The subject of this thesis is landscape of former territorial-administrative unit, the Obrovac Municipality. Although the area displays heterogeneous geographic characteristics, it has developed as a unique historic micro region with Obrovac as a center. Throughout the centuries, the town has been an administrative, political, economic and traffic hub of this particular part of northern Dalmatia. It was only with the radical changes brought about by a devastating war in the 1990-ies that Obrovac area has lost its former specific character. The research of Obrovac area was conceptualized as a totality, a unique whole with millennia worth of human action which have made a considerable impact on the environment. The humans have affected changes in the landscape by building various structures or natural features were altered through the actions of humans. The purpose of this thesis was to research the landscape as a historical source, which include material and intangible elements from different historical periods. These aspects of landscape are of particular importance for Obrovac area as literary sources earlier than late medieval period have not been preserved. Hence, material remains were awarded a particular prominence in the thesis, still visible and present in contemporary landscape. Material remains were taken to signify various processes that were instrumental in alterations of landscape. However, the material remains were not the only type of record utilized in the research. Various intangible elements such as folk tales and toponyms were taken into consideration as an integral part of landscape constitution. One of the main characteristics of Obrovac area is karst relief, which is one of the reasons why numerous anthropogenic structures are still preserved well after thousands of years after they were built, most notably the earliest prehistoric sites such as hillforts and tumuli. A smaller part of Obrovac landscape is represented by agricultural and settlement areas which may be considered as zones of destruction where earlier structures (such as those from Roman period) are in rare cases preserved as surface structures. The period of late Middle ages is characterized by building of fortification structures which are preserved as ruins. Sacral buildings also feature prominently in this period and only a handful are preserved as standing buildings. The early Modern period is characterized by the emergence of numerous hamlets which were the basic settlement unit at the entire Obrovac area. Climate, relief and some historic circumstances were instrumental in extensive animal husbandry being elevated as a primary economic activity for several centuries. This form of subsistence economy caused tremendous changes in the environment such as rapid deforestation and soil erosion. These processes in turn stimulated land enclosure on a massive scale and the emergence of drystone wall enclosures, the most numerous anthropogenic structures in the Obrovac landscape. During the second half of the 20th century a rapid transformation of Obrovac area took place where animal husbandry was substituted with industry. The Obrovac area was transformed from a mostly poor area into a rather major industrial hub, based primarily on the extraction of Bauxite aluminum ore. Industrialization caused considerable degradation of landscape, which at the time was not considered to be an important resource and part of cultural heritage. The consequences of these massive industrialization processes are still keenly felt in the landscape. The Homeland war (1991. – 1995.) has terminated the industrial activities and economic breakdown and demographic decline ensued for a vast majority of settlements in the Obrovac area. The area is yet to recover (if ever) from these catastrophe grade events.