Vardar Rid, Gevgelija – a multifaceted settlement with a continuous life since the end of the bronze time and throughout the entire millennium BC. It is located on the eastern periphery of Gevgelija, two dominant hills (Reed 1 and 2) at the right bank itself. Vardar. Systematically investigated from 1995 to 2007, the Acropolis sectors, South and Eastern terrace. In general, stratography, 15 layers of 6 different settlements are allocated. The first settlement (Vardar Rid 1) implies only separate Neolithic findings, incidentally detected at the lowest southern terrace. The second settlement (Vardar hill from the discovered part of the settlement Vardar Rid, Gevgelija 2) is a small settlement since the end of the bronze time, limited to the southern slopes of the hill 1, as well as separate burials (crazy inhumans) of the opposite, west side of the hill. The third and fourth settlement covers the Iron Age, through a total of 7 cultural layers (from ⅹ. The fifth settlement implies the start of urbanization, early anti-architecture and material culture, ⅳ c. BC The sixth settlement developed through 4 cultural layers of or renew, mainly during the ⅲ and ⅱ c. BC, with an extended life on the eastern terrace to ⅰ c. Among the most significant buildings discovered the Vardar Reed stands out the so-called. City stood from the fifth settlement (as of ⅳ c. BC). The most numerous are the buildings of the last ⅵ settlement (parts of the inner tower, metallurgical, craft workshops, shops, streets, residential buildings, etc.). In particular, the so-called. Collector’s house (from ⅱ c. BC) characterized by a rich inventory of findings from different periods of ⅶ to ⅱ c. BC In addition to the large number of coins from all Macedonian rulers (more than 500 pieces), one leaves of 51 silver tetradar from Aleksandar ⅲ, Cassander, Lisimah and Selek, and, who marks the end of life in the fifth settlement, probably destroyed by the Celts in 279 BC Lit.: D. Mitrevski, the Old Macedonian city of Vardar Reid, Skopje, 2001; Group authors, Vardar hill, 1, Skopje, 2005. Dr. M.
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Кириличен напис ВАРДАРСКИ РИД, ГЕВГЕЛИЈА