TY  - JOUR
AU  - Olalde, Inigo
AU  - Carrion, Pablo
AU  - Mikić, Ilija
AU  - Rohland, Nadin
AU  - Mallick, Swapan
AU  - Lazaridis, Iosif
AU  - Mah, Matthew
AU  - Korać, Miomir
AU  - Golubović, Snežana
AU  - Petković, Sofija
AU  - Miladinović-Radmilović, Nataša
AU  - Vulović, Dragana
AU  - Alihodžić, Timka
AU  - Ash, Abigail
AU  - Baeta, Miriam
AU  - Bartık, Juraj
AU  - Bedić, Željka
AU  - Bilić, Maja
AU  - Bonsall, Clive
AU  - Bunčić, Maja
AU  - Bunčić, Domagoj
AU  - Carić, Mario
AU  - Čataj, Lea
AU  - Cvetko, Mirna
AU  - Drnić, Ivan
AU  - Dugonjić, Anita
AU  - Đukić, Ana
AU  - Đukić, Ksenija
AU  - Farkaš, Zdenek
AU  - Jelınek, Pavol
AU  - Jovanovic, Marija
AU  - Kaić, Iva
AU  - Kalafatić, Hrvoje
AU  - Krmpotić, Marijana
AU  - Krznar, Siniša
AU  - Leleković, Tino
AU  - M. de Pancorbo, Marian
AU  - Matijević, Vinka
AU  - Milosević Zakić, Branka
AU  - J. Osterholtz, Anna
AU  - M. Paige, Julianne
AU  - Dinko, Tresić Pavičić
AU  - Premužić, Zrinka
AU  - Rajić Sikanjić, Petra
AU  - Rapan Papeša, Anita
AU  - Paraman, Lujana
AU  - Sanader, Mirjana
AU  - Radovanović, Ivana
AU  - Roksandic, Mirjana
AU  - Sefcakova, Alena
AU  - Stefanović, Sofia
AU  - Teschler-Nicola, Maria
AU  - Toncinić, Domagoj
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1175
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6430
AB  - The rise and fall of the Roman Empire was a socio-political process with enormous ramifications for humanhistory. The Middle Danube was a crucial frontier and a crossroads for population and cultural movement.Here, we present genome-wide data from 136 Balkan individuals dated to the 1st millennium CE. Despiteextensive militarization and cultural influence, we find little ancestry contribution from peoples of Italicdescent. However, we trace a large-scale influx of people of Anatolian ancestry during the Imperial period.Between  250 and 550 CE, we detect migrants with ancestry from Central/Northern Europe and the Steppe,confirming that ‘‘barbarian’’ migrations were propelled by ethnically diverse confederations. Following theend of Roman control, we detect the large-scale arrival of individuals who were genetically similar to modernEastern European Slavic-speaking populations, who contributed 30%–60% of the ancestry of Balkan people,representing one of the largest permanent demographic changes anywhere in Europe during the MigrationPeriod.
PB  - Elsevier BV
T2  - CELL
T1  - A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations
EP  - 5485
IS  - 186
SP  - 5472
SP  - 5472
DO  - 10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.018
ER  - 

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Olalde, I., Carrion, P., Mikić, I., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Lazaridis, I., Mah, M., Korać, M., Golubović, S., Petković, S., Miladinović-Radmilović, N., Vulović, D., Alihodžić, T., Ash, A., Baeta, M., Bartık, J., Bedić, Ž., Bilić, M., Bonsall, C., Bunčić, M., Bunčić, D., Carić, M., Čataj, L., Cvetko, M., Drnić, I., Dugonjić, A., Đukić, A., Đukić, K., Farkaš, Z., Jelınek, P., Jovanovic, M., Kaić, I., Kalafatić, H., Krmpotić, M., Krznar, S., Leleković, T., M. de Pancorbo, M., Matijević, V., Milosević Zakić, B., J. Osterholtz, A., M. Paige, J., Dinko, T. P., Premužić, Z., Rajić Sikanjić, P., Rapan Papeša, A., Paraman, L., Sanader, M., Radovanović, I., Roksandic, M., Sefcakova, A., Stefanović, S., Teschler-Nicola, M.,& Toncinić, D.. (2023). A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations. in CELL
Elsevier BV.(186), 5472-5485.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.018

Olalde I, Carrion P, Mikić I, Rohland N, Mallick S, Lazaridis I, Mah M, Korać M, Golubović S, Petković S, Miladinović-Radmilović N, Vulović D, Alihodžić T, Ash A, Baeta M, Bartık J, Bedić Ž, Bilić M, Bonsall C, Bunčić M, Bunčić D, Carić M, Čataj L, Cvetko M, Drnić I, Dugonjić A, Đukić A, Đukić K, Farkaš Z, Jelınek P, Jovanovic M, Kaić I, Kalafatić H, Krmpotić M, Krznar S, Leleković T, M. de Pancorbo M, Matijević V, Milosević Zakić B, J. Osterholtz A, M. Paige J, Dinko TP, Premužić Z, Rajić Sikanjić P, Rapan Papeša A, Paraman L, Sanader M, Radovanović I, Roksandic M, Sefcakova A, Stefanović S, Teschler-Nicola M, Toncinić D. A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations. in CELL. 2023;(186):5472-5485.
doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.018 .

Olalde, Inigo, Carrion, Pablo, Mikić, Ilija, Rohland, Nadin, Mallick, Swapan, Lazaridis, Iosif, Mah, Matthew, Korać, Miomir, Golubović, Snežana, Petković, Sofija, Miladinović-Radmilović, Nataša, Vulović, Dragana, Alihodžić, Timka, Ash, Abigail, Baeta, Miriam, Bartık, Juraj, Bedić, Željka, Bilić, Maja, Bonsall, Clive, Bunčić, Maja, Bunčić, Domagoj, Carić, Mario, Čataj, Lea, Cvetko, Mirna, Drnić, Ivan, Dugonjić, Anita, Đukić, Ana, Đukić, Ksenija, Farkaš, Zdenek, Jelınek, Pavol, Jovanovic, Marija, Kaić, Iva, Kalafatić, Hrvoje, Krmpotić, Marijana, Krznar, Siniša, Leleković, Tino, M. de Pancorbo, Marian, Matijević, Vinka, Milosević Zakić, Branka, J. Osterholtz, Anna, M. Paige, Julianne, Dinko, Tresić Pavičić, Premužić, Zrinka, Rajić Sikanjić, Petra, Rapan Papeša, Anita, Paraman, Lujana, Sanader, Mirjana, Radovanović, Ivana, Roksandic, Mirjana, Sefcakova, Alena, Stefanović, Sofia, Teschler-Nicola, Maria, Toncinić, Domagoj, "A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations" in CELL, no. 186 (2023):5472-5485,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.018 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Марковић, Јелена
AU  - Грујић, Даница
AU  - Путица, Анђелка
AU  - Стефановић, Софија
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5207
AB  - Приликом заштитних ископавања на териорији Сомбора 2012. и 2013. године, на локалитетима Растина (улица Вука Караџића) и Гаково (локалитет Васин До) истражена су два гроба за које се претпоставља да припадају старијој фази културе гробних хумки. Антрополошка анализа показала је да скелетни остаци у гробу 1 са локалитета Растина (улица Вука Караџића) припадају детету од око 10 година, док скелетни остаци у гробу 1 са локалитета Гаково (Васин До) припадају млађој индивидуи мушког пола старости 15–18 година. Анализа је показала да ни дете ни млађи мушкарац нису имали повољене услове живота, као и да су преживели неки метаболички стрест у току детињства, будући да је код 
обе индивидуе забележено присуство хипоплазије зубне глеђи и cribra orbitaliae. Поред тога, код обе индивидуе је установљено присуство каријеса на по једном зубу, док је присуство каменца забележено на више зуба, што може бити последица исхране, лоше оралне хигијене и других фактора. Такође, код обе индивидуе је забележено присуство трагова немастикаторних активности, који указују на коришћење зуба као “треће руке”. Анализа припоја мишића код млађег мушкарца показала је да је обављао неки тежи физички рад од раног детињства имајући у виду лезије на припојима мишића хумеруса као и закривљеност дијафиза. Присутна закривљеност обе дијафизе фемура указује на неки специфичан положај у којем је ова индивидуа била приликом обављања одређених активности. Резултати анализа стабилних изотопа угљеника (13C) и азота (15N), показали су да су обе индивидуе имале исхрану претежно базирану на C4 биљкама, као што је просо, док су протеини попут меса или рибе били мање заступљени. Обављена је и археозоолошка анализа која је открила врсте присутних животиња, као и антропогене трагове у виду касапљења. Антрополошка истраживања припадника ове културе за сада су оскудна, те стога анализа ових индивидуа, иако малобројних, пружа значајне податке о расту и развоју, активностима и исхрани носилаца културе гробних хумки.
PB  - Српско археолошко друштво
PB  - Градски музеј Сомбор
C3  - Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLVI Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Сомбор, 25-27. мај 2023. године
T1  - Антрополошка анализа скелетних остатака индивидуа из периода Културе гробних хумки (1600-1200. г. п.н.е.) сахрањених на локалитетима Растина (улица Вука Караџића) и Гаково (локалитет Васин До)
EP  - 100
SP  - 99
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5207
ER  - 

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обе индивидуе забележено присуство хипоплазије зубне глеђи и cribra orbitaliae. Поред тога, код обе индивидуе је установљено присуство каријеса на по једном зубу, док је присуство каменца забележено на више зуба, што може бити последица исхране, лоше оралне хигијене и других фактора. Такође, код обе индивидуе је забележено присуство трагова немастикаторних активности, који указују на коришћење зуба као “треће руке”. Анализа припоја мишића код млађег мушкарца показала је да је обављао неки тежи физички рад од раног детињства имајући у виду лезије на припојима мишића хумеруса као и закривљеност дијафиза. Присутна закривљеност обе дијафизе фемура указује на неки специфичан положај у којем је ова индивидуа била приликом обављања одређених активности. Резултати анализа стабилних изотопа угљеника (13C) и азота (15N), показали су да су обе индивидуе имале исхрану претежно базирану на C4 биљкама, као што је просо, док су протеини попут меса или рибе били мање заступљени. Обављена је и археозоолошка анализа која је открила врсте присутних животиња, као и антропогене трагове у виду касапљења. Антрополошка истраживања припадника ове културе за сада су оскудна, те стога анализа ових индивидуа, иако малобројних, пружа значајне податке о расту и развоју, активностима и исхрани носилаца културе гробних хумки.",
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Марковић, Ј., Грујић, Д., Путица, А.,& Стефановић, С.. (2023). Антрополошка анализа скелетних остатака индивидуа из периода Културе гробних хумки (1600-1200. г. п.н.е.) сахрањених на локалитетима Растина (улица Вука Караџића) и Гаково (локалитет Васин До). in Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLVI Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Сомбор, 25-27. мај 2023. године
Српско археолошко друштво., 99-100.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5207

Марковић Ј, Грујић Д, Путица А, Стефановић С. Антрополошка анализа скелетних остатака индивидуа из периода Културе гробних хумки (1600-1200. г. п.н.е.) сахрањених на локалитетима Растина (улица Вука Караџића) и Гаково (локалитет Васин До). in Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLVI Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Сомбор, 25-27. мај 2023. године. 2023;:99-100.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5207 .

Марковић, Јелена, Грујић, Даница, Путица, Анђелка, Стефановић, Софија, "Антрополошка анализа скелетних остатака индивидуа из периода Културе гробних хумки (1600-1200. г. п.н.е.) сахрањених на локалитетима Растина (улица Вука Караџића) и Гаково (локалитет Васин До)" in Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLVI Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Сомбор, 25-27. мај 2023. године (2023):99-100,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5207 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Krečković Gavrilović, Marija
AU  - Radinović, Mihailo
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Pendić, Jugoslav
AU  - Milašinović, Lidija
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5098
PB  - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb
C3  - 10th International Scientific Conference: Methodology & Archaeometry
T1  - Absolute and relative chronology of the Early Bronze Age necropolis in Mokrin, Serbia
EP  - 49
SP  - 49
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5098
ER  - 

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Krečković Gavrilović, M., Radinović, M., Porčić, M., Pendić, J., Milašinović, L.,& Stefanović, S.. (2022). Absolute and relative chronology of the Early Bronze Age necropolis in Mokrin, Serbia. in 10th International Scientific Conference: Methodology & Archaeometry
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https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5098

Krečković Gavrilović M, Radinović M, Porčić M, Pendić J, Milašinović L, Stefanović S. Absolute and relative chronology of the Early Bronze Age necropolis in Mokrin, Serbia. in 10th International Scientific Conference: Methodology & Archaeometry. 2022;:49-49.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5098 .

Krečković Gavrilović, Marija, Radinović, Mihailo, Porčić, Marko, Pendić, Jugoslav, Milašinović, Lidija, Stefanović, Sofija, "Absolute and relative chronology of the Early Bronze Age necropolis in Mokrin, Serbia" in 10th International Scientific Conference: Methodology & Archaeometry (2022):49-49,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5098 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Marković, Jelena
AU  - Jovanović, Jelena
AU  - Blagojević, Tamara
AU  - Novak, Mario
AU  - Bedić, Željka
AU  - Naumov, Goce
AU  - Stojanova Kanzurova, Elena
AU  - Los, Dženi
AU  - Hutinec, Mirela
AU  - Fidanoski, Ljubo
AU  - Skelac, Goran
AU  - Šlaus, Mario
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5161
AB  - The paper provides a detailed overview of new radiocarbon dates, stable isotopes, and anthropological information obtained on prehistoric human remains (mostly Neolithic) from the Balkans and southwestern Carpathian Basin. It covers a large chronological sequence from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age (9746–2628 cal BC), which encompasses different archaeological cultures. In total 76 radiocarbon dates deriving from 27 sites were obtained, coupled with new isotopic (n=34) and anthropological (n=33) data. The results filled the gaps in some of the older interpretations, but also produced new insights regarding chronology, health, and diet, leaving a strong baseline for all future research into Neolithic lifestyle.
PB  - University of Ljubljana Press, Slovenia
T2  - Documenta Praehistorica
T1  - New radiocarbon dates, stable isotope, and anthropological analysis of prehistoric human bones from the Balkans and Southwestern Carpathian Basin
EP  - 251
SP  - 224
VL  - 43
DO  - 10.4312\dp.48.18
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Marković, Jelena and Jovanović, Jelena and Blagojević, Tamara and Novak, Mario and Bedić, Željka and Naumov, Goce and Stojanova Kanzurova, Elena and Los, Dženi and Hutinec, Mirela and Fidanoski, Ljubo and Skelac, Goran and Šlaus, Mario and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "The paper provides a detailed overview of new radiocarbon dates, stable isotopes, and anthropological information obtained on prehistoric human remains (mostly Neolithic) from the Balkans and southwestern Carpathian Basin. It covers a large chronological sequence from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age (9746–2628 cal BC), which encompasses different archaeological cultures. In total 76 radiocarbon dates deriving from 27 sites were obtained, coupled with new isotopic (n=34) and anthropological (n=33) data. The results filled the gaps in some of the older interpretations, but also produced new insights regarding chronology, health, and diet, leaving a strong baseline for all future research into Neolithic lifestyle.",
publisher = "University of Ljubljana Press, Slovenia",
journal = "Documenta Praehistorica",
title = "New radiocarbon dates, stable isotope, and anthropological analysis of prehistoric human bones from the Balkans and Southwestern Carpathian Basin",
pages = "251-224",
volume = "43",
doi = "10.4312\dp.48.18"
}

Marković, J., Jovanović, J., Blagojević, T., Novak, M., Bedić, Ž., Naumov, G., Stojanova Kanzurova, E., Los, D., Hutinec, M., Fidanoski, L., Skelac, G., Šlaus, M.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). New radiocarbon dates, stable isotope, and anthropological analysis of prehistoric human bones from the Balkans and Southwestern Carpathian Basin. in Documenta Praehistorica
University of Ljubljana Press, Slovenia., 43, 224-251.
https://doi.org/10.4312\dp.48.18

Marković J, Jovanović J, Blagojević T, Novak M, Bedić Ž, Naumov G, Stojanova Kanzurova E, Los D, Hutinec M, Fidanoski L, Skelac G, Šlaus M, Stefanović S. New radiocarbon dates, stable isotope, and anthropological analysis of prehistoric human bones from the Balkans and Southwestern Carpathian Basin. in Documenta Praehistorica. 2021;43:224-251.
doi:10.4312\dp.48.18 .

