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In October 2020, the Institute of Archaeology and the Šibenik City Museum continued the excavation of the site of Mukoše near Goriš that was discontinued in 2002. The site, previously considered to be a tumulus around 35 m in diameter and 4 meters in height, conceals several meters high remains of a structure under the collapsed material, time of origin or the original function of which are still not known. The base of the structure consists of a rectangle around 18.70 x 19.25 m, with two smaller apses on one side and one larger apse on all the other sides. The inner walls of the structure can also be noted. After the structure had already collapsed, multiple graves were buried in the collapsed portion, probably at the beginning of the early modern period. The main goal of this year’s short excavation was to clear out the dense vegetation that had grown on it, gain insight into the floor plan of the structure, to the extent it was possible to do so, excavate visible graves, and document the findings in drawing and photos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In April 2021, the Institute of Archaeology and the Šibenik Town Museum continued the archaeolog- ical excavations at the Mukoše site near Goriš. This multi-layered site was created by the collapse of the upper part of a stone building of imposing size. The unique ground plan consists of a rectangle with one apse on each side, except for the eastern side, where there were two apses. When the building had already collapsed and was similar to a cairn, in the late Middle Ages, it had a watchtower on a corner. For now, most of what we can say concerns the final phase of the site, when the structure-turned-cairn was chosen for burials. The radiocarbon analyses of selected graves date these burials to the 16th century. In fact, in the second quarter of the 16th century, after the Šibenik hinterland had long been a deserted no-man's land, the wider area of Goriš was settled by a new population: Christian Morlachs. They first moved into properties that had been abandoned for some time, and then chose to conduct their burials at the nearest site with upright solid walls, believing it was a church, consecrated ground. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]