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Pottery technology at the dawn of metallurgy in the Vinča culture [PDF]
This chapter summarises the macroscopic and microscopic analyses of pottery sherds from the sites of Belovode and Pločnik, presented in Chapters 14 and 31, and provides insight into different technological traits in order to aid reconstruction of pottery
Amicone, S +3 more
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Balkan metallurgy and society, 6200–3700 BC [PDF]
This chapter reviews the pre-existing evidence and interpretations for early mineral use and metallurgy in the Balkans from the earliest use of copper minerals at c. 6200 BC (Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic) to c. 3700 BC (end of the Chalcolithic).
Radivojevic, M, Roberts, BW
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The Vinča culture: an overview [PDF]
This chapter reviews the archaeological evidence for the Vinča culture, the broader archaeological context for the majority of the metal production and metal artefacts extensively explored in Chapter 3, as well as for the sites of Belovode and Pločnik ...
Maric, M, Radivojevic, M, Roberts, BW
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Belovode excavation results [PDF]
The Neolithic–Chalcolithic site of Belovode covers approximately 40 ha (Figure 1). In the two fieldwork campaigns of 2012 and 2013, only 31.5 m2 was excavated due to the archaeometallurgical focus of the project.
Maric, M, Radivojevic, M, Roberts, BW
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A Vinča potscape: formal chronological models for the use and development of Vinča ceramics in south-east Europe. [PDF]
Recent work at Vinča-Belo Brdo has combined a total of more than 200 radiocarbon dates with an array of other information to construct much more precise narratives for the structural history of the site and the cultural materials recovered from it.
Barclay, A. +13 more
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Along the Rivers and into the Plain: Early Crop Diversity in the Central and Western Balkans and Its Relationship with Environmental and Cultural Variables [PDF]
Agriculture is a complex and dynamic socio-ecological system shaped by environmental, economic, and social factors. The crop resource pool is its key component and one that best reflects environmental limitations and socio-economic concerns of the ...
de Vareilles, Anne +3 more
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Abstract Chemical and lead isotope analyses aided by metallographic examination of copper axes found at the Late Neolithic settlement of Kietrz in southwestern Poland provide new evidence for the origin of copper and metal trade routes in the region. Our results indicate that metal used for the axes could be sourced from copper mines in modern Slovakia,
Łukasz Kowalski +8 more
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Paint It Black: The Rise of Metallurgy in the Balkans [PDF]
This paper integrates archaeological, material, microstructural and compositional data of c. 7,000 years old metallurgical production evidence with the aim to address the knowledge of the world’s earliest metalworkers.
Radivojević, M, Rehren, T
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Pločnik: technology of metal production [PDF]
Metallurgical materials recovered during the excavation campaigns of 2012 and 2013 in Pločnik show similar characteristics to samples already studied and published previously (Radivojević 2012, 2015; Radivojević and Kuzmanović Cvetković 2014; Radivojević
Radivojevic, M, Rehren, T
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