In 1951, Marinko Gjivoje, Boris Ilakovac and Vinko Foretic started test excavations and the results were allowed the proposal to proceed.

Based on these findings, Grga Novak decided to further excavate in order to confirm the caves links with the island of Hvar.

Radiocarbon dated finds suggest seasonal human presence for hunting and the collection of marine resources from 20,000 years BC.

The local towns people of Vela Luka called them Baba i Dida, meaning Grandma & Grandpa.

Further excavations between 2001 and 2006, produced 36 ceramic artifacts dated to the late Upper Palaeolithic period, about 17,500 to 15,000 years ago.