Aleksandar Kapuran
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 156749 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Aleksandar Kapuran |
| PRENOMES | Aleksandar |
| SOBRENOME | Kapuran |
| ASSINATURA | KAPURAN A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8364-8309 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Workingman’s death – Burials of Bronze Age copper producers in Eastern Serbia
This paper discusses metal-producing Bronze Age societies in East Serbia with a particular focus on the associated urn cemeteries of local copper producers. As recent investigations have revealed, copper production sites and the associated urn cemeteries are significantly older (EBA-MBA) than previously assumed. The study delves into the complexity of resource exploitation, technological processes, and socio-economic implications associated with …
Farewell to the Young
The study of burials and mortuary practices in the past provides essential information on the role and treatment of children in past communities. This study aims to better understand the status of children by reviewing the material culture provided by child burial contexts. Early Iron Age (800–300 BC) mortuary practices in the southern Middle Danube (present–day eastern Croatia and northwestern Serbia) are characterized mostly by the cremation of…
The pattern of settlement occupation during the bronze age in eastern Serbia
Over the past fifteen years, systematic studies of prehistoric settlements and necropolises in north-eastern Serbia have substantially expanded our understanding of regional occupation during the Bronze Age. Collaborative research with the Austrian Archaeological Institute has yielded a large number of absolute dates, refining the Bronze Age chronology. Provenance analyses of copper from metallurgical sites have further clarified patterns of reso…
Late Hallstatt female head/hair decoration in Donja Dolina and the southern Carpathian basin (II)
Various kinds of temple rings played an important role in female body decoration in the southern Carpathian Basin during the Early Iron Age. Based on finds from graves, especially at the cemetery in Donja Dolina, four basic types of temple rings have been distinguished, according to differences in the design of their terminals, while different variants were recognized based on the method of shaping of the body. Temple rings were most commonly mad…
Absolute dating of Bronze Age urn burials in the central Balkans
Ever since the first discovery of urn burials in eastern Serbia during the 1980s, their dating has been uncertain and based on distant analogies and typological parallels. In this paper, we present radiocarbon dates from five urn cemeteries and three associated settlement sites, showing that the initial dating (Late Bronze Age; 14th–11th BCE) is highly questionable. Instead, radiocarbon dating and modeling presented here connect the urn cemeterie…
Millstones from Kale in Krševica (Southeastern Serbia)
The site Kale is situated in the village Krševica about ten kilometers to the east of Bujanovac. The small-scale excavations in 1966 indicated that it is an outstanding site but large-scale excavations have been resumed only in 2001. Soon it became clear that substantial remains of the settlement covering around 4 hectares and dating from the end of Classical and the beginning of the Hellenistic period are lying on a dominant elevation above the …
Stari Vinogradi - Bronze Age necropolis in Ostojicevo (Kikinda)
The Bronze Age Maros culture necropolis in Ostojicevo in the northern Vojvodina region was excavated during the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, yet remains incompletely published. Its importance for Serbian archaeology is the fact that it represents one of the two necropolises from the transition between the Early and the Middle Bronze Age in the territory of Serbia and one of a total of six necropolises of the Maros culture. In terms of ma…
Set of bronze jewellery from the site of Velika Humska Cuka near Nis, SE Serbia
The paper presents an extraordinary new find from the site of Velika Humska Cuka near Nis, in south-eastern Serbia. During the 2022 excavation campaign, a set of bronze jewellery was discovered, comprised of a pin, a band, ten saltaleoni, and ten circular pendants. Of particular importance are the finds of circular pendants, which are known throughout the Bronze Age in the territory of Europe. Such pendants are traditionally connected with Centra…
Chronological problems in the continuity of Iron Age cultural groups in Northeastern Serbia
During the last three decades, only four Late Bronze and Iron Age necropolises have been discovered on the territory of Northeastern Serbia. As a result of increased knowledge, there is a certain divergence from the established chronologies. Based on the new findings, this paper aims to point out the existing problems related to the changes in the chronological framework of activities of specific cultural groups
New finds of copper metallurgy during the bronze age in the Timok region (north-east Serbia)
