Rame uz rame: zajednice vatinske kulture u Banatu

Abstract

Na matičnoj južnopanonskoj teritoriji prepoznate su tri regionalne grupe vatinske kulture: pančevačko-omoljička, Kornešti-Crvenka i sremsko-slavonska. Ako se kao najčistiji izraz stila vatinske kulture uzme pančevačko-omoljička grupa, onda se teritorija rasprostiranja ove grupe – južni Banat – mora prihvatiti kao jezgro vatinske kulture. Za sada se ovaj pristup, sa izdvajanjem regionalnih varijanata, pokazao kao najsvrsishodniji. Primat u rešavanju pitanja formalnih različitosti, prvenstveno u keramičkom stilu, daje se regionalnim specifičnostima, nastalim usled različitog supstrata i kasnijih uticaja sa strane, a ne hronološkoj različitosti. Shodno tome, dolazi se do zaključka da su zajednice vatinske kulture u Banatu živele rame uz rame, čuvajući specifičnosti nasleđa, ali bivajući otvorene jedne prema drugima i deleći mnoge druge elemente kulture.

Three regional groups of the Vatin culture have been recognized in the core territory of Southern Pannonia: Pančevo-Omoljica, Corneşti-Crvenka and Syrmia-Slavonia. If the PančevoOmoljica group is considered to be the purest representation of the Vatin culture style, then the area over which this group had spread, which is southern Banat, has to be accepted as the nucleus of the Vatin culture. So far, this approach of distinguishing regional variants has proven to be the most relevant. When dealing with problems of formal differences, especially regarding pottery styles, the priority has been given to regional specificities, produced by differences in substrates and later external influences, and not to chronological diversity. Consequently, the conclusion can be drawn that the communities within the Vatin culture lived in Banat shoulder to shoulder, retaining heritage specificities, but being open to one another and sharing many other elements of culture.