regional geological model of the ...Slovenian part of the Mura-Zala Basin, which was developed to integrate the latest information on the geological structure of NE Slovenia and to publish the model in an open-access mode for easier and faster assessment of geopotentials. This was achieved through the harmonisation of the legacy geological models, the reinterpretation of 145 borehole logs, the construction of the 3D numerical geological model in JewelSuiteTM, and delivering it into a 3D-Explorer environment. The model comprises nine lithostratigraphical units. The Pre-Neogene basement rocks are covered by the Haloze Formation; the Špilje Formation – Badenian and Sarmatian; the Lendava Formation – turbidites and slope; the Mura Formation – delta front and delta plain; and the alluvial Ptuj-Grad Formation. The model has two principal shortcomings, related to currently unavailable seismic reflction data faults were not implemented, and the Quaternary formations were not delimited. The model is useful for regional-scale studies and may reduce geological risks related to exploration in NE Slovenia. It will also support a better assessment of geopotentials and a more feasible approach to their development, and, eventually, will enable the harmonized management of our subsurface in 3D space. This can be achieved using the 3D-Explorer platform which enables the creation of arbitrary vertical cross-sections, horizontal slices and virtual boreholes.
The purpose of this article is to showcase opportunities for local communities to demonstrate self-sufficiency with respect to natural resources (gravel and sand) in the east of Slovenia. Limitations ...put in place for the exploitation of mineral resources by applicable regulations in the light of groundwater protection were analysed particularly in the context of mining undertaken in an area of shallow alluvium with a shallow groundwater table. It is essential that land disturbance (from mining activity) complies with the environmental limitations imposed by both EU and Slovenian law. The study highlights the factors directly indicating the inadequacy of the applicable regulations in Slovenia in relation to mining in areas of shallow groundwater; those limitations put in place the exploitation of mineral resources as unlawful works. This article outlines how such limitations negatively affect local communities’ self-sufficiency and the region with natural resources, specifically mineral resources. To this end, when selecting which alluvial plain to test, we focused on the area of the Drava and Ptuj Plain (Dravsko polje and Ptujsko polje) in Slovenia. The Drava River flows through the area in question across this alluvial plain. The artificially regulated power canal of the Zlatoličje hydroelectric power plant runs parallel to the river. Pursuant to environmental regulations, mineral resources can be exploited in these areas only up to two metres above the highest groundwater level. This criterion makes it almost impossible to pursue the additional exploitation of mineral resources in this area, as well as similar areas in the catchment area of the Danube River in Slovenia. We believe that in terms of the shared use of physical space it is necessary to change this limitation and link it directly to the percentage of exploited physical space and the application of relevant extraction technologies, which do not pollute groundwater either directly or indirectly. We also believe that the criterion put in place does not withstand expert judgment as the requirement for excavation to cease up to two metres above the highest groundwater level was not defined by means of the scientific method. The article analyses inconsistencies and puts forward measures for the ongoing eco-friendly and economically sustainable exploitation of mineral resources. As an alternative, we thus suggest implementing the EU Regulation via an act that would set out the necessary limitations, based on expert starting points arising from cartographic bases under consideration of the tetrahedral consensus-seeking methodology.
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