Marković, Jelena, Jovanović, Jelena, Blagojević, Tamara, Novak, Mario, Bedić, Željka, Naumov, Goce, Stojanova Kanzurova, Elena, Los, Dženi, Hutinec, Mirela, Fidanoski, Ljubo, Skelac, Goran, Šlaus, Mario, Stefanović, Sofija, "New radiocarbon dates, stable isotope, and anthropological analysis of prehistoric human bones from the Balkans and Southwestern Carpathian Basin" in Documenta Praehistorica, 43 (2021):224-251,
https://doi.org/10.4312\dp.48.18 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Naumov, Goce
AU  - Mitkoski, Aleksandar
AU  - Talevski, Hristijan
AU  - Anvari, J
AU  - Przybyła, Marcin
AU  - Stojanovski, Darko
AU  - Antolín, Ferran
AU  - Sabanov, Amalia
AU  - Živaljević, Ivana
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Gibaja, Juan
AU  - Mazzucco, Nicolo
AU  - Milevski, G
AU  - Dumurđanov, N
AU  - Pendić, Jugoslav
AU  - Blažeska, Z
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5061
AB  - Vrbjanska  Čuka  is  a  tell  site  in  the  region  of  Pelagonia (Macedonia) established 8000 years ago by the Neolithic communities. Later it was used as an agricultural unit  during  the  Roman  era  and  the  Middle  Ages  when  it  was also employed as a burial area. The excavations per-formed in the 1980s and during the last five years indicate a  Neolithic  farming  society  that  constructed  large  build-ings  made  of  daub  in  a  settlement  enclosed  by  a  circular  ditch.  The  buildings  had  many  clay  structures,  such  as  ovens,  granaries,  bins  and  grinding  areas  for  processing  cereals and bread production. The Neolithic communities used  sophisticated  fine  pottery  and  modeled  figurines  and  altars,  while  the  stone  tools  were  mainly  used  for  cutting trees, harvesting and grinding. Apart from the cere-al-based food (einkorn wheat, emmer wheat or barley), the inhabitants of Vrbjanska Čuka consumed lentils, peas and a  variety  of  gathered  wild  fruits,  while  cattle,  caprovine,  mussels, fish and wild game meat was also part of a diet, as well as the dairy products. This paper will be a summary of a variety of data provided from the current international and  multidisciplinary  research  of  the  site  that  involves  excavation,  prospection,  geomagnetic  survey,  study  of  material culture, examination of architecture, radiocarbon dating,  geoarchaeological,  archaeobotanical,  archaeo-zoological,  lipid  and  use-wear  analyses,  as  well  as  the  topographic  and  3D  modeling.  The  recent  knowledge  on  Vrbjanska Čuka provides novel understanding of the Early Neolithic in Pelagonia and contributes to the more exten-sive research of first farming societies in the Balkans.
PB  - De Gruyter
T2  - Praehistorische Zeitschrift
T1  - The Early Neolithic tell of Vrbjanska Čuka in Pelagonia
SP  - 000010151520210007
DO  - 10.1515/pz-2021-0007
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Naumov, Goce and Mitkoski, Aleksandar and Talevski, Hristijan and Anvari, J and Przybyła, Marcin and Stojanovski, Darko and Antolín, Ferran and Sabanov, Amalia and Živaljević, Ivana and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Gibaja, Juan and Mazzucco, Nicolo and Milevski, G and Dumurđanov, N and Pendić, Jugoslav and Blažeska, Z and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Vrbjanska  Čuka  is  a  tell  site  in  the  region  of  Pelagonia (Macedonia) established 8000 years ago by the Neolithic communities. Later it was used as an agricultural unit  during  the  Roman  era  and  the  Middle  Ages  when  it  was also employed as a burial area. The excavations per-formed in the 1980s and during the last five years indicate a  Neolithic  farming  society  that  constructed  large  build-ings  made  of  daub  in  a  settlement  enclosed  by  a  circular  ditch.  The  buildings  had  many  clay  structures,  such  as  ovens,  granaries,  bins  and  grinding  areas  for  processing  cereals and bread production. The Neolithic communities used  sophisticated  fine  pottery  and  modeled  figurines  and  altars,  while  the  stone  tools  were  mainly  used  for  cutting trees, harvesting and grinding. Apart from the cere-al-based food (einkorn wheat, emmer wheat or barley), the inhabitants of Vrbjanska Čuka consumed lentils, peas and a  variety  of  gathered  wild  fruits,  while  cattle,  caprovine,  mussels, fish and wild game meat was also part of a diet, as well as the dairy products. This paper will be a summary of a variety of data provided from the current international and  multidisciplinary  research  of  the  site  that  involves  excavation,  prospection,  geomagnetic  survey,  study  of  material culture, examination of architecture, radiocarbon dating,  geoarchaeological,  archaeobotanical,  archaeo-zoological,  lipid  and  use-wear  analyses,  as  well  as  the  topographic  and  3D  modeling.  The  recent  knowledge  on  Vrbjanska Čuka provides novel understanding of the Early Neolithic in Pelagonia and contributes to the more exten-sive research of first farming societies in the Balkans.",
publisher = "De Gruyter",
journal = "Praehistorische Zeitschrift",
title = "The Early Neolithic tell of Vrbjanska Čuka in Pelagonia",
pages = "000010151520210007",
doi = "10.1515/pz-2021-0007"
}

Naumov, G., Mitkoski, A., Talevski, H., Anvari, J., Przybyła, M., Stojanovski, D., Antolín, F., Sabanov, A., Živaljević, I., Dimitrijević, V., Gibaja, J., Mazzucco, N., Milevski, G., Dumurđanov, N., Pendić, J., Blažeska, Z.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). The Early Neolithic tell of Vrbjanska Čuka in Pelagonia. in Praehistorische Zeitschrift
De Gruyter., 000010151520210007.
https://doi.org/10.1515/pz-2021-0007

Naumov G, Mitkoski A, Talevski H, Anvari J, Przybyła M, Stojanovski D, Antolín F, Sabanov A, Živaljević I, Dimitrijević V, Gibaja J, Mazzucco N, Milevski G, Dumurđanov N, Pendić J, Blažeska Z, Stefanović S. The Early Neolithic tell of Vrbjanska Čuka in Pelagonia. in Praehistorische Zeitschrift. 2021;:000010151520210007.
doi:10.1515/pz-2021-0007 .

Naumov, Goce, Mitkoski, Aleksandar, Talevski, Hristijan, Anvari, J, Przybyła, Marcin, Stojanovski, Darko, Antolín, Ferran, Sabanov, Amalia, Živaljević, Ivana, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Gibaja, Juan, Mazzucco, Nicolo, Milevski, G, Dumurđanov, N, Pendić, Jugoslav, Blažeska, Z, Stefanović, Sofija, "The Early Neolithic tell of Vrbjanska Čuka in Pelagonia" in Praehistorische Zeitschrift (2021):000010151520210007,
https://doi.org/10.1515/pz-2021-0007 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Živaljević, Ivana
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Jovanović, Jelena
AU  - Blagojević, Tamara
AU  - Pendić, Jugoslav
AU  - Putica, Andelka
AU  - Uzelac, Viktorija
AU  - Bulatović, Jelena
AU  - Spasić, Milos
AU  - Jončić, Nenad
AU  - Penezić, Kristina
AU  - Anđelić, Dragan
AU  - Bajčeta, Milica
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3300
AB  - With the exception of the well known Mesolithic sites in the Danube Gorges (or the Iron Gates), the wider areas of the Central Balkans and southern fringes of the Great Pannonian Plain still represent a terra incognita when it comes to the presence of Mesolithic communities. The absence of Mesolithic sites in the region was associated with environmental changes in the Early Holocene, presumed low human population densities, limited possibilities of detection, or the lack of adequate research. However, valuable insights into the obscure regional Mesolithic can be gained not only by new archaeological excavations, but also by revisiting and reanalysing of existing archaeological collections. Particularly informative in this respect are the Early Neolithic sites, indicative of the extensive spread of farming communities from c. 6200 cal BC. Within the ERC Project BIRTH, a large sample of human and animal remains from these sites was dated, falling in the (expected) range between c. 6200-5300 cal BC. However, one human and several animal bone samples from the sites of Magareei mlin, Gospodinci-Nove zemlje and Grabovac-Duriea vinogradi were dated to the 8th millennium cal BC, providing the first radiocarbon evidence of Early Holocene sequences in the territory of Serbia other than the Danube Gorges. In this paper, we present the new radiocarbon dates, discuss the contextual provenance of dated bones, and explore the implications of these results for a better understanding of the problem of the "missing" and "invisible" Mesolithic in the region.
PB  - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
T2  - Quaternary International
T1  - Revealing the "hidden" Pannonian and Central Balkan Mesolithic: new radiocarbon evidence from Serbia
EP  - 67
SP  - 52
VL  - 574
DO  - 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.043
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Živaljević, Ivana and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Jovanović, Jelena and Blagojević, Tamara and Pendić, Jugoslav and Putica, Andelka and Uzelac, Viktorija and Bulatović, Jelena and Spasić, Milos and Jončić, Nenad and Penezić, Kristina and Anđelić, Dragan and Bajčeta, Milica and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "With the exception of the well known Mesolithic sites in the Danube Gorges (or the Iron Gates), the wider areas of the Central Balkans and southern fringes of the Great Pannonian Plain still represent a terra incognita when it comes to the presence of Mesolithic communities. The absence of Mesolithic sites in the region was associated with environmental changes in the Early Holocene, presumed low human population densities, limited possibilities of detection, or the lack of adequate research. However, valuable insights into the obscure regional Mesolithic can be gained not only by new archaeological excavations, but also by revisiting and reanalysing of existing archaeological collections. Particularly informative in this respect are the Early Neolithic sites, indicative of the extensive spread of farming communities from c. 6200 cal BC. Within the ERC Project BIRTH, a large sample of human and animal remains from these sites was dated, falling in the (expected) range between c. 6200-5300 cal BC. However, one human and several animal bone samples from the sites of Magareei mlin, Gospodinci-Nove zemlje and Grabovac-Duriea vinogradi were dated to the 8th millennium cal BC, providing the first radiocarbon evidence of Early Holocene sequences in the territory of Serbia other than the Danube Gorges. In this paper, we present the new radiocarbon dates, discuss the contextual provenance of dated bones, and explore the implications of these results for a better understanding of the problem of the "missing" and "invisible" Mesolithic in the region.",
publisher = "Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Quaternary International",
title = "Revealing the "hidden" Pannonian and Central Balkan Mesolithic: new radiocarbon evidence from Serbia",
pages = "67-52",
volume = "574",
doi = "10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.043"
}

Živaljević, I., Dimitrijević, V., Jovanović, J., Blagojević, T., Pendić, J., Putica, A., Uzelac, V., Bulatović, J., Spasić, M., Jončić, N., Penezić, K., Anđelić, D., Bajčeta, M.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). Revealing the "hidden" Pannonian and Central Balkan Mesolithic: new radiocarbon evidence from Serbia. in Quaternary International
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 574, 52-67.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.043

Živaljević I, Dimitrijević V, Jovanović J, Blagojević T, Pendić J, Putica A, Uzelac V, Bulatović J, Spasić M, Jončić N, Penezić K, Anđelić D, Bajčeta M, Stefanović S. Revealing the "hidden" Pannonian and Central Balkan Mesolithic: new radiocarbon evidence from Serbia. in Quaternary International. 2021;574:52-67.
doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.043 .

