The archaeological site Crikvine is located north of Solin, in the settlement Rupotine, on an elevation that is surrounded by two creeks: Sv. Ilija and Suvaja. This site is famous already since 1908 when it was examined by Brother Frane Bulić during which a smaller church (ca. 8 x 5 m) was revealed, but also parts of an ancient complex from which only a larger apse and the walls east of it remained visible. A great number of graves were discovered around the church. Collected material from this site is archived in the Archaeological Museum in Split. Bulić was particularly interested in Roman inscriptions that he also publicized in the Bulletin and a relief displaying Mithras, which was, as the Roman inscriptions were, in secondary use as a cover at one of the graves that were discovered during the excavations. Revisionary research was conducted in 1929 under the direction of E. Dyggve. Today, the pictures and drawings from these works are archived in the Conservation Department in Split.

Staff members of the Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments have been exploring this site since 2007 when the Museum conducted a campaign of cleaning the area and defining the structures. The successive campaign consisted of exploring the mediaeval graves, while the last one, which ended in June 2009, included preparatory works for the temporary preservation of the explored structures, particularly the one-nave church. The examined graves indicate to the Late Middle Ages. However, they were overlaid by an earlier level of graves, which became apparent after the removal of the covering of the upper layer. The single-beaded earrings, which were discovered in a grave of a younger woman in the area of the ancient structure with the apse, must be emphasized among the more significant finds that determine the age of the earlier layer of graves.

Participants in the research work at Crikvine were the following staff members of the Museum: Zoran Alajbeg – photographer; Maja Marković, Silvana Juraga, Nada Šimundić Bendić,-documentalists, Nikolina Uroda and Ante Jurčević; curators.