Connecting Early Neolithic worlds: excavating Mala (Nova) Pećina in Dalmatian Zagora, Croatia

Abstract

Recent excavations at Mala Pećina Cave in Croatia have provided new evidence for social and cultural interaction between mobile groups during the Balkan Early Neolithic.

Assemblages from Marginal Spaces

“…On the contrary, the Neolithic groups in both areas might have been in mutual contact even from the very first centuries of the 6 th millennium (Spataro 2009), and Mala Pećina might be the point in the region that connected the ecosystems separated by the Dinaric Alps -the coast and the hinterlands. As also presented in the short report of Drnić and Trimmis (2018), the Dinaric Alps might be that "marginal space" where different cultural groups were in contact and exchanged ideas and objects. This is still a research hypothesis mainly because the material from Mala Pećina looks overly "coastal" (e.g.…”

“…Naprotiv, neolitičke skupine s oba prostora mogle su biti u kontaktu od prvih stoljeća šestoga tisućljeća (Spataro 2009), a Mala pećina mogla je biti pozicija u području koje spaja dva velika ekosustava: obalni i kontinentalni. Kao što je predstavljeno u kratkom izvještaju (Trimmis, Drnić 2018), Dinaridi su mogli biti "marginalni prostor" gdje su skupine različitih kulturnih tradicija bile u kontaktu te su izmjenjivale ideje i predmete. Ovo je samo radna hipoteza, osobito ako se u obzir uzme da materijal iz Male pećine nosi znatna obilježja obalne tradicije.…”

Stočari i špilje u Hrvatskoj

“…Bones suggest that animals were bred in the vicinity of the cave, which was used for short-term keeping of animals, as evidenced by the stratigraphy. 63 Grapčeva Špilja, Hvar…”

“…Kosti sugeriraju da su životinje uzgajane u blizini špilje koja se koristila za kratkotrajno držanje životinja, o čemu svjedoči stratigrafija. 63 Grapčeva špilja -Hvar…”

Connecting Early Neolithic worlds: excavating Mala (Nova) Pećina in Dalmatian Zagora, Croatia—CORRIGENDUM

“…In the article by Trimmis and Drnić (2018), the caption for Figure 2 contained two spelling errors. The correct caption is as follows: Figure 2.…”