Živaljević, Ivana, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Jovanović, Jelena, Blagojević, Tamara, Pendić, Jugoslav, Putica, Andelka, Uzelac, Viktorija, Bulatović, Jelena, Spasić, Milos, Jončić, Nenad, Penezić, Kristina, Anđelić, Dragan, Bajčeta, Milica, Stefanović, Sofija, "Revealing the "hidden" Pannonian and Central Balkan Mesolithic: new radiocarbon evidence from Serbia" in Quaternary International, 574 (2021):52-67,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.043 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Марковић, Jelena
AU  - Миљевић-Ђајић, Маја
AU  - Јовановић, Јелена
AU  - де Бекделијевр, Ками
AU  - Вранић, Мирко
AU  - Петровић, Бојан
AU  - Стефановић, Софија
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5845
AB  - На локалитету Власац 70-их година прошлог века откривени су гробови који припадају мезолитском периоду. Већ у првој публикацији о поменутом локалитету наглашено је да гроб 26 лежи изнад мезолитских слојева и да га вероватно треба приписати млађим датумима. Ипак, неколико деценија касније, овај гроб је у студијама означен и интерпретиран као мезолитски. Гроб је садржао скелетне остатке мушкарца, сахрањеног у положају који одговара мезолитском начину сахрањивања. Поред тога, анализе стронцијума показале су да је индивидуа локалног порекла што је додатно подржало теорију да је реч о мезолитској сахрани. Тек у каснијим студијама када су рађене анализе изотопа (δ13C, δ15N) 
истраживачи су истакли да се ова индивидуа у потпуности разликује од мезолитских. Такође, овај мушкарац је једна од ретких мезолитских индивидуа у Ђердапу код које је присутан каријес. Након ових анализа, скелет је апсолутно датован и потврђена је првобитна претпоставка да није реч о мезолитском, већ о средњовековном гробу (IX–XI век). Антрополошка анализа показала је да је овај мушкарац у току живота обављао тежи физички рад, посебно горњим удовима. Такође, наглашеност специфичних припоја мишића на доњим удовима указује на могуће често јахање коња, а за исту активност се највероватније могу везати и периоститис на костима доњих удова и остеоартритис на костима кичменог стуба. Ова индивидуа је била пажљиво сахрањена, по средњовековним обичајима, али будући да у гробу није било прилога ништа се не може рећи о његовом пореклу. Раздобље у које је скелет датован било је веома бурно и власт над територијом Ђердапа се често мењала, те је било који од историјских догађаја у овом периоду могао довести до ове изоловане сахране. Ипак, питање ко је овај мушкарац и зашто је сахрањен на Власцу за сада остаје отворено.
PB  - Српско археолошко друштво, Београд
PB  - Завичајни музеј “Параћин”
C3  - Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLIV Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Параћин, 14-16. октобар 2021. године
T1  - Изолована средњовековна сахрана са локалитета Власац у Ђердапској клисури
EP  - 77
SP  - 76
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5845
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Марковић, Jelena and Миљевић-Ђајић, Маја and Јовановић, Јелена and де Бекделијевр, Ками and Вранић, Мирко and Петровић, Бојан and Стефановић, Софија",
year = "2021",
abstract = "На локалитету Власац 70-их година прошлог века откривени су гробови који припадају мезолитском периоду. Већ у првој публикацији о поменутом локалитету наглашено је да гроб 26 лежи изнад мезолитских слојева и да га вероватно треба приписати млађим датумима. Ипак, неколико деценија касније, овај гроб је у студијама означен и интерпретиран као мезолитски. Гроб је садржао скелетне остатке мушкарца, сахрањеног у положају који одговара мезолитском начину сахрањивања. Поред тога, анализе стронцијума показале су да је индивидуа локалног порекла што је додатно подржало теорију да је реч о мезолитској сахрани. Тек у каснијим студијама када су рађене анализе изотопа (δ13C, δ15N) 
истраживачи су истакли да се ова индивидуа у потпуности разликује од мезолитских. Такође, овај мушкарац је једна од ретких мезолитских индивидуа у Ђердапу код које је присутан каријес. Након ових анализа, скелет је апсолутно датован и потврђена је првобитна претпоставка да није реч о мезолитском, већ о средњовековном гробу (IX–XI век). Антрополошка анализа показала је да је овај мушкарац у току живота обављао тежи физички рад, посебно горњим удовима. Такође, наглашеност специфичних припоја мишића на доњим удовима указује на могуће често јахање коња, а за исту активност се највероватније могу везати и периоститис на костима доњих удова и остеоартритис на костима кичменог стуба. Ова индивидуа је била пажљиво сахрањена, по средњовековним обичајима, али будући да у гробу није било прилога ништа се не може рећи о његовом пореклу. Раздобље у које је скелет датован било је веома бурно и власт над територијом Ђердапа се често мењала, те је било који од историјских догађаја у овом периоду могао довести до ове изоловане сахране. Ипак, питање ко је овај мушкарац и зашто је сахрањен на Власцу за сада остаје отворено.",
publisher = "Српско археолошко друштво, Београд, Завичајни музеј “Параћин”",
journal = "Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLIV Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Параћин, 14-16. октобар 2021. године",
title = "Изолована средњовековна сахрана са локалитета Власац у Ђердапској клисури",
pages = "77-76",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5845"
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Марковић, J., Миљевић-Ђајић, М., Јовановић, Ј., де Бекделијевр, К., Вранић, М., Петровић, Б.,& Стефановић, С.. (2021). Изолована средњовековна сахрана са локалитета Власац у Ђердапској клисури. in Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLIV Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Параћин, 14-16. октобар 2021. године
Српско археолошко друштво, Београд., 76-77.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5845

Марковић J, Миљевић-Ђајић М, Јовановић Ј, де Бекделијевр К, Вранић М, Петровић Б, Стефановић С. Изолована средњовековна сахрана са локалитета Власац у Ђердапској клисури. in Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLIV Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Параћин, 14-16. октобар 2021. године. 2021;:76-77.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5845 .

Марковић, Jelena, Миљевић-Ђајић, Маја, Јовановић, Јелена, де Бекделијевр, Ками, Вранић, Мирко, Петровић, Бојан, Стефановић, Софија, "Изолована средњовековна сахрана са локалитета Власац у Ђердапској клисури" in Програм, извештаји и апстракти/ Српско археолошко друштво, XLIV Скупштина и Годишњи скуп Параћин, 14-16. октобар 2021. године (2021):76-77,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5845 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Марковић, Јелена
AU  - Јовановић, Јелена
AU  - Којић, Сања
AU  - Плецерова, Адела
AU  - Петровић, Бојан
AU  - Ђорђевић, Аца
AU  - Стефановић, Софија
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5123
AB  - У раду су представљени резултати интердисциплинарних истраживања кремираног остеолошког материјала у урнама из бронзаног и млађег гвозденог доба са некрополе на локалитету Конопиште, у близини села Мала Врбица. Антрополошком анализом утврђени су број индивидуа сахрањених у урнама, степен фрагментације, тежина и боја костију, у циљу реконструкције погребне праксе. Осим макроскопских метода, примењене су и колориметријска анализа ради утврђивања температуре горења, радиографска анализа због бољег сагледавања промена у унутрашњости зуба насталих под утицајем виских температура, као и СЕМ-ЕДС анализа, да би се утврдило присуство метала на костима (остатака гробних прилога). На некрополи је у пет урни сахрањено седам индивидуа, од тога две жене, један мушкарац, два покојника код којих пол није могао бити одређен и двоје деце. Осим сахрана кремираних покојника у урнама, у једном од гробова откривене су и слободно укопане кости, али у случају те индивидуе није било индикатора за одређивање пола и старости. Покојници су сахрањивани појединачно у три урне, док су у две пронађени остаци једне одрасле особе и детета. Тежина присутних костију износи до 40 до 900 g, док је боја костију претежно смеђа, с примесама плавих и белих фрагмената, што указује на то да су биле изложене температури од 400 дo 600 °C. Јављају се трансверзалне пукотине, какве настају када се врши примарно спаљивање, односно када су присутна мека ткива. Осим људских остатала, у оквиру рада су анализирани и животињски остаци који су се налазили у урнама и/или поред њих.
AB  - In this paper the results of interdisciplinary research of the cremated osteological material dating from the period of Late Bronze and Early Iron Age discovered at the necropolis Konopište in the area of Mala Vrbica village are presented. To reconstruct the mortuary
practice, by conducting the anthropological analysis, we determined the number of individuals buried in the urns, the degree of fragmentation, the weight, and the color of the bones.
Besides macroscopic methods, microscopic analyses were performed, including colorimetric analysis to establish the burning temperature, and radiographic analysis to identify the
changes in the interior of the teeth exposed to the high temperature. In addition, SEM - EDS
analyses were performed to examine the traces of metal on the bones, possible remains of
the grave goods.
The results revealed that in a burial dating from the Žuto Brdo culture (grave 2) was one
urn containing the remains of one adult individual and one child, while in the vicinity of
the urn one cremated individual buried directly in the ground was discovered. Mostly darker and lighter brown bone fragments, with a smaller quantity of fragments of white color
belonging to the deceased buried in the urn, indicate the burning temperature of around
400° C, while the transversal and curved fissures suggest that both individuals were cremated while the soft tissues were still present. The color of the bones of the cremated individual buried without the urn is somewhat different, with prevailing fragments of white color,
and a few brown fragments, which indicates a higher burning temperature of around 600°
C. Three urns dating from the Gava complex (grave 3, urn 1; grave 4, urn 1 and urn 2) each
contained cremated bones of one adult individual. Grave 3 had one adult individual over 30
years of age, and based on the limited sex indicators, it could be assumed that it was a female.
In the urn 1 from grave 4, the bones of an adult individual over 30 years of age were found,
and it could be assumed that it was a male. The muscle attachments on few long bone fragments are very prominent. In the urn 2 from the same grave, there was also an adult individual younger than 40 years of age and the sex indicators suggest that it was a female. The
muscle attachments on a few long bone fragments are not prominent. The color of the bones
in all three urns is brown, with fragments of white and grayish/bluish color that indicate
the burning temperature from 400° to 600° C, while existing transversal and curved fissures
suggest that the bodies were cremated while the soft tissues were still present. All skeletal
elements were discovered, suggesting that all cremated bones were gathered from the pyre
and placed in the urn.
On a few bone fragments from urn 1 and urn 2 (grave 4) mechanical indents are noticed,
which could have happened in the process of gathering the bones from the pyre using certain tools, and that suggests the practice of gathering bones while they were still hot.
Cremated remains of the two individuals, an adult and a child, were found in the urn
from the La Tène period (grave 1). The prevailing color of the bones of the adult individual is
brown and the fissures are transversal, the same brown color also prevails for the child’s bones
with a few white fragments, while the fissures are transversal and curved. The bone color indicates the burning temperature around 400° C, while the type of the fissures confirms burning the body with the soft tissues. A very small quantity of bones was found in that urn, suggesting that a small amount of cremated bones had been gathered from the pyre.
SEM - EDS analyses were performed on few bone fragments from the urn 1 and 2 (grave 4),
which confirmed the existence of metal, indicating that the bronze objects disfigured due
to the high temperature had been burning together with the cremated individuals and that
they were personal belongings of the deceased. Colorimetric analyses performed on the
fragments from the urn 1 (grave 4) are in accordance with the macroscopic analyses of the
color performed on these bones and indicate a similar burning temperature.
Radiographic and SEM analyses of the teeth revealed that the cement-enamel boundary (427° to 538° C) was completely disturbed and the crown was entirely separated from the
tooth root. Also, the X-rays confirmed the existence of transversal fissures on the teeth, as
well as a significant number of internal horizontal fissures.
In the Bronze Age graves, animal bones have also been found, mostly outside of the urns,
and these were upper parts of forelimbs of the animals that usually have a larger quantity of
meat, so it could be assumed that they were placed in the graves as offerings. A rather small
quantity of tiny fragments of burnt animal bones was found in the urns. There was also one
fragment of a river mollusk Unio, assumed to have been placed in the urn accidentally during the gathering of the human remains from the pyre. A single exception is a calcified canine of a red deer found with the cremated remains of the adult and the child in the grave
1. As the canine was perforated and cremated together with the human remains, it could be
assumed that it was a pendant or an ornament of some kind, which one of the individuals
from that urn had on them at the moment of cremation. The objects, which have been found
in the Bronze Age urns (fibulae and pins), also suggest that the deceased have been cremated
with clothes and personal jewelry.
Based on performed analyses it could be concluded that the method of interment and
mortuary practice in all three periods correspond to the previous research of the necropolises from the same periods and they conform with the Žuto Brdo culture, Gava complex,
and La Tène period.
PB  - Народни музеј у Београду
T2  - Зборник Народног музеја
T1  - Антрополошка анализа спаљених људских остатака са праисторијске некрополе Конопиште у близини села Мала Врбица код Кладова
T1  - Anthropologica analysis of cremated human remains from the Prehistoric necropolis Konopište in the vicinity of Mala Vrbica village near Kladovo
EP  - 116
IS  - 1
SP  - 85
VL  - 25
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5123
ER  - 

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author = "Марковић, Јелена and Јовановић, Јелена and Којић, Сања and Плецерова, Адела and Петровић, Бојан and Ђорђевић, Аца and Стефановић, Софија",
year = "2021",
abstract = "У раду су представљени резултати интердисциплинарних истраживања кремираног остеолошког материјала у урнама из бронзаног и млађег гвозденог доба са некрополе на локалитету Конопиште, у близини села Мала Врбица. Антрополошком анализом утврђени су број индивидуа сахрањених у урнама, степен фрагментације, тежина и боја костију, у циљу реконструкције погребне праксе. Осим макроскопских метода, примењене су и колориметријска анализа ради утврђивања температуре горења, радиографска анализа због бољег сагледавања промена у унутрашњости зуба насталих под утицајем виских температура, као и СЕМ-ЕДС анализа, да би се утврдило присуство метала на костима (остатака гробних прилога). На некрополи је у пет урни сахрањено седам индивидуа, од тога две жене, један мушкарац, два покојника код којих пол није могао бити одређен и двоје деце. Осим сахрана кремираних покојника у урнама, у једном од гробова откривене су и слободно укопане кости, али у случају те индивидуе није било индикатора за одређивање пола и старости. Покојници су сахрањивани појединачно у три урне, док су у две пронађени остаци једне одрасле особе и детета. Тежина присутних костију износи до 40 до 900 g, док је боја костију претежно смеђа, с примесама плавих и белих фрагмената, што указује на то да су биле изложене температури од 400 дo 600 °C. Јављају се трансверзалне пукотине, какве настају када се врши примарно спаљивање, односно када су присутна мека ткива. Осим људских остатала, у оквиру рада су анализирани и животињски остаци који су се налазили у урнама и/или поред њих., In this paper the results of interdisciplinary research of the cremated osteological material dating from the period of Late Bronze and Early Iron Age discovered at the necropolis Konopište in the area of Mala Vrbica village are presented. To reconstruct the mortuary
practice, by conducting the anthropological analysis, we determined the number of individuals buried in the urns, the degree of fragmentation, the weight, and the color of the bones.
Besides macroscopic methods, microscopic analyses were performed, including colorimetric analysis to establish the burning temperature, and radiographic analysis to identify the
changes in the interior of the teeth exposed to the high temperature. In addition, SEM - EDS
analyses were performed to examine the traces of metal on the bones, possible remains of
the grave goods.
The results revealed that in a burial dating from the Žuto Brdo culture (grave 2) was one
urn containing the remains of one adult individual and one child, while in the vicinity of
the urn one cremated individual buried directly in the ground was discovered. Mostly darker and lighter brown bone fragments, with a smaller quantity of fragments of white color
belonging to the deceased buried in the urn, indicate the burning temperature of around
400° C, while the transversal and curved fissures suggest that both individuals were cremated while the soft tissues were still present. The color of the bones of the cremated individual buried without the urn is somewhat different, with prevailing fragments of white color,
and a few brown fragments, which indicates a higher burning temperature of around 600°
C. Three urns dating from the Gava complex (grave 3, urn 1; grave 4, urn 1 and urn 2) each
contained cremated bones of one adult individual. Grave 3 had one adult individual over 30
years of age, and based on the limited sex indicators, it could be assumed that it was a female.
In the urn 1 from grave 4, the bones of an adult individual over 30 years of age were found,
and it could be assumed that it was a male. The muscle attachments on few long bone fragments are very prominent. In the urn 2 from the same grave, there was also an adult individual younger than 40 years of age and the sex indicators suggest that it was a female. The
muscle attachments on a few long bone fragments are not prominent. The color of the bones
in all three urns is brown, with fragments of white and grayish/bluish color that indicate
the burning temperature from 400° to 600° C, while existing transversal and curved fissures
suggest that the bodies were cremated while the soft tissues were still present. All skeletal
elements were discovered, suggesting that all cremated bones were gathered from the pyre
and placed in the urn.
On a few bone fragments from urn 1 and urn 2 (grave 4) mechanical indents are noticed,
which could have happened in the process of gathering the bones from the pyre using certain tools, and that suggests the practice of gathering bones while they were still hot.
Cremated remains of the two individuals, an adult and a child, were found in the urn
from the La Tène period (grave 1). The prevailing color of the bones of the adult individual is
brown and the fissures are transversal, the same brown color also prevails for the child’s bones
with a few white fragments, while the fissures are transversal and curved. The bone color indicates the burning temperature around 400° C, while the type of the fissures confirms burning the body with the soft tissues. A very small quantity of bones was found in that urn, suggesting that a small amount of cremated bones had been gathered from the pyre.
SEM - EDS analyses were performed on few bone fragments from the urn 1 and 2 (grave 4),
which confirmed the existence of metal, indicating that the bronze objects disfigured due
to the high temperature had been burning together with the cremated individuals and that
they were personal belongings of the deceased. Colorimetric analyses performed on the
fragments from the urn 1 (grave 4) are in accordance with the macroscopic analyses of the
color performed on these bones and indicate a similar burning temperature.
Radiographic and SEM analyses of the teeth revealed that the cement-enamel boundary (427° to 538° C) was completely disturbed and the crown was entirely separated from the
tooth root. Also, the X-rays confirmed the existence of transversal fissures on the teeth, as
well as a significant number of internal horizontal fissures.
In the Bronze Age graves, animal bones have also been found, mostly outside of the urns,
and these were upper parts of forelimbs of the animals that usually have a larger quantity of
meat, so it could be assumed that they were placed in the graves as offerings. A rather small
quantity of tiny fragments of burnt animal bones was found in the urns. There was also one
fragment of a river mollusk Unio, assumed to have been placed in the urn accidentally during the gathering of the human remains from the pyre. A single exception is a calcified canine of a red deer found with the cremated remains of the adult and the child in the grave
1. As the canine was perforated and cremated together with the human remains, it could be
assumed that it was a pendant or an ornament of some kind, which one of the individuals
from that urn had on them at the moment of cremation. The objects, which have been found
in the Bronze Age urns (fibulae and pins), also suggest that the deceased have been cremated
with clothes and personal jewelry.
Based on performed analyses it could be concluded that the method of interment and
mortuary practice in all three periods correspond to the previous research of the necropolises from the same periods and they conform with the Žuto Brdo culture, Gava complex,
and La Tène period.",
publisher = "Народни музеј у Београду",
journal = "Зборник Народног музеја",
title = "Антрополошка анализа спаљених људских остатака са праисторијске некрополе Конопиште у близини села Мала Врбица код Кладова, Anthropologica analysis of cremated human remains from the Prehistoric necropolis Konopište in the vicinity of Mala Vrbica village near Kladovo",
pages = "116-85",
number = "1",
volume = "25",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5123"
}

