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Social aspects of the transition to farming in the Balkans
(Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts), 2007)
The Neolithization of the Balkans could be considered as a very complex social phenomenon. In this work we study the causes for the cultural and social integration of hunter-gatherer communities in the Late Glacial and ...
Social complexity and inequality in the Late Neolithic of the Central Balkans: Reviewing the evidence
(Univerza v Ljubljani, 2012)
The aim of this paper is to review and critically evaluate relevant archaeological evidence regarding recent claims about the social complexity of Late Neolithic societies in the Central Balkans. Theory suggests that the ...
Seeking the Holy Grail: robust chronologies from archaeology and radiocarbon dating combined
(Univerza v Ljubljani, 2018)
The strengths of formal Bayesian chronological modelling are restated, combining as it does knowledge of the archaeology with the radiocarbon dating of carefully chosen samples of known taphonomy in association with ...
The Iron Gates Mesolithic in a regional context
(Univerza v Ljubljani, 2021)
He specific character of the Iron Gates Mesolithic material culture derives from the geomorphological and ecological features of the Iron Gates gorge in the Early Holocene. However, the Mesolithic of this geographic area ...
Marine shell hoard from the Late Neolithic site of Čepin-Ovčara (Slavonia, Croatia)
(Univerza v Ljubljani, 2016)
The focus of this paper is the ornament hoard from the Sopot culture site of čepin-Ov-čara in eastern Slavonia (the Republic of Croatia). The hoard contained pendants and beads made of shells of marine clam Spondylus ...
Anthropomorphic figurines from Vinca excavations 1998-2009
(Univ Ljubljani, Fak Filozofska, Ljubljana, 2011)
The paper presents figurines from excavations at Vinca 1998-2000 dated to the very end of the Late Neolithic. Along with a presentation and analysis of these objects, the paper addresses questions of the development of ...
Managing raw materials in Vinča culture: a case study of osseous raw materials from Vitkovo
(Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts), 2013)
In analyses of material recovered from archaeological sites, a dichotomy often exists between ‘specialist’ and ‘archaeological’ studies. This is especially noticeable in the case of faunal remains and bone artefacts. Bone ...
Containers and grains: food storage and symbolism in the Central Balkans (Vinca period)
(Univ Ljubljani, Fak Filozofska, Ljubljana, 2011)
Since Flannery who showed that types and locations of storage facilities provide a variety of associations for explaining social change, the economic and social role of storage has been reviewed numerous times. So far, no ...
A Vinca potscape: Formal chronological models for the use and development of Vinca ceramics in south-east Europe
(Univerza v Ljubljani, 2016)
Recent work at Vinca-Belo Brdo has combined a total of more than 200 radiocarbon dates with an array of other information to construct much more precise narratives for the structural history of the site and the cultural ...
kega stresa v prazgodovini s pomo;jo metode anulacije zobnega cementa (TCA)> preliminarni rezultati iz osrednjega Balkana / Quantifying prehistoric physiological stress using the TCA method: preliminary results from the Central Balkans
(Univerza v Ljubljani, 2019)
The Neolithic way of life was accompanied by an increase in various forms of physiological stress (e.g. disease, malnutrition). Here we use the method of tooth cementum annulation (TCA) analysis in order to detect physiological ...