Over the last 7 years a series of discoveries were made at Banjsko Polje near the city of Bor, the largest copper exploitation center in south-eastern Serbia, which prove that in the Bronze Age copper metallurgy intensified on this territory. Besides the remains of two metallurgical kilns, a large quantity of ceramics and slag was discovered from the same context. The types of slag indicate a complex process of extracting copper from sulfide ore …
Učenje da se vidi glasinački ćilibar
The paper addresses previous research into the amber finds from Glasinac, reaching back to the end of the 19th century, as well as some of the author’s own extensive study of this material conducted in 1980s. The method of auto-reflexivity as an epistemological tool is applied, enabling the monitoring of the process of acquisition and validity of archaeological knowledge. At the same time, the author applies re-evaluation of old evidence, whose m…
Bronze age burials within the Morava, Nisava and Timok basins
Following more than seven decades of research on the Bronze Age cremation burial grounds in the territory of Serbia, the new absolute dates provide us with an opportunity to determine a more precise chronological sequence of different local cultural manifestations. Although the pioneers of the Serbian archaeology after WWII defined the main cultural trajectories that led to the establishment of cremation as the main burial rite during the 2nd mil…
Size doesn’t matter
Systematic archaeological excavations at the multicultural site of Foeni-S?la? in the Romanian Banat conducted during the first half of the 1990s uncovered evidence that the site was inhabited during the Early Neolithic, Copper, Bronze, Early Iron, Late Antique and Medieval Ages. This paper summarises the cultural history of the settlement at the site and describes the relevant deposits and material culture in each period
Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks – Cu-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC
Late Hallstatt Female Head/Hair Decoration in the Southern Carpathian Basin. Temple Rings of the Ciumbrud and Donja Dolina Types
The Late Hallstatt period in the southern Carpathian Basin is marked by complex cultural relations for which the current knowledge is mostly based on the analyses of cemeteries. One of the most prolific forms of female jewellery in graves is bronze and silver temple rings that were used to decorate the head or hair. This is testified to by finds from the inhumation graves in Donja Dolina, where several pairs of temple rings, often of different fo…
Bronze age settlement and necropolis of Trnjane, near Bor - revision and new research results
In archaeological literature, the site of Trnjane, near Bor in eastern Serbia is known as an urn necropolis, with 43 discovered urn graves. The excavations in Trnjane took place between 1985 and 1987-1989, and continued in 1998. The investigations also included an excavation of a nearby settlement, but the results of this research were never published. In most of the previous studies, Trnjane was assigned to the Middle and Late Bronze Age, while …
The moulds from Velebit and European bronze age metal anvils
During the first excavations of the cemetery dating from the Bronze Age and Early Antiquity in the village of Velebit near Kanjiza (Northern Serbia) one of the excavated artefacts was found to belong to a used and broken stone mould for casting anvils. However, without an expert archaeologist to supervise the recovery of this find, which remained unknown for decades after its discovery, as a starting point, the authors of this article present a s…
Jewellery made of bronze sheets from the prehistoric necropolis at the village of Velebit, near Kanjiza
In 1970, a Bronze Age necropolis in the village of Velebit to the north of Vojvodina was fully explored, but has remained unpublished until today. Apart from possessing all of the features of a H?gelgr?ber culture complex, some finds indicate connections to the Belegis - Cruceni culture, developed at the very south of the Carpathian basin. In this paper, we shall present only some of the most attractive finds from the necropolis, including jewell…
New contributions for the early iron age stratigraphy at the site of Hisar in Leskovac (Sector I)
Archaeological research at the site of Hisar in Leskovac began more than a decade ago and has initiated numerous papers on the relationship between the Mediana and Brnjica cultural groups and cultures that marked the transition from the Bronze to the Early Iron Age in the Central Balkans. This paper seeks to highlight and correct some of the key mistakes which have emerged in the stratigraphic interpretation of this multi-horizon site, and in suc…
New evidence for prehistoric copper metallurgy in the vicinity of Bor
The last three years of archaeological investigations at the site Ru`ana in Banjsko Polje, in the immediate vicinity of Bor, have provided new evidence regarding the role of non-ferrous metallurgy in the economy of the prehistoric communities of north-eastern Serbia. The remains of metallurgical furnaces and a large amount of metallic slags at two neighbouring sites in the mentioned settlement reveal that locations with many installations for the…
Settlements and necropolises of the Early Iron Age along the middle course of the Nisava river
