Selena Vitezović
Biographic Data
| ID | 78012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Selena Vitezović |
| GIVEN NAMES | Selena |
| FAMILY NAME | Vitezović |
| SIGNATURE | VITEZOVIĆ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arheološki Institut |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1631-7016 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Taking the Deer by the Antlers: Deer in Material Culture in the Balkan Neolithic
Prehistoric communities had strong ties with the animal world that surrounded them—animals were prey, sources of food, and raw materials, but also threats and mysteries, and certain animals often had an important place in the symbolic realm. With the process of domestication and the switch to animal husbandry as the main source of animal food, these relations changed considerably, and a certain dichotomy between “the domestic” and “the wild” may …
Personal Ornaments and Burial Rites in Prehistory
Archaeological burial contexts are among particularly attractive topics for both experts – archaeologists, and wider audiences. The reasons behind this are partially the rich, attractive portable finds that are usually associated with these contexts, but also the interpretative potential, i.e., insight into rituals and symbolic values of people in the past. Archaeological finds from burial contexts are very diverse in their nature and function, a…
Epigravettian barbed points from Vlakno cave (Croatia): The earliest evidence for barbed point technology in the Adriatic
Bone technology in the Late Neolithic Vinča culture: Manufacturing pointed tools
Bird bone artifact from the Late Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age site of Zók (Hungary)
Bird bones were rarely used for production of artifacts, due to various reasons-they were much smaller and thinner than bones of mammals usually selected for tool production; they also have specific shapes and fine structure, inadequate for the majority of common artifact types. They were occasionally used for some specific objects, such as flutes, pipes, needle cases, and amulets. When it comes to the Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age periods in s…
Who Has an Art, Has Everywhere a Part: Craft Production, Specialization, and Prestige in Praehistoric Societies
Craft specialization means that certain tasks and/or activities are performed exclusively by certain members of a community, either as their main/basic activity, or parallel to other activities. The emergence of specialization is often associated to complex societies, or more precisely, its presence presupposes social stratification and is negated in non-stratified societies. However, the organization of production of various goods and the develo…
The Neolithic bone industry from the site of Slatina–Paraćin (excavations of 1962–1985)
Situl arheologic de la Slatina, în apropierea orașului Paraćin (Serbia), pe valea Moravei Mari este o așezare neolitică de mari dimensiuni, cu descoperiri bogate atribuite neoliticului târziu (cultura Vinča). Cercetări de salvare s-au defășurat între 1962 și 1964 și apoi în 1984– 1985, și au dus la descoperirea, pe lângă diverse și bogate complexe și materiale arheologice, a ca. 80 de piese atribuite industriei materiilor dure animale. Repertoriu…
Figural representations in the Early Eneolithic: An unpublished figurine from Bubanj (Eastern Serbia)
Figural representations from the Eneolithic period in the south-east Europe are not very common, especially in comparison with the Neolithic period, and they are also seldom discussed in the archaeological literature. In the Early Eneolithic Bubanj-Hum I culture, part of the Bubanj-Sălcuţa-Krivodol cultural complex, anthropomorphic figurines were produced from clay and bone ; however, particularly in the central Balkan area they are rarely found.…
Functional differentiation and possible regional specialisation of the Vinča culture settlements: Viewpoint from osseous and lithic industries
The Starčevo Culture Horizon at the Site of Kneževi Vinogradi (Eastern Croatia): Lithic and Osseous Industries
The region of Slavonia in eastern Croatia represents the westernmost area inhabited by the communities of the Starčevo culture, part of the Starčevo-Körös-Criş cultural complex. This region was intensively inhabited during the period between 6200 and 5500 cal BC, and numerous sites were excavated. Some of the aspects of the lives of these communities, however, are still insufficiently explored, in particular the economy and craft production. In t…
Osseous Technology in the Early and Middle Neolithic in the Central Balkans
Osseous raw materials were important raw material in the Early and Middle Neolithic Starčevo culture of the South-East Europe; they were widely used for production of everyday tools (awls, needles, scrapers, burnishers, chisels, hammers, etc.), other utilitarian objects (such as handles), weapons (projectile points) and ornaments (pendants, beads, buckles). In this paper will be presented the analysis of technological choices (raw material select…
Fishing and hunting gear from osseous raw materials in the Early Neolithic from Serbia
Managing Raw Materials in Prehistory: The Importance of Studying Osseous Raw Materials
The analysis of raw material acquiring and managing is the first, and one of the most important steps in the technological analysis. For prehistoric communities, particularly important were the raw materials of animal origin, which were used in almost all the cultures and all the periods for producing diverse everyday tools and decorative items. They were in most cases readily available and in large quantities, and also relatively easily transfor…
Antler exploitation and management in the Vinča culture: An overview of evidence from Serbia
Technology Studies and Material Culture Studies: Possibilities of Cooperation in the Case of Bone Artefacts
