  Location withinKosovo | |
| Coordinates | 42°34′49″N21°32′36″E / 42.58028°N 21.54333°E /42.58028; 21.54333 |
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| Altitude | 725 m (2,379 ft) |
| Area | 6 ha (15 acres) |
| History | |
| Periods | Late Bronze Age Iron Age (8th-7th centuries BCE) Classical-Hellenistic antiquity (5th-4th centuries BCE) Roman era Late Antiquity (4th-6th centuries CE) |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 2016 |
| Management | Archaeological Institute of Kosovo |
Busavatë known locally asGuri i Madh andKërshi i Madh is an archaeological site inKosovo. The site is an ancient settlement which existed from theLate Bronze Age tolate antiquity. The settlement began as a hilltop settlement on the Busavatë hill at an altitude of 725 m. In theHellenistic period, the settlement was moved at the slopes of the hill in the location known asLivadhet. The modern village ofBusavatë is located in the vicinity of the ancient site.
The site was discovered in 2016 during afield survey of the Archaeological Institute of Kosovo in the region.[1] The site first developed in the Late Bronze Age. Alaj (2019) has recorded the archaeological periodization of the site as follows: Busavatë I - LBA / II - EIA (8th-7th centuries BCE) / III - classical era (5th-4th centuries BCE)/ IV - Roman era / V - late antiquity/early medieval.[2] Busavatë belongs to the same group of sites likeDardana Fortress which is ~10 km to the north-east of Busavatë. The total territory of the site is 6 ha. In the first period of the site in the Late Bronze Age it was as a hilltop settlement in a fortified position at an altitude of 725 m. Like other settlements which saw demographic growth during the Iron Age, the site was moved to a lowland position below the hilltop settlement in the Hellenistic era.[3]
