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Ancient DNA analysis of cyprinid remains from the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges reveals an extirpated fish species Rutilus frisii (Nordmann, 1840)

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2017
The paper presents and discusses the results of the first ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis of cyprinid remains recovered from the Mesolithic-Neolithic sites of Vlasac, Lepenski Vir and Padina in the Danube Gorges (North-Central Balkans).
Ivana Zivaljevic, Danijela Popovic, Ales Snoj   +2 more
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MESOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC (DIS)CONTINUITIES IN THE DANUBE GORGES: NEW AMS DATES FROM PADINA AND HAJDUCKA VODENICA (SERBIA)

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2004
In this paper we present 17 new AMS dates from the Mesolithic–Early Neolithic sites of Padina and Hajdućka Vodenica and discuss the continuity and nature of occupation at them in the context of the Mesolithic–Neolithic transformations in the Danube ...
Dusan Boric
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Was the Dog Locally Domesticated in the Danube Gorges? Morphometric Study of Dog Cranial Remains From Four Mesolithic–Early Neolithic Archaeological Sites by Comparison With Contemporary Wolves

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2015
In this article, we test a hypothesis about local dog domestication in the Danube Gorges of the central Balkans in the course of the Mesolithic period.
Vesna Dimitrijevic
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Sulphur isotope evidence for freshwater fish consumption: a case study from the Danube Gorges, SE Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2010
To explore the use of sulphur Isotopes as an indicator of the consumption of freshwater fish, we undertook sulphur isotope analysis on bone collagen extracted from humans and animals from five archaeological sites from the Danube Gorges region dating ...
Olaf Nehlich, Dusan Boric, Sofija ŠTEFANOVIC   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Gathered fruits as grave goods? Cornelian cherry remains from a Mesolithic grave at the site of Vlasac, Danube Gorges, south-east Europe

Quaternary International, 2020
Establishing the use and purpose of wild plant remains recovered from archaeological layers is in many cases far from straightforward. When discovered in a mortuary context, they are generally interpreted as remnants of ritual eating or drinking ...
Dragana Filipovic, Milica Fotirić Aksić, Dragana Dabić Zagorac   +2 more
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The Living and The Dead, Memory and Transition: Bayesian Modelling of Mesolithic and Neolithic Deposits from Vlasac, the Danube Gorges

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2015
The paper applies Bayesian statistical modelling to radiocarbon dates obtained for a stratigraphic sequence comprising occupation features and superimposed burials from the Late Mesolithic (c.7400–6200 cal BC) to the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition (c ...
Dusan Boric, Seren Griffiths
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Palaeodemography of the foraging to farming transition: insights from the Danube Gorges Mesolithic-Neolithic transformations

2021
The diffusion of the farming way-of-life into environments occupied by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in Europe has been associated with two major demographic events: the migrations of farmers originating from the Near-East and an unprecedented population increase, the “Neolithic Demographic Transition” (NDT).
Tamara Blagojevic, Jelena Jovanović, Zuzana Hofmanová   +2 more
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Mesolithic-Neolithic Transformations: The Populations of the Danube Gorges

2014
In the Danube Gorges that lie between Serbia and Romania, several archeological sites critical for the understanding of the transitions between the Mesolithic and Neolithic in southeastern Europe have been discovered. In particular, several preserved burial sites, containing around 500 individual skeletal remains, offer a unique opportunity to examine ...
Borić, Dušan, Radović, Marija, Stefanović, Sofija   +2 more
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Danube Bend: Miocene Half-Caldera and Pleistocene Gorge

2015
The Danube Bend, a river curvature, called Visegrad Gorge in its deepest and narrowest part, is one of the most picturesque landscapes in Hungary. Its origin and relief evolution has been a long-standing problem in Hungarian earth sciences. A number of geomorphological theories have been put forward in explaining the valley with a U-shaped planform ...
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Fașancul in the Danube Gorge – the celebration of the masks – a tradition that will not be lost

FILOLOGIA MODERNĂ: REALIZĂRI ŞI PERSPECTIVE ÎN CONTEXT EUROPEAN
It can be said that folklore represents an “arch over time”, a bridge, an indestructible link between what was and what will remain as a legacy to posterity. That is why, in the present work, we analyze a tradition specific to the area of the Danube Gorge – Fășancul/ Fărșangul – a celebration of masks, known in folklore as “carnival”.
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