Roman Rural Site at St. Petkina Niva, North Macedonia. Archaeological and Geophysical Investigation

A combination of surface survey, geophysical prospection and excavation was used to investigate a site dated to the Roman period in North Macedonia nearby the Ohrid Lake. The site is placed in the territory of Leskoec village, in an area locally known as St. Petkina Niva. The excavation uncovered stone foundations of a house, with stone destruction inside the house and likely a pavement on its outer side. At the ground level inside the house, just above the bedrock into which the foundations were dug, fragments of several storage vessels (dolia) were found, some in situ, some in fragments, scattered over the inner space. The dolia, as well as the accompanied material including various pottery classes, glass fragments, bone pin and few metals, might be dated from the 1st till 4th c. AD. The same chronology might be anticipated for the investigated house, which revealed only one construction phase. Due to the lack of diagnostic material the construction or habitation period of the house cannot be narrowed down.