The life in the Baška area was conditioned by the rich valley open towards the sea. The settlement in the area was not always connected to one place alone, as is the case with Krk, Omišalj or Dobrinj. From the prehistory until the Middle Ages, the centre of life moved from one area to another, depending on historical changes. In the prehistory, ever since the Neolithic, the first “settlers” lived in caves situated on the slopes of the southern mountain massif (caves Škuljica and Voganjska Peć).
The traces of Roman urbanism are found in the littoral area. However, there is little information about this Roman village. The Roman cemetery was found near the beach, to the north of the church of St Marco, but there are no traces of a Roman settlement.
The first centuries a. d., i.e. centuries marked by the penetration of the Roman culture to the island and the unavoidable Romanisation, still remain vague. A few findings of antique stellae in the city of Baška, the antique necropolis from the 1st and 2nd century (north of the church of St Marco) and the finding of antique money from the 1st century show that it happened, but provide almost no information about the real antique urbanization of the area.