Archeological finds show that the island has been inhabited without interruption since the Neolithic, although not much about the earliest people is known.
In later periods, Greek and Latin sources refer to Κύριστα (Ancient Greek) or Curicta (Latin) as one of the Apsyrtidian or Electridian islands held by the Liburnians, an Illyrian tribe.
The Liburnians called the island "Curicum", which is assumed to be an illyrized name given the island by its original inhabitants.


There are the remains of prehistoric settlements near Draga Bašćanska and Bronze Age and Iron Age earthworks near Malinska, Dobrinj, Vrbnik and Baška.
Archeological finds show that the island has been inhabited without interruption since the Neolithic, although not much about the earliest people is known. In later periods, Greek and Latin sources refer to Κύριστα (Ancient Greek) or Curicta (Latin) as one of the Apsyrtidian or Electridian islands held by the Liburnians, an Illyrian tribe. The Liburnians called the island "Curicum", which is assumed to be an illyrized name given the island by its original inhabitants.

There are the remains of prehistoric settlements near Draga Bašćanska and Bronze Age and Iron Age earthworks near Malinska, Dobrinj, Vrbnik and Baška.
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