Марковић, Ј., Јовановић, Ј., Којић, С., Плецерова, А., Петровић, Б., Ђорђевић, А.,& Стефановић, С.. (2021). Антрополошка анализа спаљених људских остатака са праисторијске некрополе Конопиште у близини села Мала Врбица код Кладова. in Зборник Народног музеја
Народни музеј у Београду., 25(1), 85-116.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5123

Марковић Ј, Јовановић Ј, Којић С, Плецерова А, Петровић Б, Ђорђевић А, Стефановић С. Антрополошка анализа спаљених људских остатака са праисторијске некрополе Конопиште у близини села Мала Врбица код Кладова. in Зборник Народног музеја. 2021;25(1):85-116.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5123 .

Марковић, Јелена, Јовановић, Јелена, Којић, Сања, Плецерова, Адела, Петровић, Бојан, Ђорђевић, Аца, Стефановић, Софија, "Антрополошка анализа спаљених људских остатака са праисторијске некрополе Конопиште у близини села Мала Врбица код Кладова" in Зборник Народног музеја, 25, no. 1 (2021):85-116,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5123 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Nikolić, Mladen
AU  - Pendić, Jugoslav
AU  - Penezić, Kristina
AU  - Blagojević, Tamara
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3341
AB  - What was driving the migrations of the first farmers across Europe? How were demography, society, and environment interconnected to give rise to the macroregional expansion pattern that archaeology is revealing? We simulate the demography and spatial behavior of the first farming communities in the Central Balkans in order to infer the parameters and mechanisms of the Neolithic expansion in this part of Europe. We compare the simulation output to the empirical record of radiocarbon dates in order to systematically evaluate which expansion scenarios were the most probable. Our results suggest that if the expansion of the Neolithic unfolded in accord with the specific wave of advance model that we presented in this paper, the expansion was driven by very high fertility and community fission to avoid social tensions. The simulation suggests that the number of children born by an average Neolithic woman who lived through her entire fertile period was around 8 children or more, which is on the high end of the ethnographically recorded human total fertility rate spectrum. The most plausible simulated fission threshold values are between 50 and 100 people, which is usually smaller than the estimated environmental carrying capacity. This would suggest that the primary reason for the community fission and for seeking out new land was social rather than ecological.
PB  - Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg
T2  - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
T1  - Expansion of the Neolithic in Southeastern Europe: wave of advance fueled by high fertility and scalar stress
IS  - 5
VL  - 13
DO  - 10.1007/s12520-021-01324-1
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Porčić, Marko and Nikolić, Mladen and Pendić, Jugoslav and Penezić, Kristina and Blagojević, Tamara and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "What was driving the migrations of the first farmers across Europe? How were demography, society, and environment interconnected to give rise to the macroregional expansion pattern that archaeology is revealing? We simulate the demography and spatial behavior of the first farming communities in the Central Balkans in order to infer the parameters and mechanisms of the Neolithic expansion in this part of Europe. We compare the simulation output to the empirical record of radiocarbon dates in order to systematically evaluate which expansion scenarios were the most probable. Our results suggest that if the expansion of the Neolithic unfolded in accord with the specific wave of advance model that we presented in this paper, the expansion was driven by very high fertility and community fission to avoid social tensions. The simulation suggests that the number of children born by an average Neolithic woman who lived through her entire fertile period was around 8 children or more, which is on the high end of the ethnographically recorded human total fertility rate spectrum. The most plausible simulated fission threshold values are between 50 and 100 people, which is usually smaller than the estimated environmental carrying capacity. This would suggest that the primary reason for the community fission and for seeking out new land was social rather than ecological.",
publisher = "Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg",
journal = "Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences",
title = "Expansion of the Neolithic in Southeastern Europe: wave of advance fueled by high fertility and scalar stress",
number = "5",
volume = "13",
doi = "10.1007/s12520-021-01324-1"
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Porčić, M., Nikolić, M., Pendić, J., Penezić, K., Blagojević, T.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). Expansion of the Neolithic in Southeastern Europe: wave of advance fueled by high fertility and scalar stress. in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg., 13(5).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01324-1

Porčić M, Nikolić M, Pendić J, Penezić K, Blagojević T, Stefanović S. Expansion of the Neolithic in Southeastern Europe: wave of advance fueled by high fertility and scalar stress. in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 2021;13(5).
doi:10.1007/s12520-021-01324-1 .

Porčić, Marko, Nikolić, Mladen, Pendić, Jugoslav, Penezić, Kristina, Blagojević, Tamara, Stefanović, Sofija, "Expansion of the Neolithic in Southeastern Europe: wave of advance fueled by high fertility and scalar stress" in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 13, no. 5 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01324-1 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Blagojević, Tamara
AU  - Pendić, Jugoslav
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3290
AB  - In this paper, we test the hypothesis of the Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkan Early Neolithic (6250-5300 BC) by applying the method of summed calibrated probability distributions to the set of more than 200 new radiocarbon dates from Serbia. The results suggest that there was an increase in population size after the first farmers arrived to the study area around 6250 BC. This increase lasted for approximately 250 years and was followed by a decrease in the population size proxy after 6000 BC, reaching its minimum around 5800 BC. This was followed by another episode of growth until 5600 BC when population size proxy rapidly declined, reaching the minimum again around 5500 BC. The reconstructed intrinsic growth rate value indicates that the first episode of growth might have been fuelled both by high fertility and migrations, potentially related to the effects of the 8.2 ky event. The second episode of population growth after 5800 BC was probably owing to the high fertility alone. It remains unclear what caused the episodes of population decrease. This article is part of the theme issue 'Cross-disciplinary approaches to prehistoric demography'.
PB  - Royal Society Publishing
T2  - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
T1  - The Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkans: population dynamics reconstruction based on new radiocarbon evidence
IS  - 1816
VL  - 376
DO  - 10.1098/rstb.2019.0712
ER  - 

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author = "Porčić, Marko and Blagojević, Tamara and Pendić, Jugoslav and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "In this paper, we test the hypothesis of the Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkan Early Neolithic (6250-5300 BC) by applying the method of summed calibrated probability distributions to the set of more than 200 new radiocarbon dates from Serbia. The results suggest that there was an increase in population size after the first farmers arrived to the study area around 6250 BC. This increase lasted for approximately 250 years and was followed by a decrease in the population size proxy after 6000 BC, reaching its minimum around 5800 BC. This was followed by another episode of growth until 5600 BC when population size proxy rapidly declined, reaching the minimum again around 5500 BC. The reconstructed intrinsic growth rate value indicates that the first episode of growth might have been fuelled both by high fertility and migrations, potentially related to the effects of the 8.2 ky event. The second episode of population growth after 5800 BC was probably owing to the high fertility alone. It remains unclear what caused the episodes of population decrease. This article is part of the theme issue 'Cross-disciplinary approaches to prehistoric demography'.",
publisher = "Royal Society Publishing",
journal = "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences",
title = "The Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkans: population dynamics reconstruction based on new radiocarbon evidence",
number = "1816",
volume = "376",
doi = "10.1098/rstb.2019.0712"
}

Porčić, M., Blagojević, T., Pendić, J.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). The Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkans: population dynamics reconstruction based on new radiocarbon evidence. in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Royal Society Publishing., 376(1816).
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0712

Porčić M, Blagojević T, Pendić J, Stefanović S. The Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkans: population dynamics reconstruction based on new radiocarbon evidence. in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2021;376(1816).
doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0712 .

Porčić, Marko, Blagojević, Tamara, Pendić, Jugoslav, Stefanović, Sofija, "The Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkans: population dynamics reconstruction based on new radiocarbon evidence" in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, no. 1816 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0712 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Petrović, Bojan
AU  - Pantelinac, Jelena
AU  - Capo, Ivan
AU  - Miljković, Dejan
AU  - Popović, Milan
AU  - Penezić, Kristina
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3289
AB  - The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of different staining techniques on applicability and accuracy of tooth cement tun annulation (TCA) method. Nine decalcination techniques, 8 dehydration protocols and 8 different techniques were applied in 3 teeth from the persons of a known age. Black and white, and color images of histological sections were captured. An x-ray was taken of each tooth and they were photographed. Researchers were asked to observe both black/white and color images of histological sections. Researchers were divided into two groups. The first group analyzed histological images only, and the second group had photos of teeth and X-rays. In the first group of observers (without X ray) the differences in age estimation between real and observed age were significant for 2 younger patients, but not for the oldest patient, where the observed and real values matched. Of the 6 raters, the assesments of the last 3 (that used x-ray images together with histological sections) did not differ significantly from the real values. Extensive analysis and multiple repetitions performed in the present investigation revealed that the most optimal method of decalcification for TCA method was EDTA II for a period longer than 14 days at a section thickness of 2-3nun, while the most optimal protocol for dehydration was number IV. When it comes to staining, the most optimal staining protocol used for the cemental lines visualization and counting was Crocein Scarlet/Acid Fuchsin staining and Toluidine blue staining used at semithin section. Additional use of preexperimental evaluation employing x-ray of analyzed teeth decreased the errors of age estimation.
PB  - Universidad de la Frontera
T2  - International Journal of Morphology
T1  - Using Histological Staining Techniques to Improve Visualization and Interpretability of Tooth Cementum Annulation Analysis
EP  - 221
IS  - 1
SP  - 216
VL  - 39
DO  - 10.4067/S0717-95022021000100216
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Petrović, Bojan and Pantelinac, Jelena and Capo, Ivan and Miljković, Dejan and Popović, Milan and Penezić, Kristina and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of different staining techniques on applicability and accuracy of tooth cement tun annulation (TCA) method. Nine decalcination techniques, 8 dehydration protocols and 8 different techniques were applied in 3 teeth from the persons of a known age. Black and white, and color images of histological sections were captured. An x-ray was taken of each tooth and they were photographed. Researchers were asked to observe both black/white and color images of histological sections. Researchers were divided into two groups. The first group analyzed histological images only, and the second group had photos of teeth and X-rays. In the first group of observers (without X ray) the differences in age estimation between real and observed age were significant for 2 younger patients, but not for the oldest patient, where the observed and real values matched. Of the 6 raters, the assesments of the last 3 (that used x-ray images together with histological sections) did not differ significantly from the real values. Extensive analysis and multiple repetitions performed in the present investigation revealed that the most optimal method of decalcification for TCA method was EDTA II for a period longer than 14 days at a section thickness of 2-3nun, while the most optimal protocol for dehydration was number IV. When it comes to staining, the most optimal staining protocol used for the cemental lines visualization and counting was Crocein Scarlet/Acid Fuchsin staining and Toluidine blue staining used at semithin section. Additional use of preexperimental evaluation employing x-ray of analyzed teeth decreased the errors of age estimation.",
publisher = "Universidad de la Frontera",
journal = "International Journal of Morphology",
title = "Using Histological Staining Techniques to Improve Visualization and Interpretability of Tooth Cementum Annulation Analysis",
pages = "221-216",
number = "1",
volume = "39",
doi = "10.4067/S0717-95022021000100216"
}

Petrović, B., Pantelinac, J., Capo, I., Miljković, D., Popović, M., Penezić, K.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). Using Histological Staining Techniques to Improve Visualization and Interpretability of Tooth Cementum Annulation Analysis. in International Journal of Morphology
Universidad de la Frontera., 39(1), 216-221.
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022021000100216

Petrović B, Pantelinac J, Capo I, Miljković D, Popović M, Penezić K, Stefanović S. Using Histological Staining Techniques to Improve Visualization and Interpretability of Tooth Cementum Annulation Analysis. in International Journal of Morphology. 2021;39(1):216-221.
doi:10.4067/S0717-95022021000100216 .