Bone artefacts are among the less thoroughly studied classes of archaeological material, especially in the case of particular periods and regions. The reasons behind this are not uniform. The most obvious and general are linked to the research practices of culture-historical archaeology, often neglecting bone artefacts, considering them not sufficiently attractive or informative. The most significant shift towards recognition of a set of potentia…
Neolithisation of technology: Innovation and tradition in the Starčevo culture osseous industry
The earliest Neolithic cultures in Southeast Europe brought significant changes in many aspects of everyday life, in subsistence, settlement patterns, architecture, and also ritual aspects. Technological changes are also very important – the introduction of completely new technologies, such as clay working, or new techniques in existing industries, e.g., lithic, osseous, etc. The osseous industry is especially informative for questions on innovat…
Fishing with lure hooks at the Late Neolithic site of Vinča – Belo Brdo, Serbia
Managing raw materials in Vinča culture: A case study of osseous raw materials from Vitkovo
In analyses of material recovered from archaeological sites, a dichotomy often exists between ‘specialist’ and ‘archaeological’ studies. This is especially noticeable in the case of faunal remains and bone artefacts. Bone artefacts are sometimes treated separately from fauna with emphasis on typological data, or they can be left within the fauna with only a remark on ‘other taphonomic traces’, thereby overlooking technological features of these a…
The white beauty – Starčevo culture jewellery
The Neolithic is an interesting phase for observing the changes which affected the material culture and the ideology of the prehistoric groups in Europe. The production of personal ornaments improved and new types appeared. A new kind of adornment object was often linked to a new costume expressing a particular social identity, and therefore to new social messages. This paper focuses on the personal ornaments of the Early and Middle Neolithic gro…
The Mesolithic bone industry from Kula, eastern Serbia
The Iron Gates area (Serbia and Romania) is well known for its extraordinary Mesolithic finds, first discovered almost fifty years ago, which initiated still ongoing debate on the relations between foragers and farmers and the very origin of Neolithic communities in this region. The questions regarding relative and absolute chronology and social relations have received the most attention, while some aspects of the material culture are still not a…
Fishing with lure hooks at the Late Neolithic site of Vinča – Belo Brdo, Serbia
The Mesolithic bone industry from Kula, eastern Serbia
The Iron Gates area (Serbia and Romania) is well known for its extraordinary Mesolithic finds, first discovered almost fifty years ago, which initiated still ongoing debate on the relations between foragers and farmers and the very origin of Neolithic communities in this region. The questions regarding relative and absolute chronology and social relations have received the most attention, while some aspects of the material culture are still not a…
Epigravettian barbed points from Vlakno cave (Croatia): The earliest evidence for barbed point technology in the Adriatic
The Mesolithic bone industry from Kula, eastern Serbia
The Iron Gates area (Serbia and Romania) is well known for its extraordinary Mesolithic finds, first discovered almost fifty years ago, which initiated still ongoing debate on the relations between foragers and farmers and the very origin of Neolithic communities in this region. The questions regarding relative and absolute chronology and social relations have received the most attention, while some aspects of the material culture are still not a…
The white beauty – Starčevo culture jewellery
The Neolithic is an interesting phase for observing the changes which affected the material culture and the ideology of the prehistoric groups in Europe. The production of personal ornaments improved and new types appeared. A new kind of adornment object was often linked to a new costume expressing a particular social identity, and therefore to new social messages. This paper focuses on the personal ornaments of the Early and Middle Neolithic gro…
Managing raw materials in Vinča culture: A case study of osseous raw materials from Vitkovo
In analyses of material recovered from archaeological sites, a dichotomy often exists between ‘specialist’ and ‘archaeological’ studies. This is especially noticeable in the case of faunal remains and bone artefacts. Bone artefacts are sometimes treated separately from fauna with emphasis on typological data, or they can be left within the fauna with only a remark on ‘other taphonomic traces’, thereby overlooking technological features of these a…
Fishing with lure hooks at the Late Neolithic site of Vinča – Belo Brdo, Serbia
Neolithisation of technology: Innovation and tradition in the Starčevo culture osseous industry
The earliest Neolithic cultures in Southeast Europe brought significant changes in many aspects of everyday life, in subsistence, settlement patterns, architecture, and also ritual aspects. Technological changes are also very important – the introduction of completely new technologies, such as clay working, or new techniques in existing industries, e.g., lithic, osseous, etc. The osseous industry is especially informative for questions on innovat…
Antler exploitation and management in the Vinča culture: An overview of evidence from Serbia
Technology Studies and Material Culture Studies: Possibilities of Cooperation in the Case of Bone Artefacts
