Prilog proučavanju društvene nejednakosti u kasnom neolitu centralnog Balkana
A Contribution to the Sudy ofSocial Inequality in the Late Neolithic of the Central Balkans
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Društvena nejednakost prepoznata je kao problem današnjice, aproučavanje korena i mehanizama nastanka društvene nejednakosti predstavlja jedanod velikih izazova savremene arheologije. Kasni neolit centralnog Balkana (5300–4500god. p.n.e.) ima poseban značaj za proučavanje društvene nejednakosti u evropskojpraistoriji, jer je to period u kome ljudi počinju da žive u velikim naseljima, a arheološkije dokumentovano i prisustvo potencijalnih markera prestiža i statusa. Postavlja sepitanje da li je u ovim društvima došlo do razvoja nejednakosti, u kom obliku i u komstepenu? Cilj rada je da se na osnovu novih podataka o stambenim objektima sa trikasnoneolitska lokaliteta na teritoriji Srbije kvantifikuje stepen nejednakosti izmeđudomaćinstava. Dobijeni rezultati će biti kritički ocenjeni i kontekstualizovani u širemokviru proučavanja društvene nejednakosti u VI i V milenijumu p.n.e. na područjujugoistočne Evrope.
The social inequality represents one of the major problems of the contemporary world and an important anthropological subject. The transition to agriculture is often viewed as an important turning point for the development of social
inequality in (pre)history. For this reason, the study of the social inequality in
the Neolithic communities is of particular importance for the understanding of
the origins and the development of this phenomenon. This paper represents an
empirical contribution to the study of social inequality in the Late Neolithic
in the Central Balkans (5300-4500 BCE). The aim is to quanitfy and estimate
the levels of inequality between households in three Late Neolithic settlements:
Belovode, Pločnik, and Drenovac. In line with the current methods for the estimation of social inequality from archaeological remains, this study relies on the
house floor area as a proxy for household wealth. The house floor area measurements are based on the geophysical surveys dat...a published in the literature
with around 1000 house floor area measurements available for the analysis. The
Gini index is calculated for each site based in the distribution of house floor
area. The results suggest that the social inequality on all three sites was relatively low, as the Gini values range from 0.18 to 0.22. These values fit well
with the Gini estimates based on the previous research of the social inequality
in the Neolithic and Eneolithic period in the Central Balkans. When compared
to the cross-cultural variation based on the ethnographic, historical and archaeological sources from the literature, these values are low compared to other horticultural and agricultural communities. One potential explanation for such
low values is that the agricultural production in the Late Neolithic of the Central
Balkans was labor-limited rather than land-limited, which usually results in the
low potential for social inequality, as hypothesized and shown by Bogaard et al.
(2019). On the other hand, we must keep in mind that the wealth is measured
by proxy which is suitable for the detection of statistical trends in cross-cultural
comparisons, but may be less reliable for individual cases. Moreover, it is not
certain that the individual house is the basic social unit, as it is possible that the
basic social unit for a corporate group which includes extended families living
in several houses. Therefore, the result which suggests low levels of social inequality should be taken as a hypothesis which needs to be tested further with
other classes of evidence.
Ključne reči:
društvena nejednakost / neolit / centralni Balkan / Gini indeks / social inequality / Neolithic / central Balkans / Gini indexIzvor:
Etnoantropološki problemi, 2022, 17, 3, 801-825Izdavač:
- Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu – Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju
Finansiranje / projekti:
- Ministarstvo nauke, tehnološkog razvoja i inovacija Republike Srbije, institucionalno finansiranje - 200163 (Univerzitet u Beogradu, Filozofski fakultet) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200163)
Napomena:
- Ovaj rad izložen je na skupu Srpska arheologija između teorija i činjenica IX: Arheologija društvenih nejednakosti, koji je održan 1. i 2. aprila 2022. u organizaciji Centra za teorijsku arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu.