Petrović, Bojan, Pantelinac, Jelena, Capo, Ivan, Miljković, Dejan, Popović, Milan, Penezić, Kristina, Stefanović, Sofija, "Using Histological Staining Techniques to Improve Visualization and Interpretability of Tooth Cementum Annulation Analysis" in International Journal of Morphology, 39, no. 1 (2021):216-221,
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022021000100216 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Šipovac, Milica
AU  - Petrović, Bojan
AU  - Kojić, Sanja
AU  - Pantelinac, Jelena
AU  - Penezić, Kristina
AU  - Capo, Ivan
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3283
AB  - The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibility of estimating crown formation times of immature deciduous teeth and age at death in Neolithic newborns. In the Neolithic-Mesolithic transition, the health of the population deteriorated. Leaving the intrauterine environment for the newborn is the first obstacle in the process of adaptation and survival in the outside world. The fetus is protected by the mother's immune system and receives the necessary nutrients through the umbilical cord, but external factors indirectly affect its development. At birth deciduous teeth are not fully formed and are only partially mineralized. Variations in the rhythmic activity of ameloblasts and the secretion of the enamel matrix lead to the formation of incremental lines in the enamel. The sample consisted of unerupted deciduous teeth removed from the baby jaws from Neolithic archaeological graves, LepenskiVir Serbia. The skeletal age of the babies was from 38 to 40 gestational weeks. The daily enamel apposition rate was obtained for each tooth. The age of individuals was estimated using crown formation time. The average value of daily secretion rates for the primary teeth from the Neolithic age was 3.78 mm. There was no statistically significant difference in age at death determined by skeletal age assessment and crown formation time. Three babies were born preterm. The results of the present study show that the calculation of the time required for the formation of deciduous tooth enamel is applicable to archaeological samples of newborns. The age estimation using crown formation time together with the analysis of other anthropological parameters, can contribute to a more accurate determination of neonatal death in anthropological, archaeological and forensic contexts.
PB  - Universidad de la Frontera
T2  - International Journal of Morphology
T1  - Crown Formation Times of Deciduous Teeth and Age at Death in Neolithic Newborns
EP  - 784
IS  - 3
SP  - 780
VL  - 39
DO  - 10.4067/S0717-95022021000300780
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Šipovac, Milica and Petrović, Bojan and Kojić, Sanja and Pantelinac, Jelena and Penezić, Kristina and Capo, Ivan and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibility of estimating crown formation times of immature deciduous teeth and age at death in Neolithic newborns. In the Neolithic-Mesolithic transition, the health of the population deteriorated. Leaving the intrauterine environment for the newborn is the first obstacle in the process of adaptation and survival in the outside world. The fetus is protected by the mother's immune system and receives the necessary nutrients through the umbilical cord, but external factors indirectly affect its development. At birth deciduous teeth are not fully formed and are only partially mineralized. Variations in the rhythmic activity of ameloblasts and the secretion of the enamel matrix lead to the formation of incremental lines in the enamel. The sample consisted of unerupted deciduous teeth removed from the baby jaws from Neolithic archaeological graves, LepenskiVir Serbia. The skeletal age of the babies was from 38 to 40 gestational weeks. The daily enamel apposition rate was obtained for each tooth. The age of individuals was estimated using crown formation time. The average value of daily secretion rates for the primary teeth from the Neolithic age was 3.78 mm. There was no statistically significant difference in age at death determined by skeletal age assessment and crown formation time. Three babies were born preterm. The results of the present study show that the calculation of the time required for the formation of deciduous tooth enamel is applicable to archaeological samples of newborns. The age estimation using crown formation time together with the analysis of other anthropological parameters, can contribute to a more accurate determination of neonatal death in anthropological, archaeological and forensic contexts.",
publisher = "Universidad de la Frontera",
journal = "International Journal of Morphology",
title = "Crown Formation Times of Deciduous Teeth and Age at Death in Neolithic Newborns",
pages = "784-780",
number = "3",
volume = "39",
doi = "10.4067/S0717-95022021000300780"
}

Šipovac, M., Petrović, B., Kojić, S., Pantelinac, J., Penezić, K., Capo, I.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). Crown Formation Times of Deciduous Teeth and Age at Death in Neolithic Newborns. in International Journal of Morphology
Universidad de la Frontera., 39(3), 780-784.
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022021000300780

Šipovac M, Petrović B, Kojić S, Pantelinac J, Penezić K, Capo I, Stefanović S. Crown Formation Times of Deciduous Teeth and Age at Death in Neolithic Newborns. in International Journal of Morphology. 2021;39(3):780-784.
doi:10.4067/S0717-95022021000300780 .

Šipovac, Milica, Petrović, Bojan, Kojić, Sanja, Pantelinac, Jelena, Penezić, Kristina, Capo, Ivan, Stefanović, Sofija, "Crown Formation Times of Deciduous Teeth and Age at Death in Neolithic Newborns" in International Journal of Morphology, 39, no. 3 (2021):780-784,
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022021000300780 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jovanović, Jelena
AU  - Power, Robert C.
AU  - de Becdelievre, Camille
AU  - Goude, Gwenaelle
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3307
AB  - Research increasingly suggests that natural and social environments shaped the Neolithic expansion of the farming niche into Europe. The Danube Gorges, on account of its position between the Mediterranean and more temperate regions and the presence of archaeological sites with continuous Mesolithic and Neolithic layers of occupation associated with vast burial grounds is ideal for studying the modality of Neolithization. Previous dietary stable isotope (carbon, nitrogen, and sulphur) studies in the Central Balkan area indicate that many Neolithic humans remained reliant on foraged aquatic resources in the Gorges. Until now, there is no unambiguous evidence of cereal consumption in this region. The possibility that the rich aquatic resources of the Danube river habitats within Central Balkans influenced diet and thus delayed uptake of Neolithic cultigens is unanswered. The extensive skeletal record from sites in the Danube Gorges (Central Balkans) with its long temporal sequence, provides the opportunity to reconstruct plant use during Mesolithic and the Neolithic. To assess when cereals and possibly cultivated plants spread to the region, we analysed the microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) entrapped in the dental calculus of 81 individuals dating from 9100 to 5500 cal BC, recovered from five sites in the Danube Gorges. This study marks the largest study of dental calculus from this period so far conducted. Added to this, we present new radiocarbon dates (n = 17), bone collagen stable isotope data (delta C-13 and delta N-15; n = 5) and data on caries frequency. This dietary study identifies that the growing of crops commenced in the Early Neolithic circa 6000 cal BC and was brought by farming migrants of north-western Anatolian ancestry into the Danube Gorges. Despite bringing a Neolithic agm-pastoral subsistence practices and cultural novelties in the Gorges, these migrants and their descendants adopted some of the local dietary and cultural traditions, suggesting a mosaic pattern of Neolithization. The resulting data provides a better understanding of the tempo and spread of cereal agriculture practices and the role of cereals in the diet of Danube Gorges inhabitants.
PB  - Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Science
T1  - Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis
VL  - 125
DO  - 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Jovanović, Jelena and Power, Robert C. and de Becdelievre, Camille and Goude, Gwenaelle and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Research increasingly suggests that natural and social environments shaped the Neolithic expansion of the farming niche into Europe. The Danube Gorges, on account of its position between the Mediterranean and more temperate regions and the presence of archaeological sites with continuous Mesolithic and Neolithic layers of occupation associated with vast burial grounds is ideal for studying the modality of Neolithization. Previous dietary stable isotope (carbon, nitrogen, and sulphur) studies in the Central Balkan area indicate that many Neolithic humans remained reliant on foraged aquatic resources in the Gorges. Until now, there is no unambiguous evidence of cereal consumption in this region. The possibility that the rich aquatic resources of the Danube river habitats within Central Balkans influenced diet and thus delayed uptake of Neolithic cultigens is unanswered. The extensive skeletal record from sites in the Danube Gorges (Central Balkans) with its long temporal sequence, provides the opportunity to reconstruct plant use during Mesolithic and the Neolithic. To assess when cereals and possibly cultivated plants spread to the region, we analysed the microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) entrapped in the dental calculus of 81 individuals dating from 9100 to 5500 cal BC, recovered from five sites in the Danube Gorges. This study marks the largest study of dental calculus from this period so far conducted. Added to this, we present new radiocarbon dates (n = 17), bone collagen stable isotope data (delta C-13 and delta N-15; n = 5) and data on caries frequency. This dietary study identifies that the growing of crops commenced in the Early Neolithic circa 6000 cal BC and was brought by farming migrants of north-western Anatolian ancestry into the Danube Gorges. Despite bringing a Neolithic agm-pastoral subsistence practices and cultural novelties in the Gorges, these migrants and their descendants adopted some of the local dietary and cultural traditions, suggesting a mosaic pattern of Neolithization. The resulting data provides a better understanding of the tempo and spread of cereal agriculture practices and the role of cereals in the diet of Danube Gorges inhabitants.",
publisher = "Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
title = "Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis",
volume = "125",
doi = "10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288"
}

Jovanović, J., Power, R. C., de Becdelievre, C., Goude, G.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis. in Journal of Archaeological Science
Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London., 125.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288

Jovanović J, Power RC, de Becdelievre C, Goude G, Stefanović S. Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis. in Journal of Archaeological Science. 2021;125.
doi:10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288 .

Jovanović, Jelena, Power, Robert C., de Becdelievre, Camille, Goude, Gwenaelle, Stefanović, Sofija, "Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis" in Journal of Archaeological Science, 125 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Balasse, Marie
AU  - Gillis, Rosalind
AU  - Živaljević, Ivana
AU  - Berthon, Remi
AU  - Kovacikova, Lenka
AU  - Fiorillo, Denis
AU  - Arbogast, Rose-Marie
AU  - Balasescu, Adrian
AU  - Brehard, Stephanie
AU  - Nyerges, Eva A.
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Banffy, Eszter
AU  - Domboroczki, Laszlo
AU  - Marciniak, Arkadiusz
AU  - Oross, Krisztian
AU  - Vostrovska, Ivana
AU  - Roffet-Salque, Mélanie
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
AU  - Ivanova, Maria
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3350
AB  - Present-day domestic cattle are reproductively active throughout the year, which is a major asset for dairy production. Large wild ungulates, in contrast, are seasonal breeders, as were the last historic representatives of the aurochs, the wild ancestors of cattle. Aseasonal reproduction in cattle is a consequence of domestication and herding, but exactly when this capacity developed in domestic cattle is still unknown and the extent to which early farming communities controlled the seasonality of reproduction is debated. Seasonal or aseasonal calving would have shaped the socio-economic practices of ancient farming societies differently, structuring the agropastoral calendar and determining milk availability where dairying is attested. In this study, we reconstruct the calving pattern through the analysis of stable oxygen isotope ratios of cattle tooth enamel from 18 sites across Europe, dating from the 6th mill. cal BC (Early Neolithic) in the Balkans to the 4th mill. cal BC (Middle Neolithic) in Western Europe. Seasonal calving prevailed in Europe between the 6th and 4th millennia cal BC. These results suggest that cattle agropastoral systems in Neolithic Europe were strongly constrained by environmental factors, in particular forage resources. The ensuing fluctuations in milk availability would account for cheese-making, transforming a seasonal milk supply into a storable product.
PB  - Nature Research, Berlin
T2  - Scientific Reports
T1  - Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making
IS  - 1
VL  - 11
DO  - 10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Balasse, Marie and Gillis, Rosalind and Živaljević, Ivana and Berthon, Remi and Kovacikova, Lenka and Fiorillo, Denis and Arbogast, Rose-Marie and Balasescu, Adrian and Brehard, Stephanie and Nyerges, Eva A. and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Banffy, Eszter and Domboroczki, Laszlo and Marciniak, Arkadiusz and Oross, Krisztian and Vostrovska, Ivana and Roffet-Salque, Mélanie and Stefanović, Sofija and Ivanova, Maria",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Present-day domestic cattle are reproductively active throughout the year, which is a major asset for dairy production. Large wild ungulates, in contrast, are seasonal breeders, as were the last historic representatives of the aurochs, the wild ancestors of cattle. Aseasonal reproduction in cattle is a consequence of domestication and herding, but exactly when this capacity developed in domestic cattle is still unknown and the extent to which early farming communities controlled the seasonality of reproduction is debated. Seasonal or aseasonal calving would have shaped the socio-economic practices of ancient farming societies differently, structuring the agropastoral calendar and determining milk availability where dairying is attested. In this study, we reconstruct the calving pattern through the analysis of stable oxygen isotope ratios of cattle tooth enamel from 18 sites across Europe, dating from the 6th mill. cal BC (Early Neolithic) in the Balkans to the 4th mill. cal BC (Middle Neolithic) in Western Europe. Seasonal calving prevailed in Europe between the 6th and 4th millennia cal BC. These results suggest that cattle agropastoral systems in Neolithic Europe were strongly constrained by environmental factors, in particular forage resources. The ensuing fluctuations in milk availability would account for cheese-making, transforming a seasonal milk supply into a storable product.",
publisher = "Nature Research, Berlin",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
title = "Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making",
number = "1",
volume = "11",
doi = "10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1"
}

Balasse, M., Gillis, R., Živaljević, I., Berthon, R., Kovacikova, L., Fiorillo, D., Arbogast, R., Balasescu, A., Brehard, S., Nyerges, E. A., Dimitrijević, V., Banffy, E., Domboroczki, L., Marciniak, A., Oross, K., Vostrovska, I., Roffet-Salque, M., Stefanović, S.,& Ivanova, M.. (2021). Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making. in Scientific Reports
Nature Research, Berlin., 11(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1

Balasse M, Gillis R, Živaljević I, Berthon R, Kovacikova L, Fiorillo D, Arbogast R, Balasescu A, Brehard S, Nyerges EA, Dimitrijević V, Banffy E, Domboroczki L, Marciniak A, Oross K, Vostrovska I, Roffet-Salque M, Stefanović S, Ivanova M. Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making. in Scientific Reports. 2021;11(1).
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1 .

Balasse, Marie, Gillis, Rosalind, Živaljević, Ivana, Berthon, Remi, Kovacikova, Lenka, Fiorillo, Denis, Arbogast, Rose-Marie, Balasescu, Adrian, Brehard, Stephanie, Nyerges, Eva A., Dimitrijević, Vesna, Banffy, Eszter, Domboroczki, Laszlo, Marciniak, Arkadiusz, Oross, Krisztian, Vostrovska, Ivana, Roffet-Salque, Mélanie, Stefanović, Sofija, Ivanova, Maria, "Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making" in Scientific Reports, 11, no. 1 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Penezić, Kristina
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Urban, Petra Kathrin
AU  - Wittwer-Backofen, Ursula
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3315
AB  - This work is a reply to the comment by Edinborough et al. (2021) on our recently published paper (Penezic ' et al., 2020). In our original paper we presented the results based on the tooth cementum annulation analysis that show that the Neolithic females had higher levels of physiological stress than the Mesolithic females in the Central Balkans. We proposed the hypothesis that this was caused by differences in fertility. In their comment on our paper, Edinborough et al. (2021) question: 1) the accuracy and precision of the TCA analysis as the age estimation method 2) that pregnancies leave traces in the tooth cementum 3) our interpretation of the results. In this reply we argue: 1) that the TCA is a reliable method for age estimation 2) that the reflection of pregnancies in the tooth cementum was established by independent and previously published research and 3) we clarify that our interpretation - that the increased fertility in the Neolithic period may be the cause of the observed patterns - is a hypothesis that needs to be further tested rather than the final conclusion of our original paper.
PB  - Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Science
T1  - Stressful times for women-Reply to Edinborough et al. (2021)
VL  - 134
DO  - 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105464
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Penezić, Kristina and Porčić, Marko and Urban, Petra Kathrin and Wittwer-Backofen, Ursula and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "This work is a reply to the comment by Edinborough et al. (2021) on our recently published paper (Penezic ' et al., 2020). In our original paper we presented the results based on the tooth cementum annulation analysis that show that the Neolithic females had higher levels of physiological stress than the Mesolithic females in the Central Balkans. We proposed the hypothesis that this was caused by differences in fertility. In their comment on our paper, Edinborough et al. (2021) question: 1) the accuracy and precision of the TCA analysis as the age estimation method 2) that pregnancies leave traces in the tooth cementum 3) our interpretation of the results. In this reply we argue: 1) that the TCA is a reliable method for age estimation 2) that the reflection of pregnancies in the tooth cementum was established by independent and previously published research and 3) we clarify that our interpretation - that the increased fertility in the Neolithic period may be the cause of the observed patterns - is a hypothesis that needs to be further tested rather than the final conclusion of our original paper.",
publisher = "Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
title = "Stressful times for women-Reply to Edinborough et al. (2021)",
volume = "134",
doi = "10.1016/j.jas.2021.105464"
}

Penezić, K., Porčić, M., Urban, P. K., Wittwer-Backofen, U.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). Stressful times for women-Reply to Edinborough et al. (2021). in Journal of Archaeological Science
Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London., 134.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105464

Penezić K, Porčić M, Urban PK, Wittwer-Backofen U, Stefanović S. Stressful times for women-Reply to Edinborough et al. (2021). in Journal of Archaeological Science. 2021;134.
doi:10.1016/j.jas.2021.105464 .