As a result of the rescue archaeological investigations conducted along the E-80 motorway route, around the middle course of the Nisava river, from Sicevo Gorge to Dimitrovgrad, several sites from the Early Iron Age were discovered. At the same time, two caves located on the margins of this natural transportation route which links the Morava Valley and the Sofia Basin were explored. This paper comprises all the relevant finds of the material cult…
Über einige Tüllenbeilvarianten im Zentralbalkan
Im Rahmen der Vorbereitung f?r die Gesamtdarstellung der bronzenen Beile aus Serbien konnten einige lokale Formen mit einem begrenzten Verbreitungsradius verzeichnet werden. Es handelt sich in erster Linie um mehrere Varianten der T?llenbeile mit einer arkadenf?rmigen Facettierung auf dem Beilk?rper, einer seitlichen ?se und einem verst?rkten T?llenwulst mit horizontalen Rippen darunter. Im Bezug auf die Typologie, Verbreitung und den kultur-hist…
Archaeological excavations at Gamzigrad - Romuliana in 2007-2008
Systematical archaeological excavations at the site Gamzigrad - Felix Romuliana continued in 2007-2008 in the south-eastern part of the fortified imperial palace, in the section of the thermae according to the plan of archaeological research for this site (2005-2009). In 2007, squares L'XXIV, M'XXIV, M'XXIH and M'XXII, which were investigated in 2005 to the horizon c, dated to the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th centuries, were comple…
Late Hallstatt pottery from north-eastern Serbia (6th to 4th century BC)
By looking at prehistoric collections and unpublished material from the museums in north-eastern Serbia, as well as by surveying and excavating, new information was gained which fulfills the image of material and spiritual culture of prehistoric communities from the end of the Early Iron Age. Usually, for a closer chronological determination, metal jewellery and weapons were considered. Pottery finds were published only occasionally, usually due …
Coţofeni-Kostolac culture on the territory of north-eastern Serbia
The settlement of the territory of north-eastern Serbia by the representatives of the Co?ofeni culture began during the second half of the IV millennium, probably under the pressure of invading tribes from Euroasian steppe. This territory extended over Transylvania, Banat, Oltenia and Muntenia (Map 2). On the territory of Serbia they settled from the Djrerdap gorge up to the Mlava river to the west, and through Kucajske mountains, Bor, Zajecar an…
Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks – Cu-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC
Late Hallstatt Female Head/Hair Decoration in the Southern Carpathian Basin. Temple Rings of the Ciumbrud and Donja Dolina Types
The Late Hallstatt period in the southern Carpathian Basin is marked by complex cultural relations for which the current knowledge is mostly based on the analyses of cemeteries. One of the most prolific forms of female jewellery in graves is bronze and silver temple rings that were used to decorate the head or hair. This is testified to by finds from the inhumation graves in Donja Dolina, where several pairs of temple rings, often of different fo…
New evidence for prehistoric copper metallurgy in the vicinity of Bor
The last three years of archaeological investigations at the site Ru`ana in Banjsko Polje, in the immediate vicinity of Bor, have provided new evidence regarding the role of non-ferrous metallurgy in the economy of the prehistoric communities of north-eastern Serbia. The remains of metallurgical furnaces and a large amount of metallic slags at two neighbouring sites in the mentioned settlement reveal that locations with many installations for the…
Absolute dating of Bronze Age urn burials in the central Balkans
Ever since the first discovery of urn burials in eastern Serbia during the 1980s, their dating has been uncertain and based on distant analogies and typological parallels. In this paper, we present radiocarbon dates from five urn cemeteries and three associated settlement sites, showing that the initial dating (Late Bronze Age; 14th–11th BCE) is highly questionable. Instead, radiocarbon dating and modeling presented here connect the urn cemeterie…
Bronze age burials within the Morava, Nisava and Timok basins
Following more than seven decades of research on the Bronze Age cremation burial grounds in the territory of Serbia, the new absolute dates provide us with an opportunity to determine a more precise chronological sequence of different local cultural manifestations. Although the pioneers of the Serbian archaeology after WWII defined the main cultural trajectories that led to the establishment of cremation as the main burial rite during the 2nd mil…
Bronze age settlement and necropolis of Trnjane, near Bor - revision and new research results
In archaeological literature, the site of Trnjane, near Bor in eastern Serbia is known as an urn necropolis, with 43 discovered urn graves. The excavations in Trnjane took place between 1985 and 1987-1989, and continued in 1998. The investigations also included an excavation of a nearby settlement, but the results of this research were never published. In most of the previous studies, Trnjane was assigned to the Middle and Late Bronze Age, while …
