ENGLISH SUMMARIES
- MIHA KOSI, "SLOVENIA – AN ALPINE COUNTRY. GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION"
Is Slovenia an alpine country, too? A first glance at the map of Europe might well arouse doubts. The fact is, only the south-eastern tip of the Eastern Alps reaches Slovenia. But anyone who has ever travelled through Slovenia will have no doubt that this is the case of a definitely mountainous, and in one part, completely alpine region. The Alps cover 40% of the state surface. The article provides an introduction into the geography and history of this alpine region. It describes first of all geographical formation on the macro- and microlevel, together with the characteristics of climate and soil. Followed by a survey of the history of settlement and of recent and most recent developments in agriculture, industry, tourism and communications. The Slovene alpine region has thus undergone vast changes in the past few decades – with their resulting economic and ecological advantages and disadvantages, such as are to be met with in other parts of the Alps, too.
- DRAGO SVOLJŠAK, IVAN TURK, SLAVKO CIGLENEČKI, "THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMAGE OF THE SLOVENIAN ALPS"
After a review of the archaeological sites and periods the article presents us with two new and extraordinary excavations in the Slovenian Alps. Drago Svoljšak’s review from the Palaeolithic Age up until the 10th century A. D. reveals the wealth of archaeological sites. Quite otherwise than in the upper mountain areas, where up till now mere traces of human activity have been recorded, there are for the alpine valleys a host of evidence from varying periods. Ivan Turk presents the excavations of palaeolithic substances in the caves of Divje bave I in the Idrijca Valley. In 1995 these led to the unearthing of a flute-like bone, which may well be the oldest known musical instrument in Europe (45’000 B. C.). Slavko Ciglenečki describes the investigation of the fortified mountain settlement of Tonovcov grad, near Kobarid, begun in 1992.