Penezić, Kristina, Porčić, Marko, Urban, Petra Kathrin, Wittwer-Backofen, Ursula, Stefanović, Sofija, "Stressful times for women-Reply to Edinborough et al. (2021)" in Journal of Archaeological Science, 134 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105464 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Žegarac, Aleksandra
AU  - Winkelbach, L.
AU  - Bloecher, J.
AU  - Diekmann, Yoan
AU  - Krečković Gavrilović, Marija
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Stojković, B.
AU  - Milašinović, Lidija
AU  - Schreiber, M.
AU  - Wegmann, D.
AU  - Veeramah, Krishna R.
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
AU  - Burger, Joachim
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3334
AB  - Twenty-four palaeogenomes from Mokrin, a major Early Bronze Age necropolis in southeastern Europe, were sequenced to analyse kinship between individuals and to better understand prehistoric social organization. 15 investigated individuals were involved in genetic relationships of varying degrees. The Mokrin sample resembles a genetically unstructured population, suggesting that the community's social hierarchies were not accompanied by strict marriage barriers. We find evidence for female exogamy but no indications for strict patrilocality. Individual status differences at Mokrin, as indicated by grave goods, support the inference that females could inherit status, but could not transmit status to all their sons. We further show that sons had the possibility to acquire status during their lifetimes, but not necessarily to inherit it. Taken together, these findings suggest that Southeastern Europe in the Early Bronze Age had a significantly different family and social structure than Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age societies of Central Europe.
PB  - Nature Research, Berlin
T2  - Scientific Reports
T1  - Ancient genomes provide insights into family structure and the heredity of social status in the early Bronze Age of southeastern Europe
IS  - 1
VL  - 11
DO  - 10.1038/s41598-021-89090-x
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Žegarac, Aleksandra and Winkelbach, L. and Bloecher, J. and Diekmann, Yoan and Krečković Gavrilović, Marija and Porčić, Marko and Stojković, B. and Milašinović, Lidija and Schreiber, M. and Wegmann, D. and Veeramah, Krishna R. and Stefanović, Sofija and Burger, Joachim",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Twenty-four palaeogenomes from Mokrin, a major Early Bronze Age necropolis in southeastern Europe, were sequenced to analyse kinship between individuals and to better understand prehistoric social organization. 15 investigated individuals were involved in genetic relationships of varying degrees. The Mokrin sample resembles a genetically unstructured population, suggesting that the community's social hierarchies were not accompanied by strict marriage barriers. We find evidence for female exogamy but no indications for strict patrilocality. Individual status differences at Mokrin, as indicated by grave goods, support the inference that females could inherit status, but could not transmit status to all their sons. We further show that sons had the possibility to acquire status during their lifetimes, but not necessarily to inherit it. Taken together, these findings suggest that Southeastern Europe in the Early Bronze Age had a significantly different family and social structure than Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age societies of Central Europe.",
publisher = "Nature Research, Berlin",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
title = "Ancient genomes provide insights into family structure and the heredity of social status in the early Bronze Age of southeastern Europe",
number = "1",
volume = "11",
doi = "10.1038/s41598-021-89090-x"
}

Žegarac, A., Winkelbach, L., Bloecher, J., Diekmann, Y., Krečković Gavrilović, M., Porčić, M., Stojković, B., Milašinović, L., Schreiber, M., Wegmann, D., Veeramah, K. R., Stefanović, S.,& Burger, J.. (2021). Ancient genomes provide insights into family structure and the heredity of social status in the early Bronze Age of southeastern Europe. in Scientific Reports
Nature Research, Berlin., 11(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89090-x

Žegarac A, Winkelbach L, Bloecher J, Diekmann Y, Krečković Gavrilović M, Porčić M, Stojković B, Milašinović L, Schreiber M, Wegmann D, Veeramah KR, Stefanović S, Burger J. Ancient genomes provide insights into family structure and the heredity of social status in the early Bronze Age of southeastern Europe. in Scientific Reports. 2021;11(1).
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89090-x .

Žegarac, Aleksandra, Winkelbach, L., Bloecher, J., Diekmann, Yoan, Krečković Gavrilović, Marija, Porčić, Marko, Stojković, B., Milašinović, Lidija, Schreiber, M., Wegmann, D., Veeramah, Krishna R., Stefanović, Sofija, Burger, Joachim, "Ancient genomes provide insights into family structure and the heredity of social status in the early Bronze Age of southeastern Europe" in Scientific Reports, 11, no. 1 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89090-x . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Naumov, Goce
AU  - Fidanoski, Ljubo
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3309
AB  - The study of ornaments made of marine shells has remarkable importance for understanding prehistoric societies. They tell us about fashion, aesthetic and cultural affinities of the individuals and social groups, as well as ancient networks of communication and exchange. The number of marine shell items known from the Neolithic period of North Macedonia is relatively low. Albeit few, they vary in ornament type, with beads, bangles and pendants represented, and the kind of shell used as raw material, as they are made of shells of bivalves, gastropods, and scaphopods. Of special importance is a find of 157 shell beads, presumably from a single string, discovered in 1958 in an anthropomorphic vessel at the site of Vrsnik in Ovce pole. It was the recognition of this find, and the fact that it was originally poorly described, and later almost completely forgotten, that initiated this study. The majority of beads are tubular and made of shells of two mollusks with very different shell morphology (bivalves and scaphopods), yet they are strikingly similar in size, shape, and color. In addition, the collection included white stone tubular beads, a single shell discoid bead, and three perforated snails. This find, as well as others from the region of North Macedonia, enhance our understanding of marine shell items distribution in continental Europe in the Neolithic period. Also, it adds to the visibility of scaphopod items share in exchange networks, which might be underestimated because of the difficulties in their recognition.
PB  - Publications Scientifiques Du Museum, Paris, Paris Cedex 05
T2  - Anthropozoologica
T1  - A string of marine shell beads from the Neolithic site of Vrsnik (Tarinci, Ovce pole), and other marine shell ornaments in the Neolithic of North Macedonia
EP  - 70
IS  - 4
SP  - 57
VL  - 56
DO  - 10.5252/anthropozoologica2021v56a4
ER  - 

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author = "Dimitrijević, Vesna and Naumov, Goce and Fidanoski, Ljubo and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2021",
abstract = "The study of ornaments made of marine shells has remarkable importance for understanding prehistoric societies. They tell us about fashion, aesthetic and cultural affinities of the individuals and social groups, as well as ancient networks of communication and exchange. The number of marine shell items known from the Neolithic period of North Macedonia is relatively low. Albeit few, they vary in ornament type, with beads, bangles and pendants represented, and the kind of shell used as raw material, as they are made of shells of bivalves, gastropods, and scaphopods. Of special importance is a find of 157 shell beads, presumably from a single string, discovered in 1958 in an anthropomorphic vessel at the site of Vrsnik in Ovce pole. It was the recognition of this find, and the fact that it was originally poorly described, and later almost completely forgotten, that initiated this study. The majority of beads are tubular and made of shells of two mollusks with very different shell morphology (bivalves and scaphopods), yet they are strikingly similar in size, shape, and color. In addition, the collection included white stone tubular beads, a single shell discoid bead, and three perforated snails. This find, as well as others from the region of North Macedonia, enhance our understanding of marine shell items distribution in continental Europe in the Neolithic period. Also, it adds to the visibility of scaphopod items share in exchange networks, which might be underestimated because of the difficulties in their recognition.",
publisher = "Publications Scientifiques Du Museum, Paris, Paris Cedex 05",
journal = "Anthropozoologica",
title = "A string of marine shell beads from the Neolithic site of Vrsnik (Tarinci, Ovce pole), and other marine shell ornaments in the Neolithic of North Macedonia",
pages = "70-57",
number = "4",
volume = "56",
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Dimitrijević, V., Naumov, G., Fidanoski, L.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). A string of marine shell beads from the Neolithic site of Vrsnik (Tarinci, Ovce pole), and other marine shell ornaments in the Neolithic of North Macedonia. in Anthropozoologica
Publications Scientifiques Du Museum, Paris, Paris Cedex 05., 56(4), 57-70.
https://doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2021v56a4

Dimitrijević V, Naumov G, Fidanoski L, Stefanović S. A string of marine shell beads from the Neolithic site of Vrsnik (Tarinci, Ovce pole), and other marine shell ornaments in the Neolithic of North Macedonia. in Anthropozoologica. 2021;56(4):57-70.
doi:10.5252/anthropozoologica2021v56a4 .

Dimitrijević, Vesna, Naumov, Goce, Fidanoski, Ljubo, Stefanović, Sofija, "A string of marine shell beads from the Neolithic site of Vrsnik (Tarinci, Ovce pole), and other marine shell ornaments in the Neolithic of North Macedonia" in Anthropozoologica, 56, no. 4 (2021):57-70,
https://doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2021v56a4 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Marković, Jelena
AU  - Jovanović, Jelena
AU  - de Becdelievre, Camille
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
AU  - Romero, Alejandro
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6040
AB  - The Neolithic Transition in Europe has been associated with major migrations and sweeping changes in subsistence practices, lifestyle, social structures and demographic patterns. Nonetheless, some recent studies emphasize regional specifics or temporal differences in this process and put forward the role of environmental variations and the influence of indigenous forager traditions, as explanations. The Central Balkans is one of the key regions for studying Neolithization processes since there is documented coexistence of last hunters and first farmers. In particular, Early Neolithic foragers’ and farmers’ contemporaneous sites are located in two different but close-by environments: the Danube Gorges with continuous Mesolithic-Neolithic occupation (9500-5500 BC), and the Great Pannonian Plain where evidence for Mesolithic presence is circumstantial, but where the Early Neolithic is associated with an exploding number of sites (6200-5200 BC). This context provides a particular scenario to explore foragers’ and farmers’ dietary behaviors from different social, cultural and natural environments. In this study, we analyzed 70 postcanine buccal-microwear from individuals of different chronological populations to characterize the effect of dietary abrasiveness and the impact of food processing techniques. Buccal-microwear patterns were then cross-linked with previous radiogenic and stable isotope signatures, which provide information about migration and the protein content of the diet. By comparing different lines of bioarcheological evidence, our findings provide unique insights into patterns of subsistence adaptations and the cultural transmission of dietary habits in this region. The spread of the Neolithic likely included the adaptations of ways of subsistence, food preparation and consumption, to local natural and social environments. Concerning regions already populated by foragers, the results also confirm that Neolithization should not be seen as a straightforward process of acculturation but rather represents more complex behavioral and cultural interactions and transmissions.
PB  - European Association of Archaeologists
C3  - 26th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 24-30.8.2020.; Abstract book
T1  - Dietary habits and Neolitization in the Central Balkans through dental buccal-microwear and isotope analysis
EP  - 253
SP  - 253
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6040
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Marković, Jelena and Jovanović, Jelena and de Becdelievre, Camille and Stefanović, Sofija and Romero, Alejandro",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The Neolithic Transition in Europe has been associated with major migrations and sweeping changes in subsistence practices, lifestyle, social structures and demographic patterns. Nonetheless, some recent studies emphasize regional specifics or temporal differences in this process and put forward the role of environmental variations and the influence of indigenous forager traditions, as explanations. The Central Balkans is one of the key regions for studying Neolithization processes since there is documented coexistence of last hunters and first farmers. In particular, Early Neolithic foragers’ and farmers’ contemporaneous sites are located in two different but close-by environments: the Danube Gorges with continuous Mesolithic-Neolithic occupation (9500-5500 BC), and the Great Pannonian Plain where evidence for Mesolithic presence is circumstantial, but where the Early Neolithic is associated with an exploding number of sites (6200-5200 BC). This context provides a particular scenario to explore foragers’ and farmers’ dietary behaviors from different social, cultural and natural environments. In this study, we analyzed 70 postcanine buccal-microwear from individuals of different chronological populations to characterize the effect of dietary abrasiveness and the impact of food processing techniques. Buccal-microwear patterns were then cross-linked with previous radiogenic and stable isotope signatures, which provide information about migration and the protein content of the diet. By comparing different lines of bioarcheological evidence, our findings provide unique insights into patterns of subsistence adaptations and the cultural transmission of dietary habits in this region. The spread of the Neolithic likely included the adaptations of ways of subsistence, food preparation and consumption, to local natural and social environments. Concerning regions already populated by foragers, the results also confirm that Neolithization should not be seen as a straightforward process of acculturation but rather represents more complex behavioral and cultural interactions and transmissions.",
publisher = "European Association of Archaeologists",
journal = "26th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 24-30.8.2020.; Abstract book",
title = "Dietary habits and Neolitization in the Central Balkans through dental buccal-microwear and isotope analysis",
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url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6040"
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Marković, J., Jovanović, J., de Becdelievre, C., Stefanović, S.,& Romero, A.. (2020). Dietary habits and Neolitization in the Central Balkans through dental buccal-microwear and isotope analysis. in 26th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 24-30.8.2020.; Abstract book
European Association of Archaeologists., 253-253.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6040

Marković J, Jovanović J, de Becdelievre C, Stefanović S, Romero A. Dietary habits and Neolitization in the Central Balkans through dental buccal-microwear and isotope analysis. in 26th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 24-30.8.2020.; Abstract book. 2020;:253-253.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6040 .

