Background, the extent of the site and a short history of the research The site of Bolnica is located in the northeastern part of the presentday city of Paraćin and lies on the first terrace of the Crnica River, 1 which in fact repre sents the southern slopes of Karađorđevo Hill. The al titude of the terrace varies between 130 and 140 m. The western part of the site is marked as "Crkva", 2 due
The paper presents the basic research principles of the project THE FLOW (Interactions-Transmission-Transformation: Long-distance connections in the Copper and Bronze Age of the Central Balkans
The important role of the Balkans in the origin and development of metallurgy
is well established with respect to copper. In addition, Aleksandar Durman,
in his 1997 paper ?Tin in South-eastern Europe??, essentially initiated
studies into the role of the Balkans in Europe?s Bronze Age tin economy. He
identified six geologically favourable sites for tin mineralisation and
associated fluvial placer deposits in the former Yugoslavian republics, and
suggested that these may have added to the tin supply of the region. The
viability of two of these sites has been confirmed (Mt Cer and Bukulja,
Serbia) but the exploitation potential for the other locations has remained
untested. River gravels from these four sites (Motajica and Prosara in
Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bujanovac in Serbia; Ograzden in North Macedonia)
were obtained by stream sluicing and panning. The sites of Prosara and
Bujanovac were found to be barren with respect to cassiterite (SnO2).
Streams flowing from Motajica and Ograzden were both found to contain
cassiterite, but in amounts several orders of magnitude less than at Mt Cer
and Bukulja. Although it is possible that minor tin recovery occurred at
Motajica and Ograzden, it is unlikely that they could have contributed
meaningfully to regional tin trade. This is supported by the fact that the
isotopic signature (?124Sn) of cassiterite from Motajica is highly enriched
in light isotopes of tin compared to that associated with Late Bronze Age
artefacts of the region.
Der Text bietet einen Überblick zu neuen Ergebnissen der Ausgrabungen und naturwissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen an der Fundstelle Svinjarička Čuka im südlichen Morava-Tal in Serbien. Kürzlich gefundene Architekturreste der klassischen Starčevo Kultur belegen eine Reihe unterschiedlicher Siedlungsbefunde, die sich bislang einer früheren und einer späteren Besiedlungsphase auf der Flussterrasse zuordnen lassen, die absolut zwischen 5700/5600 und 5500 calBC datiert werden kann. Die Stratigraphie und Aspekte des Fundmaterials ausgewählter Kontexte werden vorgestellt, darunter ein potentielles "Starčevo Haus". Archäologische und naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen werden diskutiert und im Rahmen des Neolithisierungsprozesses kontextualisiert, mit Abschnitten zu neuen Radiokarbondatierungen und ihrer Bayesschen Modellierung, Keramikuntersuchungen, der geschlagenen Steinindustrie mit ihren Rohstoffquellen, Reibsteinen, den Faunenresten, den Ergebnissen von archäobotanischen und Holzkohleuntersuchungen. Die späteren Besiedlungsphasen des Fundplatzes werden mit neuen Ergebnissen zu Siedlungskontexten, Radiokarbondatierungen und Fundmaterial der mittleren und späten Bronzezeit und der frühen Eisenzeit vorgestellt.
This paper presents astragal belt which was discovered in 1989, in the course of archaeological excavations on Kablarovac site, not far from Gradina on Bosut river site, as well as several chance finds that are kept in ''Zavičajna arheološka zbirka'' in Šid. The main focus of this paper concerns typological and chronological analysis of astragal belt, based on belt buckle and the accompanying belt segments. Chance finds of astragal belt segments are analyzed as well.
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