| The Kornati Islands were first colonized in the time of the Illyrians. Small quadrangular separate or grouped dwellings (found below Pedinka, above Željkovci, in Pod Selo by Trtuša and Grbe on the Island of Žut), remains of towns and castles (Šcikat, Stražišce, Tureta, Grbe) and numerous stone grave-mounds (tumuli can be found on almost every elevation on the Kornat and Žut Islands) testify to the fact that Kornati Islands were significantly inhabited during the prehistoric times. The main economic activity of the inhabitants was stock keeping but fishing also played a very important part in their economy. |