The moulds from Velebit and European bronze age metal anvils
During the first excavations of the cemetery dating from the Bronze Age and Early Antiquity in the village of Velebit near Kanjiza (Northern Serbia) one of the excavated artefacts was found to belong to a used and broken stone mould for casting anvils. However, without an expert archaeologist to supervise the recovery of this find, which remained unknown for decades after its discovery, as a starting point, the authors of this article present a s…
Coţofeni-Kostolac culture on the territory of north-eastern Serbia
The settlement of the territory of north-eastern Serbia by the representatives of the Co?ofeni culture began during the second half of the IV millennium, probably under the pressure of invading tribes from Euroasian steppe. This territory extended over Transylvania, Banat, Oltenia and Muntenia (Map 2). On the territory of Serbia they settled from the Djrerdap gorge up to the Mlava river to the west, and through Kucajske mountains, Bor, Zajecar an…
Stari Vinogradi - Bronze Age necropolis in Ostojicevo (Kikinda)
The Bronze Age Maros culture necropolis in Ostojicevo in the northern Vojvodina region was excavated during the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, yet remains incompletely published. Its importance for Serbian archaeology is the fact that it represents one of the two necropolises from the transition between the Early and the Middle Bronze Age in the territory of Serbia and one of a total of six necropolises of the Maros culture. In terms of ma…
Late Hallstatt pottery from north-eastern Serbia (6th to 4th century BC)
By looking at prehistoric collections and unpublished material from the museums in north-eastern Serbia, as well as by surveying and excavating, new information was gained which fulfills the image of material and spiritual culture of prehistoric communities from the end of the Early Iron Age. Usually, for a closer chronological determination, metal jewellery and weapons were considered. Pottery finds were published only occasionally, usually due …
Necropolis on Bor lake
This article deals with the social and anthropological aspects of burial rituals during the Middle Bronze Age in Timocka Krajina. Decades of systematic research of necropolises and reconnaissance in the basin of the Crni Timok proved an increase in number of sites around ore - rich areas of the east Kucaj mountains as well as around Romuliana site and the fertile valleys of Dzanovo polje (Map. 1). The quantitative increase in settlements was refl…
The neolithic settlements in the Timok region and Djerdap gorge hinterland
For many years, the territory along the course of the Crni Timok river in northeast Serbia was not presented as an interesting area for early Neolithic excavation. However, recent inspection of older unpublished data, with newer reconnaissance, has shed new light on this period of prehistory. A larger number of sites have been discovered with similar topographical positions on the edges/rims of large areas or on ridges above river courses. Thanks…
On the influence of Vatin and Verbicioara cultures in the finds of the Gamzigrad cultural group
The Timocka Krajina region has not been sufficiently investigated archaeologically, which coupled with the fact that a very small number of metal finds and remains have been discovered, makes the reconstruction of the start and end of the Bronze Age that much more difficult. Identification work in the area around Romuliana on two occasions in 2001 and 2008 led to the discovery of another 10 predominantly multi-layered sites dating back to the Bro…
The neolithic settlements in the Timok region and Djerdap gorge hinterland
For many years, the territory along the course of the Crni Timok river in northeast Serbia was not presented as an interesting area for early Neolithic excavation. However, recent inspection of older unpublished data, with newer reconnaissance, has shed new light on this period of prehistory. A larger number of sites have been discovered with similar topographical positions on the edges/rims of large areas or on ridges above river courses. Thanks…
Necropolis on Bor lake
This article deals with the social and anthropological aspects of burial rituals during the Middle Bronze Age in Timocka Krajina. Decades of systematic research of necropolises and reconnaissance in the basin of the Crni Timok proved an increase in number of sites around ore - rich areas of the east Kucaj mountains as well as around Romuliana site and the fertile valleys of Dzanovo polje (Map. 1). The quantitative increase in settlements was refl…
Coţofeni-Kostolac culture on the territory of north-eastern Serbia
The settlement of the territory of north-eastern Serbia by the representatives of the Co?ofeni culture began during the second half of the IV millennium, probably under the pressure of invading tribes from Euroasian steppe. This territory extended over Transylvania, Banat, Oltenia and Muntenia (Map 2). On the territory of Serbia they settled from the Djrerdap gorge up to the Mlava river to the west, and through Kucajske mountains, Bor, Zajecar an…
Archaeological excavations at Gamzigrad - Romuliana in 2007-2008
