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Dating of the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Bogomil Obelić ,
Ines Krajcar Bronić ,
Jadranka Barešić ,
Željko Peković  and
Ante Milošević
Bogomil Obelić*
Affiliation:
Ruder Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ines Krajcar Bronić
Affiliation:
Ruder Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Jadranka Barešić
Affiliation:
Ruder Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Peković
Affiliation:
Omega Engineering, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Ante Milošević
Affiliation:
Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia
*
Corresponding author. Email: Bogomil.Obelic@irb.hr
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The famous single-arch stone bridge over the Neretva River in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was built in 1557–1566 by the order of Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. During the reconstruction of the Old Bridge, which was destroyed during the war in 1993, remnants of 2 older wooden bridges were found at the same location. Six wood and 2 charcoal samples were dated using the radiocarbon method. Wood samples with visible tree rings were taken for dendrochronological dating. The results point to several periods of construction and repairs to the bridge and the towers at each end, spanning from the 12th to 18th century. Calibrated 14C and dendrochronological ages were in good agreement.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2007 , pp. 617 - 623
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Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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