History

Istria boasts the oldest human artifact found in Croatia, which dates back to the earlier Stone Age. It's a simple stream of pebbles from which the ancient ancient man snapped the parts, to sharpen it and turn it into a tool. The object is about 800 000 years old and was found in the cave of the Šandalja site, near Pula. In the second cave of the same site were discovered findings from the younger Stone Age - the remains of an ancient crooner type, the bones of hunting animals and a large hearth, about 12,300 years old. At that time, the ancient settlers of Istria also lived in Romuald's cave near the Lim Channel and Vergotin's cave near Porec. There was an ice age.

With the climate change in Istria is about 6000. The younger Stone Age began, the Neolithic. The Ice Age was over, the climate became more suitable for life and wildlife was scattered. Neolithic man came out of the caves, learned to process the stone better, and plant the tools on a wooden handle. He discovered clay and invented pottery. Istrian vessels from this period are simple, oval-shaped. They are decorated with the edge of the shell or other objects. In addition to farming and livestock farming, weaving developed, and the ancient Istrians stopped the nomadic way of life and created the first settlements with huts partially buried in the soil. Such settlements were in southern Istria, veruvela, Vela Gromače, Vižule, Paradišela and elsewhere.