New radiocarbon determinations from Mesolithic, Neolithic, and/or Copper Age contexts at ten sites are presented, bringing the number of absolute dates available for the East Adriatic to more than twice that of a decade ago. The dates show that, from 6000 BC onward, pottery styles (Impressed Ware, Danilo variants, Hvar, Nakovana, and Cetina) emerged, spread, and disappeared at different times, places, and rates within the region. The implications for models of the spread of farming and other features of Neolithic life are discussed. The continued usefulness of the threefold division of the regional Neolithic into ‘Early’, ‘Middle’, and ‘Late’ phases is found to be dubious.
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This is the second preliminary report of excavations and analyses of Opovo-Ugar Bajbuk, a Neolithic settlement of the Vinta-Plocnik culture located in the lowerTamis' river valley, NE Yugoslavia. The Opovo Archaeological Project began in the summer of 1983; this report covers the 1985-1987 field seasons. Work at Opovo has continued to reveal more about the unusual reliance placed by the site's inhabitants on wild food resources, the apparent lack of long-term settlement occupation, and the social organization ofproduction and consumption. An unexpected find of the 1987 season was afragment of linen, the earliest direct evidence for textile production in European prehistory. Detailed examination of methods of house construction and house destruction--part of an effort to investigate the role of households at the site-led to the discovery of the first two-story dwelling ever encountered at a Vinia site. The site of Opovo-Ugar Bajbuk is providing new light on previously unknown dimensions of variation within the Vinia culture. This content downloaded from 202.28.191.34 on Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:09:05 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions continuity at Opovo. The discussion focuses on the construction and destruction of Opovo's houses and on the production and spatial patterning of food remains, pottery, stone tools, and other artifacts found at the site. All of this information contributes to our attempt to compare the dynamics of late Neolithic socioeconomic change north and south of the Danube. Almost from the outset, it was clear that there were important differences (as well as similarities) between Opovo, north of the Danube, and other late Neolithic settlements south of the Danube. As was reported earlier (Tringham, Brukner, and Voytek 1985), the formal characteristics and the technology used in the production of This content downloaded from 202.28.191.34 on Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:09:05 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
Small islands offer archaeologists interesting and manageable subjects for survey and excavation. The recent work on Adriatic islands reported here examines occupation during the 3rd millennium BC, showing how sailors exploited islands for trade, control and raw materials.
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