Bone artefacts are among the less thoroughly studied classes of archaeological material, especially in the case of particular periods and regions. The reasons behind this are not uniform. The most obvious and general are linked to the research practices of culture-historical archaeology, often neglecting bone artefacts, considering them not sufficiently attractive or informative. The most significant shift towards recognition of a set of potentia…
Fishing and hunting gear from osseous raw materials in the Early Neolithic from Serbia
Managing Raw Materials in Prehistory: The Importance of Studying Osseous Raw Materials
The analysis of raw material acquiring and managing is the first, and one of the most important steps in the technological analysis. For prehistoric communities, particularly important were the raw materials of animal origin, which were used in almost all the cultures and all the periods for producing diverse everyday tools and decorative items. They were in most cases readily available and in large quantities, and also relatively easily transfor…
Osseous Technology in the Early and Middle Neolithic in the Central Balkans
Osseous raw materials were important raw material in the Early and Middle Neolithic Starčevo culture of the South-East Europe; they were widely used for production of everyday tools (awls, needles, scrapers, burnishers, chisels, hammers, etc.), other utilitarian objects (such as handles), weapons (projectile points) and ornaments (pendants, beads, buckles). In this paper will be presented the analysis of technological choices (raw material select…
Figural representations in the Early Eneolithic: An unpublished figurine from Bubanj (Eastern Serbia)
Figural representations from the Eneolithic period in the south-east Europe are not very common, especially in comparison with the Neolithic period, and they are also seldom discussed in the archaeological literature. In the Early Eneolithic Bubanj-Hum I culture, part of the Bubanj-Sălcuţa-Krivodol cultural complex, anthropomorphic figurines were produced from clay and bone ; however, particularly in the central Balkan area they are rarely found.…
Functional differentiation and possible regional specialisation of the Vinča culture settlements: Viewpoint from osseous and lithic industries
The Starčevo Culture Horizon at the Site of Kneževi Vinogradi (Eastern Croatia): Lithic and Osseous Industries
The region of Slavonia in eastern Croatia represents the westernmost area inhabited by the communities of the Starčevo culture, part of the Starčevo-Körös-Criş cultural complex. This region was intensively inhabited during the period between 6200 and 5500 cal BC, and numerous sites were excavated. Some of the aspects of the lives of these communities, however, are still insufficiently explored, in particular the economy and craft production. In t…
The Neolithic bone industry from the site of Slatina–Paraćin (excavations of 1962–1985)
Situl arheologic de la Slatina, în apropierea orașului Paraćin (Serbia), pe valea Moravei Mari este o așezare neolitică de mari dimensiuni, cu descoperiri bogate atribuite neoliticului târziu (cultura Vinča). Cercetări de salvare s-au defășurat între 1962 și 1964 și apoi în 1984– 1985, și au dus la descoperirea, pe lângă diverse și bogate complexe și materiale arheologice, a ca. 80 de piese atribuite industriei materiilor dure animale. Repertoriu…
Who Has an Art, Has Everywhere a Part: Craft Production, Specialization, and Prestige in Praehistoric Societies
Craft specialization means that certain tasks and/or activities are performed exclusively by certain members of a community, either as their main/basic activity, or parallel to other activities. The emergence of specialization is often associated to complex societies, or more precisely, its presence presupposes social stratification and is negated in non-stratified societies. However, the organization of production of various goods and the develo…
Bone technology in the Late Neolithic Vinča culture: Manufacturing pointed tools
Bird bone artifact from the Late Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age site of Zók (Hungary)
Bird bones were rarely used for production of artifacts, due to various reasons-they were much smaller and thinner than bones of mammals usually selected for tool production; they also have specific shapes and fine structure, inadequate for the majority of common artifact types. They were occasionally used for some specific objects, such as flutes, pipes, needle cases, and amulets. When it comes to the Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age periods in s…
Taking the Deer by the Antlers: Deer in Material Culture in the Balkan Neolithic
Prehistoric communities had strong ties with the animal world that surrounded them—animals were prey, sources of food, and raw materials, but also threats and mysteries, and certain animals often had an important place in the symbolic realm. With the process of domestication and the switch to animal husbandry as the main source of animal food, these relations changed considerably, and a certain dichotomy between “the domestic” and “the wild” may …
Personal Ornaments and Burial Rites in Prehistory
Archaeological burial contexts are among particularly attractive topics for both experts – archaeologists, and wider audiences. The reasons behind this are partially the rich, attractive portable finds that are usually associated with these contexts, but also the interpretative potential, i.e., insight into rituals and symbolic values of people in the past. Archaeological finds from burial contexts are very diverse in their nature and function, a…
Epigravettian barbed points from Vlakno cave (Croatia): The earliest evidence for barbed point technology in the Adriatic
Archaeology (18 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 works) · Geography (16 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (12 works) · History (11 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 works) · Biology (6 works) · Prehistory (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Art (5 works)