Marković, Jelena, Jovanović, Jelena, de Becdelievre, Camille, Stefanović, Sofija, Romero, Alejandro, "Dietary habits and Neolitization in the Central Balkans through dental buccal-microwear and isotope analysis" in 26th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 24-30.8.2020.; Abstract book (2020):253-253,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6040 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Blagojević, Tamara
AU  - Pendić, Jugoslav
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3202
AB  - The new set of radiocarbon dates was used to explore the timing and tempo of the Neolithic expansion across the Central Balkans. Our results suggest that the first farmers arrived in this region around or few decades before 6200 cal BC. The observed spatio-temporal pattern based on the radiocarbon data suggests that the general direction of the expansion was along the south-north axis. The regression analysis (arrival time vs. distance from the origin of expansion in northern Greece) was used to estimate the Neolithic front speed. The results of this analysis suggest that there is a moderate fit of the linear model. Most of the front speed estimates based on the Central Balkan data are between 1 and 2.5 km/year (depending on the data subset and the statistical technique) which is mostly above the expected range (around 1 km/year) for the standard wave of advance model and the empirically determined continental averages. We conclude that the spatio-temporal pattern of the Neolithic expansion in the Central Balkans is broadly consistent with the predictions of the wave of advance model, with the possibility of sporadic leapfrog migration events. The speed of the expansion seems to have been faster in the Central Balkans compared to the continental average.
PB  - Elsevier, Amsterdam
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports
T1  - The timing and tempo of the Neolithic expansion across the Central Balkans in the light of the new radiocarbon evidence
VL  - 33
DO  - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102528
ER  - 

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author = "Porčić, Marko and Blagojević, Tamara and Pendić, Jugoslav and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The new set of radiocarbon dates was used to explore the timing and tempo of the Neolithic expansion across the Central Balkans. Our results suggest that the first farmers arrived in this region around or few decades before 6200 cal BC. The observed spatio-temporal pattern based on the radiocarbon data suggests that the general direction of the expansion was along the south-north axis. The regression analysis (arrival time vs. distance from the origin of expansion in northern Greece) was used to estimate the Neolithic front speed. The results of this analysis suggest that there is a moderate fit of the linear model. Most of the front speed estimates based on the Central Balkan data are between 1 and 2.5 km/year (depending on the data subset and the statistical technique) which is mostly above the expected range (around 1 km/year) for the standard wave of advance model and the empirically determined continental averages. We conclude that the spatio-temporal pattern of the Neolithic expansion in the Central Balkans is broadly consistent with the predictions of the wave of advance model, with the possibility of sporadic leapfrog migration events. The speed of the expansion seems to have been faster in the Central Balkans compared to the continental average.",
publisher = "Elsevier, Amsterdam",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports",
title = "The timing and tempo of the Neolithic expansion across the Central Balkans in the light of the new radiocarbon evidence",
volume = "33",
doi = "10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102528"
}

Porčić, M., Blagojević, T., Pendić, J.,& Stefanović, S.. (2020). The timing and tempo of the Neolithic expansion across the Central Balkans in the light of the new radiocarbon evidence. in Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports
Elsevier, Amsterdam., 33.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102528

Porčić M, Blagojević T, Pendić J, Stefanović S. The timing and tempo of the Neolithic expansion across the Central Balkans in the light of the new radiocarbon evidence. in Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports. 2020;33.
doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102528 .

Porčić, Marko, Blagojević, Tamara, Pendić, Jugoslav, Stefanović, Sofija, "The timing and tempo of the Neolithic expansion across the Central Balkans in the light of the new radiocarbon evidence" in Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports, 33 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102528 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stojanovski, Darko
AU  - Živaljević, Ivana
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Dunne, Julie
AU  - Evershed, Richard P.
AU  - Balasse, Marie
AU  - Dowle, Adam
AU  - Hendy, Jessica
AU  - McGrath, Krista
AU  - Fischer, Roman
AU  - Speller, Camilla
AU  - Jovanović, Jelena
AU  - Casanova, Emmanuelle
AU  - Knowles, Timothy
AU  - Balj, Lidija
AU  - Naumov, Goce
AU  - Putica, Andelka
AU  - Starović, Andrej
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3189
AB  - The application of biomolecular techniques to archaeological materials from the Balkans is providing valuable new information on the prehistory of the region. This is especially relevant for the study of the neolithisation process in SE Europe, which gradually affected the rest of the continent. Here, to answer questions regarding diet and subsistence practices in early farming societies in the central Balkans, we combine organic residue analyses of archaeological pottery, taxonomic and isotopic study of domestic animal remains and biomolecular analyses of human dental calculus. The results from the analyses of the lipid residues from pottery suggest that milk was processed in ceramic vessels. Dairy products were shown to be part of the subsistence strategies of the earliest Neolithic communities in the region but were of varying importance in different areas of the Balkan. Conversely, milk proteins were not detected within the dental calculus. The molecular and isotopic identification of meat, dairy, plants and beeswax in the pottery lipids also provided insights into the diversity of diet in these early Neolithic communities, mainly based on terrestrial resources. We also present the first compound-specific radiocarbon dates for the region, obtained directly from absorbed organic residues extracted from pottery, identified as dairy lipids.
PB  - Public Library Science, San Francisco
T2  - PLoS One
T1  - Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans
IS  - 8
VL  - 15
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0237608
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Stojanovski, Darko and Živaljević, Ivana and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Dunne, Julie and Evershed, Richard P. and Balasse, Marie and Dowle, Adam and Hendy, Jessica and McGrath, Krista and Fischer, Roman and Speller, Camilla and Jovanović, Jelena and Casanova, Emmanuelle and Knowles, Timothy and Balj, Lidija and Naumov, Goce and Putica, Andelka and Starović, Andrej and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The application of biomolecular techniques to archaeological materials from the Balkans is providing valuable new information on the prehistory of the region. This is especially relevant for the study of the neolithisation process in SE Europe, which gradually affected the rest of the continent. Here, to answer questions regarding diet and subsistence practices in early farming societies in the central Balkans, we combine organic residue analyses of archaeological pottery, taxonomic and isotopic study of domestic animal remains and biomolecular analyses of human dental calculus. The results from the analyses of the lipid residues from pottery suggest that milk was processed in ceramic vessels. Dairy products were shown to be part of the subsistence strategies of the earliest Neolithic communities in the region but were of varying importance in different areas of the Balkan. Conversely, milk proteins were not detected within the dental calculus. The molecular and isotopic identification of meat, dairy, plants and beeswax in the pottery lipids also provided insights into the diversity of diet in these early Neolithic communities, mainly based on terrestrial resources. We also present the first compound-specific radiocarbon dates for the region, obtained directly from absorbed organic residues extracted from pottery, identified as dairy lipids.",
publisher = "Public Library Science, San Francisco",
journal = "PLoS One",
title = "Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans",
number = "8",
volume = "15",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0237608"
}

Stojanovski, D., Živaljević, I., Dimitrijević, V., Dunne, J., Evershed, R. P., Balasse, M., Dowle, A., Hendy, J., McGrath, K., Fischer, R., Speller, C., Jovanović, J., Casanova, E., Knowles, T., Balj, L., Naumov, G., Putica, A., Starović, A.,& Stefanović, S.. (2020). Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans. in PLoS One
Public Library Science, San Francisco., 15(8).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237608

Stojanovski D, Živaljević I, Dimitrijević V, Dunne J, Evershed RP, Balasse M, Dowle A, Hendy J, McGrath K, Fischer R, Speller C, Jovanović J, Casanova E, Knowles T, Balj L, Naumov G, Putica A, Starović A, Stefanović S. Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans. in PLoS One. 2020;15(8).
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237608 .

Stojanovski, Darko, Živaljević, Ivana, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Dunne, Julie, Evershed, Richard P., Balasse, Marie, Dowle, Adam, Hendy, Jessica, McGrath, Krista, Fischer, Roman, Speller, Camilla, Jovanović, Jelena, Casanova, Emmanuelle, Knowles, Timothy, Balj, Lidija, Naumov, Goce, Putica, Andelka, Starović, Andrej, Stefanović, Sofija, "Living off the land: Terrestrial-based diet and dairying in the farming communities of the Neolithic Balkans" in PLoS One, 15, no. 8 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237608 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Penezić, Kristina
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Urban, Petra Kathrin
AU  - Wittwer-Backofen, Ursula
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3172
AB  - We used the tooth cementum annulation method (TCA) to investigate physiological stress before and during the Neolithic demographic transition in Europe. Episodes of physiological stress are reflected as "stress layers" in the tooth cementum at an almost annual resolution. We used the TCA method to detect and count the number of the stress events for a sample of 21 Mesolithic and 25 Neolithic individuals from the Central Balkans from the period between 9500 and 5400 years BC. In accord with the theory of the Neolithic demographic transition, we hypothesize that the Neolithic individuals will have more stress than the Mesolithic individuals. Our results suggest that the Neolithic females had significantly more stress layers in the tooth cementum per year of life than the Mesolithic females. The difference between Mesolithic and Neolithic males was not statistically significant. We conclude that Neolithic women had more physiological stress episodes than Mesolithic women. The differential pattern between sexes, combined with the fact that pregnancies are one of the major causes of stress layer formation in tooth cementum, might indicate that the observed differences are mostly due to increased fertility in the Neolithic.
PB  - Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Science
T1  - Stressful times for women- Increased physiological stress in Neolithic females detected in tooth cementum
VL  - 122
DO  - 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105217
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Penezić, Kristina and Porčić, Marko and Urban, Petra Kathrin and Wittwer-Backofen, Ursula and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2020",
abstract = "We used the tooth cementum annulation method (TCA) to investigate physiological stress before and during the Neolithic demographic transition in Europe. Episodes of physiological stress are reflected as "stress layers" in the tooth cementum at an almost annual resolution. We used the TCA method to detect and count the number of the stress events for a sample of 21 Mesolithic and 25 Neolithic individuals from the Central Balkans from the period between 9500 and 5400 years BC. In accord with the theory of the Neolithic demographic transition, we hypothesize that the Neolithic individuals will have more stress than the Mesolithic individuals. Our results suggest that the Neolithic females had significantly more stress layers in the tooth cementum per year of life than the Mesolithic females. The difference between Mesolithic and Neolithic males was not statistically significant. We conclude that Neolithic women had more physiological stress episodes than Mesolithic women. The differential pattern between sexes, combined with the fact that pregnancies are one of the major causes of stress layer formation in tooth cementum, might indicate that the observed differences are mostly due to increased fertility in the Neolithic.",
publisher = "Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
title = "Stressful times for women- Increased physiological stress in Neolithic females detected in tooth cementum",
volume = "122",
doi = "10.1016/j.jas.2020.105217"
}

Penezić, K., Porčić, M., Urban, P. K., Wittwer-Backofen, U.,& Stefanović, S.. (2020). Stressful times for women- Increased physiological stress in Neolithic females detected in tooth cementum. in Journal of Archaeological Science
Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London., 122.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105217

Penezić K, Porčić M, Urban PK, Wittwer-Backofen U, Stefanović S. Stressful times for women- Increased physiological stress in Neolithic females detected in tooth cementum. in Journal of Archaeological Science. 2020;122.
doi:10.1016/j.jas.2020.105217 .

Penezić, Kristina, Porčić, Marko, Urban, Petra Kathrin, Wittwer-Backofen, Ursula, Stefanović, Sofija, "Stressful times for women- Increased physiological stress in Neolithic females detected in tooth cementum" in Journal of Archaeological Science, 122 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105217 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Burger, Joachim
AU  - Link, Vivian
AU  - Blocher, Jens
AU  - Schulz, Anna
AU  - Sell, Christian
AU  - Pochon, Zoe
AU  - Diekmann, Yoan
AU  - Žegarac, Aleksandra
AU  - Hofmanova, Zuzana
AU  - Winkelbach, Laura
AU  - Reyna-Blanco, Carlos S.
AU  - Bieker, Vanessa
AU  - Orschiedt, Jorg
AU  - Brinker, Ute
AU  - Scheu, Amelie
AU  - Leuenberger, Christoph
AU  - Bertino, Thomas S.
AU  - Bollongino, Ruth
AU  - Lidke, Gundula
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
AU  - Jantzen, Detlef
AU  - Kaiser, Elke
AU  - Terberger, Thomas
AU  - Thomas, Mark G.
AU  - Veeramah, Krishna R.
AU  - Wegmann, Daniel
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3150
AB  - Lactase persistence (LP), the continued expression of lactase into adulthood, is the most strongly selected single gene trait over the last 10,000 years in multiple human populations. It has been posited that the primary allele causing LP among Eurasians, rs4988235-A [1], only rose to appreciable frequencies during the Bronze and Iron Ages [2, 3], long after humans started consuming milk from domesticated animals. This rapid rise has been attributed to an influx of people from the Pontic-Caspian steppe that began around 5,000 years ago [4, 5]. We investigate the spatiotemporal spread of LP through an analysis of 14 warriors from the Tollense Bronze Age battlefield in northern Germany (similar to 3,200 before present, BP), the oldest large-scale conflict site north of the Alps. Genetic data indicate that these individuals represent a single unstructured Central/Northern European population. We complemented these data with genotypes of 18 individuals from the Bronze Age site Mokrin in Serbia (similar to 4,100 to similar to 3,700 BP) and 37 individuals from Eastern Europe and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe region, predating both Bronze Age sites (similar to 5,980 to similar to 3,980BP). We infer low LP in all three regions, i.e., in northern Germany and South-eastern and Eastern Europe, suggesting that the surge of rs4988235 in Central and Northern Europe was unlikely caused by Steppe expansions. We estimate a selection coefficient of 0.06 and conclude that the selection was ongoing in various parts of Europe over the last 3,000 years.
PB  - Cell Press, Cambridge
T2  - Current Biology
T1  - Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years
EP  - +
IS  - 21
SP  - 4307
VL  - 30
DO  - 10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.033
ER  - 

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author = "Burger, Joachim and Link, Vivian and Blocher, Jens and Schulz, Anna and Sell, Christian and Pochon, Zoe and Diekmann, Yoan and Žegarac, Aleksandra and Hofmanova, Zuzana and Winkelbach, Laura and Reyna-Blanco, Carlos S. and Bieker, Vanessa and Orschiedt, Jorg and Brinker, Ute and Scheu, Amelie and Leuenberger, Christoph and Bertino, Thomas S. and Bollongino, Ruth and Lidke, Gundula and Stefanović, Sofija and Jantzen, Detlef and Kaiser, Elke and Terberger, Thomas and Thomas, Mark G. and Veeramah, Krishna R. and Wegmann, Daniel",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Lactase persistence (LP), the continued expression of lactase into adulthood, is the most strongly selected single gene trait over the last 10,000 years in multiple human populations. It has been posited that the primary allele causing LP among Eurasians, rs4988235-A [1], only rose to appreciable frequencies during the Bronze and Iron Ages [2, 3], long after humans started consuming milk from domesticated animals. This rapid rise has been attributed to an influx of people from the Pontic-Caspian steppe that began around 5,000 years ago [4, 5]. We investigate the spatiotemporal spread of LP through an analysis of 14 warriors from the Tollense Bronze Age battlefield in northern Germany (similar to 3,200 before present, BP), the oldest large-scale conflict site north of the Alps. Genetic data indicate that these individuals represent a single unstructured Central/Northern European population. We complemented these data with genotypes of 18 individuals from the Bronze Age site Mokrin in Serbia (similar to 4,100 to similar to 3,700 BP) and 37 individuals from Eastern Europe and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe region, predating both Bronze Age sites (similar to 5,980 to similar to 3,980BP). We infer low LP in all three regions, i.e., in northern Germany and South-eastern and Eastern Europe, suggesting that the surge of rs4988235 in Central and Northern Europe was unlikely caused by Steppe expansions. We estimate a selection coefficient of 0.06 and conclude that the selection was ongoing in various parts of Europe over the last 3,000 years.",
publisher = "Cell Press, Cambridge",
journal = "Current Biology",
title = "Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years",
pages = "+-4307",
number = "21",
volume = "30",
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Burger, J., Link, V., Blocher, J., Schulz, A., Sell, C., Pochon, Z., Diekmann, Y., Žegarac, A., Hofmanova, Z., Winkelbach, L., Reyna-Blanco, C. S., Bieker, V., Orschiedt, J., Brinker, U., Scheu, A., Leuenberger, C., Bertino, T. S., Bollongino, R., Lidke, G., Stefanović, S., Jantzen, D., Kaiser, E., Terberger, T., Thomas, M. G., Veeramah, K. R.,& Wegmann, D.. (2020). Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years. in Current Biology
Cell Press, Cambridge., 30(21), 4307-+.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.033

Burger J, Link V, Blocher J, Schulz A, Sell C, Pochon Z, Diekmann Y, Žegarac A, Hofmanova Z, Winkelbach L, Reyna-Blanco CS, Bieker V, Orschiedt J, Brinker U, Scheu A, Leuenberger C, Bertino TS, Bollongino R, Lidke G, Stefanović S, Jantzen D, Kaiser E, Terberger T, Thomas MG, Veeramah KR, Wegmann D. Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years. in Current Biology. 2020;30(21):4307-+.
doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.033 .