Systematical archaeological excavations at the site Gamzigrad - Felix Romuliana continued in 2007-2008 in the south-eastern part of the fortified imperial palace, in the section of the thermae according to the plan of archaeological research for this site (2005-2009). In 2007, squares L'XXIV, M'XXIV, M'XXIH and M'XXII, which were investigated in 2005 to the horizon c, dated to the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th centuries, were comple…
Late Hallstatt pottery from north-eastern Serbia (6th to 4th century BC)
By looking at prehistoric collections and unpublished material from the museums in north-eastern Serbia, as well as by surveying and excavating, new information was gained which fulfills the image of material and spiritual culture of prehistoric communities from the end of the Early Iron Age. Usually, for a closer chronological determination, metal jewellery and weapons were considered. Pottery finds were published only occasionally, usually due …
Über einige Tüllenbeilvarianten im Zentralbalkan
Im Rahmen der Vorbereitung f?r die Gesamtdarstellung der bronzenen Beile aus Serbien konnten einige lokale Formen mit einem begrenzten Verbreitungsradius verzeichnet werden. Es handelt sich in erster Linie um mehrere Varianten der T?llenbeile mit einer arkadenf?rmigen Facettierung auf dem Beilk?rper, einer seitlichen ?se und einem verst?rkten T?llenwulst mit horizontalen Rippen darunter. Im Bezug auf die Typologie, Verbreitung und den kultur-hist…
Settlements and necropolises of the Early Iron Age along the middle course of the Nisava river
As a result of the rescue archaeological investigations conducted along the E-80 motorway route, around the middle course of the Nisava river, from Sicevo Gorge to Dimitrovgrad, several sites from the Early Iron Age were discovered. At the same time, two caves located on the margins of this natural transportation route which links the Morava Valley and the Sofia Basin were explored. This paper comprises all the relevant finds of the material cult…
New evidence for prehistoric copper metallurgy in the vicinity of Bor
The last three years of archaeological investigations at the site Ru`ana in Banjsko Polje, in the immediate vicinity of Bor, have provided new evidence regarding the role of non-ferrous metallurgy in the economy of the prehistoric communities of north-eastern Serbia. The remains of metallurgical furnaces and a large amount of metallic slags at two neighbouring sites in the mentioned settlement reveal that locations with many installations for the…
New contributions for the early iron age stratigraphy at the site of Hisar in Leskovac (Sector I)
Archaeological research at the site of Hisar in Leskovac began more than a decade ago and has initiated numerous papers on the relationship between the Mediana and Brnjica cultural groups and cultures that marked the transition from the Bronze to the Early Iron Age in the Central Balkans. This paper seeks to highlight and correct some of the key mistakes which have emerged in the stratigraphic interpretation of this multi-horizon site, and in suc…
Jewellery made of bronze sheets from the prehistoric necropolis at the village of Velebit, near Kanjiza
In 1970, a Bronze Age necropolis in the village of Velebit to the north of Vojvodina was fully explored, but has remained unpublished until today. Apart from possessing all of the features of a H?gelgr?ber culture complex, some finds indicate connections to the Belegis - Cruceni culture, developed at the very south of the Carpathian basin. In this paper, we shall present only some of the most attractive finds from the necropolis, including jewell…
The moulds from Velebit and European bronze age metal anvils
During the first excavations of the cemetery dating from the Bronze Age and Early Antiquity in the village of Velebit near Kanjiza (Northern Serbia) one of the excavated artefacts was found to belong to a used and broken stone mould for casting anvils. However, without an expert archaeologist to supervise the recovery of this find, which remained unknown for decades after its discovery, as a starting point, the authors of this article present a s…
Bronze age settlement and necropolis of Trnjane, near Bor - revision and new research results
In archaeological literature, the site of Trnjane, near Bor in eastern Serbia is known as an urn necropolis, with 43 discovered urn graves. The excavations in Trnjane took place between 1985 and 1987-1989, and continued in 1998. The investigations also included an excavation of a nearby settlement, but the results of this research were never published. In most of the previous studies, Trnjane was assigned to the Middle and Late Bronze Age, while …
Size doesn’t matter
Systematic archaeological excavations at the multicultural site of Foeni-S?la? in the Romanian Banat conducted during the first half of the 1990s uncovered evidence that the site was inhabited during the Early Neolithic, Copper, Bronze, Early Iron, Late Antique and Medieval Ages. This paper summarises the cultural history of the settlement at the site and describes the relevant deposits and material culture in each period
Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks – Cu-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC
Late Hallstatt Female Head/Hair Decoration in the Southern Carpathian Basin. Temple Rings of the Ciumbrud and Donja Dolina Types
The Late Hallstatt period in the southern Carpathian Basin is marked by complex cultural relations for which the current knowledge is mostly based on the analyses of cemeteries. One of the most prolific forms of female jewellery in graves is bronze and silver temple rings that were used to decorate the head or hair. This is testified to by finds from the inhumation graves in Donja Dolina, where several pairs of temple rings, often of different fo…
Chronological problems in the continuity of Iron Age cultural groups in Northeastern Serbia
During the last three decades, only four Late Bronze and Iron Age necropolises have been discovered on the territory of Northeastern Serbia. As a result of increased knowledge, there is a certain divergence from the established chronologies. Based on the new findings, this paper aims to point out the existing problems related to the changes in the chronological framework of activities of specific cultural groups
New finds of copper metallurgy during the bronze age in the Timok region (north-east Serbia)
Over the last 7 years a series of discoveries were made at Banjsko Polje near the city of Bor, the largest copper exploitation center in south-eastern Serbia, which prove that in the Bronze Age copper metallurgy intensified on this territory. Besides the remains of two metallurgical kilns, a large quantity of ceramics and slag was discovered from the same context. The types of slag indicate a complex process of extracting copper from sulfide ore …
Učenje da se vidi glasinački ćilibar
The paper addresses previous research into the amber finds from Glasinac, reaching back to the end of the 19th century, as well as some of the author’s own extensive study of this material conducted in 1980s. The method of auto-reflexivity as an epistemological tool is applied, enabling the monitoring of the process of acquisition and validity of archaeological knowledge. At the same time, the author applies re-evaluation of old evidence, whose m…
Bronze age burials within the Morava, Nisava and Timok basins
Following more than seven decades of research on the Bronze Age cremation burial grounds in the territory of Serbia, the new absolute dates provide us with an opportunity to determine a more precise chronological sequence of different local cultural manifestations. Although the pioneers of the Serbian archaeology after WWII defined the main cultural trajectories that led to the establishment of cremation as the main burial rite during the 2nd mil…
Set of bronze jewellery from the site of Velika Humska Cuka near Nis, SE Serbia
The paper presents an extraordinary new find from the site of Velika Humska Cuka near Nis, in south-eastern Serbia. During the 2022 excavation campaign, a set of bronze jewellery was discovered, comprised of a pin, a band, ten saltaleoni, and ten circular pendants. Of particular importance are the finds of circular pendants, which are known throughout the Bronze Age in the territory of Europe. Such pendants are traditionally connected with Centra…
Millstones from Kale in Krševica (Southeastern Serbia)
The site Kale is situated in the village Krševica about ten kilometers to the east of Bujanovac. The small-scale excavations in 1966 indicated that it is an outstanding site but large-scale excavations have been resumed only in 2001. Soon it became clear that substantial remains of the settlement covering around 4 hectares and dating from the end of Classical and the beginning of the Hellenistic period are lying on a dominant elevation above the …
Stari Vinogradi - Bronze Age necropolis in Ostojicevo (Kikinda)
The Bronze Age Maros culture necropolis in Ostojicevo in the northern Vojvodina region was excavated during the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, yet remains incompletely published. Its importance for Serbian archaeology is the fact that it represents one of the two necropolises from the transition between the Early and the Middle Bronze Age in the territory of Serbia and one of a total of six necropolises of the Maros culture. In terms of ma…
Workingman’s death – Burials of Bronze Age copper producers in Eastern Serbia
This paper discusses metal-producing Bronze Age societies in East Serbia with a particular focus on the associated urn cemeteries of local copper producers. As recent investigations have revealed, copper production sites and the associated urn cemeteries are significantly older (EBA-MBA) than previously assumed. The study delves into the complexity of resource exploitation, technological processes, and socio-economic implications associated with …
Farewell to the Young
The study of burials and mortuary practices in the past provides essential information on the role and treatment of children in past communities. This study aims to better understand the status of children by reviewing the material culture provided by child burial contexts. Early Iron Age (800–300 BC) mortuary practices in the southern Middle Danube (present–day eastern Croatia and northwestern Serbia) are characterized mostly by the cremation of…
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