Institucija/grupa
Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Porčić, Marko PY - 2022 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4966 AB - Društvena nejednakost prepoznata je kao problem današnjice, aproučavanje korena i mehanizama nastanka društvene nejednakosti predstavlja jedanod velikih izazova savremene arheologije. Kasni neolit centralnog Balkana (5300–4500god. p.n.e.) ima poseban značaj za proučavanje društvene nejednakosti u evropskojpraistoriji, jer je to period u kome ljudi počinju da žive u velikim naseljima, a arheološkije dokumentovano i prisustvo potencijalnih markera prestiža i statusa. Postavlja sepitanje da li je u ovim društvima došlo do razvoja nejednakosti, u kom obliku i u komstepenu? Cilj rada je da se na osnovu novih podataka o stambenim objektima sa trikasnoneolitska lokaliteta na teritoriji Srbije kvantifikuje stepen nejednakosti izmeđudomaćinstava. Dobijeni rezultati će biti kritički ocenjeni i kontekstualizovani u širemokviru proučavanja društvene nejednakosti u VI i V milenijumu p.n.e. na područjujugoistočne Evrope. AB - The social inequality represents one of the major problems of the contemporary world and an important anthropological subject. The transition to agriculture is often viewed as an important turning point for the development of social inequality in (pre)history. For this reason, the study of the social inequality in the Neolithic communities is of particular importance for the understanding of the origins and the development of this phenomenon. This paper represents an empirical contribution to the study of social inequality in the Late Neolithic in the Central Balkans (5300-4500 BCE). The aim is to quanitfy and estimate the levels of inequality between households in three Late Neolithic settlements: Belovode, Pločnik, and Drenovac. In line with the current methods for the estimation of social inequality from archaeological remains, this study relies on the house floor area as a proxy for household wealth. The house floor area measurements are based on the geophysical surveys data published in the literature with around 1000 house floor area measurements available for the analysis. The Gini index is calculated for each site based in the distribution of house floor area. The results suggest that the social inequality on all three sites was relatively low, as the Gini values range from 0.18 to 0.22. These values fit well with the Gini estimates based on the previous research of the social inequality in the Neolithic and Eneolithic period in the Central Balkans. When compared to the cross-cultural variation based on the ethnographic, historical and archaeological sources from the literature, these values are low compared to other horticultural and agricultural communities. One potential explanation for such low values is that the agricultural production in the Late Neolithic of the Central Balkans was labor-limited rather than land-limited, which usually results in the low potential for social inequality, as hypothesized and shown by Bogaard et al. (2019). On the other hand, we must keep in mind that the wealth is measured by proxy which is suitable for the detection of statistical trends in cross-cultural comparisons, but may be less reliable for individual cases. Moreover, it is not certain that the individual house is the basic social unit, as it is possible that the basic social unit for a corporate group which includes extended families living in several houses. Therefore, the result which suggests low levels of social inequality should be taken as a hypothesis which needs to be tested further with other classes of evidence. PB - Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu – Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju T2 - Etnoantropološki problemi T1 - Prilog proučavanju društvene nejednakosti u kasnom neolitu centralnog Balkana T1 - A Contribution to the Sudy ofSocial Inequality in the Late Neolithic of the Central Balkans T1 - Contribution à l’étude de l’inégalité sociale au Néolithique final dans les Balkans centraux EP - 825 IS - 3 SP - 801 VL - 17 DO - 10.21301/eap.v17i3.1 ER -
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Porčić, M.. (2022). Prilog proučavanju društvene nejednakosti u kasnom neolitu centralnog Balkana. in Etnoantropološki problemi Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu – Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju., 17(3), 801-825. https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v17i3.1
Porčić M. Prilog proučavanju društvene nejednakosti u kasnom neolitu centralnog Balkana. in Etnoantropološki problemi. 2022;17(3):801-825. doi:10.21301/eap.v17i3.1 .
Porčić, Marko, "Prilog proučavanju društvene nejednakosti u kasnom neolitu centralnog Balkana" in Etnoantropološki problemi, 17, no. 3 (2022):801-825, https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v17i3.1 . .