TIRANA, July 27/ATA/ Albanian-Swiss team has resumed work on the scientific research project “Lin 3, Underwater Archaeological Excavations” in the village Lin in Pogradec.
Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation Blendi Gonxhja said that after an interruption, the excavations on the ground and under water, near the village of Buqeze in Pogradec, have resumed, bringing to light new elements.
The results of 2023 as well as the data of the archaeological material collected at the University of Geneva in Switzerland with the support of the University of Oxford in England, list the Lin 3 palafit settlement as the oldest settlement of this typology in Europe.
The impressive results of the study of the archaeological material convinced the researchers to intensify the research during the year 2024.
“During this season, the archaeologists will focus on deepening knowledge on the extent of this settlement, the complexity of construction, as well as its connections with archaeological sites of the same period in the Korça basin,” said Gonxhja.
Evaluating the significance of this archaeological discovery, the Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation and the National Institute of Cultural Heritage are working on preparation of the decision to protect and declare it an archaeological area, which is expected to be finalized within 2024.
Last year, Albanian and Swiss archaeologists found new materials in context of their several years of research in Lin i Pogradec, which speak of the earliest lake settlement in Europe.
