A Tentative Attempt to Estimate the Systemic Number of the Late Neolithic Vinča Culture Figurines

Bibliographic Data

ID14713616
AuthorsMarko Porčić (0000-0002-6697-8621, University of Belgrade, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume6
Issue3
Pages729-741
Publication date2011-09-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEtnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801
PublisherUniversity of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.21301/eap.v6i3.11
OpenAlexW2626864939
LanguageEN
References cited6

In this paper an attempt is made to estimate the number of figurines which were in "use" in households of the Late Neolithic Vinča culture. The number of accumulated figurines and houses is used as a starting point. Given the complexities of the settlement dynamic, figurine use and the formation processes of the archaeological record, the ratio of the number of accumulated of figurines to the number of accumulated houses is only an indirect reflection of the systemic number of figurines. Different figurine use scenarios are evaluated in order to see what the result would be. Keeping in mind that the entire analytical procedure is highly speculative and the range of tested models is far from exhaustive, the results suggest that scenarios resting on the assumption that there was a single figurine per household and that the average use-life of the figurine was equal to the average human generation length predict outcomes that are comparable to the actual archaeological situation

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