COMPARISON OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN THE LOCATION OF BOSTANISH, BUNISHT OF ZHUNICA WITH OTHER LOCALITIES IN THE MORAVA AND TOPLICA VALLEY

Abstract

This study was conducted by archaeological analysis of two localities Bostanisht and Bunisht of the village Zhunica which is located in southern Serbia near the E75 highway on the border with Macedonia. This paper will provide arguments about Albanian autochthony in the Morava Valley, which is now known as the Presevo Valley. The artifacts will be presented with materials found in two sites now well known to many world archaeologists such as the locality Bostanisht and Bunisht. Also, the very name of these localities is related to the Albanian words.

The purpose of this paper based on archaeological findings in these localities, and comparing them with other localities in the South of Serbia, is to present the scientific o π nion based on facts that in this area is a rich area with similar archaeological findings. This resemblance of artifacts implies a wide spread in the Morava valley of the ancient population. Based on the antiquity of the materials found in many localities of the Morava valley, it is about the Dardan tribe which was and is in these places populated by the Albanian people as their descendant. Patterns of pottery as well as stone figures are facts of the Middle Neolithic. Also as a basic conclusion are the findings of the huts that document a culture of the ancient Starches 7000 years ago. The tumulus necropolises are an argument of the antiquity of the Albanian people in this area.