Burger, Joachim, Link, Vivian, Blocher, Jens, Schulz, Anna, Sell, Christian, Pochon, Zoe, Diekmann, Yoan, Žegarac, Aleksandra, Hofmanova, Zuzana, Winkelbach, Laura, Reyna-Blanco, Carlos S., Bieker, Vanessa, Orschiedt, Jorg, Brinker, Ute, Scheu, Amelie, Leuenberger, Christoph, Bertino, Thomas S., Bollongino, Ruth, Lidke, Gundula, Stefanović, Sofija, Jantzen, Detlef, Kaiser, Elke, Terberger, Thomas, Thomas, Mark G., Veeramah, Krishna R., Wegmann, Daniel, "Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years" in Current Biology, 30, no. 21 (2020):4307-+,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.033 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Marković, Jelena
AU  - Romero, Alejandro
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6055
AB  - One of the most significant changes in human history occurred during the period of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, when people switched from the hunter-gatherer to the sedentary way of life and farming. This process is called Neolithic Demographic Transition, and it had substantial impact on human biology and dietary habits. The territory of the central Balkan and southern part of Great Pannonian Plane represents one of the key areas for studying the process of Neolitisation since is located at the crossroad between the Near East and central Europe. The rhytm and spread of Neolithisation in this region and how descendants of last hunter gatherers living in river enviroments accepted this new way of life and novel food resources is a hotly debated topic. Dental microwear analyses provide insights into the food abrasiveness as novel approach for understanding and delineate dietary changes among human populations. Different food types contain phytoliths; fish skin contains other silica-based particulates, and ground flourstone gritty contaminants, which all can leave microscopic traces on non-occlusal enamel surfaces during food chewing. The rich osteological collections from Early Neolithic sites (6200-5200 cal. BC) located across the Central Balkans and southern part of Great Pannonian Plain provides the opportunity to better understand the mechanisms of population’s adaptation to major ecological and socio-cultural changes, and to reconstruct regional subsistence variability by using dental microwear analysis. In this study, we present for the first time results of buccal microwear analysis of 50 individuals from 11 Early Neolithic sites. The results shed light on the physical and mechanical aspects of foods providing also new data about the spread and dynamics of Neolithisation process in this part of Europe.
PB  - Museu Marítim de Barcelona
C3  - 1st Conference on the Early Neolithic of Europe, 6-8. November 2019; Abstract book
T1  - Dental buccal microwear and dietary strategies in the Early Neolithic of Southeast Europe
EP  - 128
SP  - 127
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6055
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Marković, Jelena and Romero, Alejandro and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2019",
abstract = "One of the most significant changes in human history occurred during the period of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, when people switched from the hunter-gatherer to the sedentary way of life and farming. This process is called Neolithic Demographic Transition, and it had substantial impact on human biology and dietary habits. The territory of the central Balkan and southern part of Great Pannonian Plane represents one of the key areas for studying the process of Neolitisation since is located at the crossroad between the Near East and central Europe. The rhytm and spread of Neolithisation in this region and how descendants of last hunter gatherers living in river enviroments accepted this new way of life and novel food resources is a hotly debated topic. Dental microwear analyses provide insights into the food abrasiveness as novel approach for understanding and delineate dietary changes among human populations. Different food types contain phytoliths; fish skin contains other silica-based particulates, and ground flourstone gritty contaminants, which all can leave microscopic traces on non-occlusal enamel surfaces during food chewing. The rich osteological collections from Early Neolithic sites (6200-5200 cal. BC) located across the Central Balkans and southern part of Great Pannonian Plain provides the opportunity to better understand the mechanisms of population’s adaptation to major ecological and socio-cultural changes, and to reconstruct regional subsistence variability by using dental microwear analysis. In this study, we present for the first time results of buccal microwear analysis of 50 individuals from 11 Early Neolithic sites. The results shed light on the physical and mechanical aspects of foods providing also new data about the spread and dynamics of Neolithisation process in this part of Europe.",
publisher = "Museu Marítim de Barcelona",
journal = "1st Conference on the Early Neolithic of Europe, 6-8. November 2019; Abstract book",
title = "Dental buccal microwear and dietary strategies in the Early Neolithic of Southeast Europe",
pages = "128-127",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6055"
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Marković, J., Romero, A.,& Stefanović, S.. (2019). Dental buccal microwear and dietary strategies in the Early Neolithic of Southeast Europe. in 1st Conference on the Early Neolithic of Europe, 6-8. November 2019; Abstract book
Museu Marítim de Barcelona., 127-128.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6055

Marković J, Romero A, Stefanović S. Dental buccal microwear and dietary strategies in the Early Neolithic of Southeast Europe. in 1st Conference on the Early Neolithic of Europe, 6-8. November 2019; Abstract book. 2019;:127-128.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6055 .

Marković, Jelena, Romero, Alejandro, Stefanović, Sofija, "Dental buccal microwear and dietary strategies in the Early Neolithic of Southeast Europe" in 1st Conference on the Early Neolithic of Europe, 6-8. November 2019; Abstract book (2019):127-128,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6055 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Pendić, Jugoslav
AU  - Jovanović, Jelena
AU  - Marković, Jelena
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6041
AB  - In the past years, means of acquisition of 3D information became all present - the requirements to successfully create an accurately reconstructed copy of an object in 3D dramatically plummeted and made the process broadly available to both professionals and enthusiasts alike. The IBM (Image Based Modelling) on it’s basic levels required only a camera and some overcast sky or studio light, to have your site, your trench or a newly uncovered artifact, preserved as accurately scaled digital copy, for as long as the storage units would hold the data. The more important question has been treated as of late - what to do with created models, and what value do they add to the research work, if any? Project ”People of Lepenski Vir: protocols for digitalization of bioarchaeological heritage” used number of techniques to capture and store 3D data of the osteoarchaeological record from Danubian gorge, dated to Mesolithic and Neolithic period. Laboratory for Bioarchaeology aimed to provide open access to the so created 3D models. In order to enrich the experience, basic functions of metric data collection, surface model visualizations, model section analysis were added; but more importantly a robust data-base structure was created and populated to provide for metadata for each scanned fragment of bone. This structure allowed for further expansion of the collection, to other sites and periods. In this paper, we present experiences gained, with special note on the benefits of having an open access to 3D collections of the archaeological material, for the purposes of education and information exchange.
PB  - European Association of Archaeologists
C3  - 25th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 4-7.9.2019.; Abstract book
T1  - People of Lepenski Vir: sharing and caring for the 3D osteoarchaeological record
EP  - 253
SP  - 253
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6041
ER  - 

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author = "Pendić, Jugoslav and Jovanović, Jelena and Marković, Jelena and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2019",
abstract = "In the past years, means of acquisition of 3D information became all present - the requirements to successfully create an accurately reconstructed copy of an object in 3D dramatically plummeted and made the process broadly available to both professionals and enthusiasts alike. The IBM (Image Based Modelling) on it’s basic levels required only a camera and some overcast sky or studio light, to have your site, your trench or a newly uncovered artifact, preserved as accurately scaled digital copy, for as long as the storage units would hold the data. The more important question has been treated as of late - what to do with created models, and what value do they add to the research work, if any? Project ”People of Lepenski Vir: protocols for digitalization of bioarchaeological heritage” used number of techniques to capture and store 3D data of the osteoarchaeological record from Danubian gorge, dated to Mesolithic and Neolithic period. Laboratory for Bioarchaeology aimed to provide open access to the so created 3D models. In order to enrich the experience, basic functions of metric data collection, surface model visualizations, model section analysis were added; but more importantly a robust data-base structure was created and populated to provide for metadata for each scanned fragment of bone. This structure allowed for further expansion of the collection, to other sites and periods. In this paper, we present experiences gained, with special note on the benefits of having an open access to 3D collections of the archaeological material, for the purposes of education and information exchange.",
publisher = "European Association of Archaeologists",
journal = "25th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 4-7.9.2019.; Abstract book",
title = "People of Lepenski Vir: sharing and caring for the 3D osteoarchaeological record",
pages = "253-253",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6041"
}

Pendić, J., Jovanović, J., Marković, J.,& Stefanović, S.. (2019). People of Lepenski Vir: sharing and caring for the 3D osteoarchaeological record. in 25th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 4-7.9.2019.; Abstract book
European Association of Archaeologists., 253-253.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6041

Pendić J, Jovanović J, Marković J, Stefanović S. People of Lepenski Vir: sharing and caring for the 3D osteoarchaeological record. in 25th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 4-7.9.2019.; Abstract book. 2019;:253-253.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6041 .

Pendić, Jugoslav, Jovanović, Jelena, Marković, Jelena, Stefanović, Sofija, "People of Lepenski Vir: sharing and caring for the 3D osteoarchaeological record" in 25th EAA Virtual Annual Meething, 4-7.9.2019.; Abstract book (2019):253-253,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6041 .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Jovanović, Jelena
AU  - Marković, Jelena
AU  - de Becdelievre, Camille
AU  - Romero, Alejandro
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5639
AB  - The Neolithic Demographic Transition induced significant biological changes in human populations. Shift in dietary habits were introduced with the appearance of agro-pastoral subsistence economies. The central Balkan and southern part of Great Pannonian Plain represents one of the key areas for studying the Neolithization process as it is located at the crossroad between the Near East and central Europe. The rich anthropological collection of the southern part of Middle Danube Basin (Serbia; 6200-5500 BC) provides an opportunity to better understand the mechanisms of population’s adaptation to major ecological and socio-cultural changes. The main aim of this study is to understand the role of the Danube river and its influence on dietary strategies of first farmers and descendants of last hunter gatherers. This paper presents new insights on dietary adaptations along the Danube, comparing three lines of evidence: stable isotope data on bone collagen (C, N, S) providing information on the protein intake within the 10 last years of the individual life, buccal dental-microwear signatures to determine the dietary abrasiveness and the dental caries frequency related to carbohydrate intake in diet. Results suggest that the changes occurred in human palaeodietary behaviors following different patterns, in relation to both cultural adaptation and local environment along different parts of the Danube region. Our findings emphasize the importance of comparing different lines of evidence and to examine local behavioral adaptations in order to accurately understand the process of Neolithization and the impact of dietary and environmental factors.
PB  - Arheološki muzej Osjek
PB  - Institut za arheologiju, Zagreb
C3  - Prehistoric communities along the Danube, Archeological Museum Osijek, Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, abstract book
T1  - Diet-related strategies of Early Neolithic communities along the Danube and its vicinity: from the Danube Gorges through southern part of Great Pannonian Plain
EP  - 3
SP  - 1
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5639
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Jovanović, Jelena and Marković, Jelena and de Becdelievre, Camille and Romero, Alejandro and Stefanović, Sofija",
year = "2019",
abstract = "The Neolithic Demographic Transition induced significant biological changes in human populations. Shift in dietary habits were introduced with the appearance of agro-pastoral subsistence economies. The central Balkan and southern part of Great Pannonian Plain represents one of the key areas for studying the Neolithization process as it is located at the crossroad between the Near East and central Europe. The rich anthropological collection of the southern part of Middle Danube Basin (Serbia; 6200-5500 BC) provides an opportunity to better understand the mechanisms of population’s adaptation to major ecological and socio-cultural changes. The main aim of this study is to understand the role of the Danube river and its influence on dietary strategies of first farmers and descendants of last hunter gatherers. This paper presents new insights on dietary adaptations along the Danube, comparing three lines of evidence: stable isotope data on bone collagen (C, N, S) providing information on the protein intake within the 10 last years of the individual life, buccal dental-microwear signatures to determine the dietary abrasiveness and the dental caries frequency related to carbohydrate intake in diet. Results suggest that the changes occurred in human palaeodietary behaviors following different patterns, in relation to both cultural adaptation and local environment along different parts of the Danube region. Our findings emphasize the importance of comparing different lines of evidence and to examine local behavioral adaptations in order to accurately understand the process of Neolithization and the impact of dietary and environmental factors.",
publisher = "Arheološki muzej Osjek, Institut za arheologiju, Zagreb",
journal = "Prehistoric communities along the Danube, Archeological Museum Osijek, Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, abstract book",
title = "Diet-related strategies of Early Neolithic communities along the Danube and its vicinity: from the Danube Gorges through southern part of Great Pannonian Plain",
pages = "3-1",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5639"
}

Jovanović, J., Marković, J., de Becdelievre, C., Romero, A.,& Stefanović, S.. (2019). Diet-related strategies of Early Neolithic communities along the Danube and its vicinity: from the Danube Gorges through southern part of Great Pannonian Plain. in Prehistoric communities along the Danube, Archeological Museum Osijek, Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, abstract book
Arheološki muzej Osjek., 1-3.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5639

Jovanović J, Marković J, de Becdelievre C, Romero A, Stefanović S. Diet-related strategies of Early Neolithic communities along the Danube and its vicinity: from the Danube Gorges through southern part of Great Pannonian Plain. in Prehistoric communities along the Danube, Archeological Museum Osijek, Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, abstract book. 2019;:1-3.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5639 .

Jovanović, Jelena, Marković, Jelena, de Becdelievre, Camille, Romero, Alejandro, Stefanović, Sofija, "Diet-related strategies of Early Neolithic communities along the Danube and its vicinity: from the Danube Gorges through southern part of Great Pannonian Plain" in Prehistoric communities along the Danube, Archeological Museum Osijek, Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, abstract book (2019):1-3,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5639 .