An initial insight into the early Lower Paleolithic of the Central Balkans investigations of Petrovac 1 site on the Radan Mountain in southern Serbia
2023
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Mihailović, DušanMladenović, Stefan
Plavšić Gogić, Senka
Dragosavac, Sofija
Petrović, Anđa
Marković, Jelena
Miladinović, Zoran
Roksandić, Mirjana
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Based on the premise that Lower Paleolithic sites in the Central Balkans can be expected in the
vicinity of primary and secondary deposits of raw materials, intensive explorations have been carried out
in the last decade in the area of the spread of the Vardar geotectonic zone with pronounced Miocene
volcanism and rich opal and chalcedony deposits formed under hydrothermal conditions. At the largest
of these deposits - in the area of the Radan Mountain - we identified a large number of lithic scatters
with numerous artifacts from the Lower Paleolithic. At one of them - at the location of Petrovac 1 - test
excavations showed that there are at least two layers with Paleolithic artifacts. The deepest layer (3)
contained unipolar, bipolar and irregular cores, very small, often elongated flakes, and a small number
of slightly modified tools on flakes, as well as massive chopper-like tools made from fragments of
pyroclastic rocks. The upper layer (2) contained an industry characteri...zed by SSDA, centripetal and
preferential cores, but without elaborate Levallois products. Although attempts at radiometric dating
have not been successful so far, the assemblage from the layer 3 can be attributed to the core and flake
(Mode 1) industries that occurred in the Balkans from more than a million years ago (Kozarnika) until
500-300 thousand years ago (Marathousa, Dealul Guran). The findings from layer 2 do not have close
parallels with other sites in the Balkans, since so far only a few Chibanian (previously Middle Pleistocene)
sites with the small tool assemblages have been identified. The Radan site has a great potential for
studying the development of Lower Paleolithic technology in this part of Europe.
Ključne reči:
Lower Paleolithic / Balkans / Radan / core and flake industriesIzvor:
Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts, 2023, 186-Izdavač:
- Editura Universitatii de Vest din Timisoara
Finansiranje / projekti:
- NEEMO - Neanderthal and Early Modern Human interactions in the Central Balkans (RS-ScienceFundRS-Ideje-7746827)
Institucija/grupa
Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - CONF AU - Mihailović, Dušan AU - Mladenović, Stefan AU - Plavšić Gogić, Senka AU - Dragosavac, Sofija AU - Petrović, Anđa AU - Marković, Jelena AU - Miladinović, Zoran AU - Roksandić, Mirjana PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5520 AB - Based on the premise that Lower Paleolithic sites in the Central Balkans can be expected in the vicinity of primary and secondary deposits of raw materials, intensive explorations have been carried out in the last decade in the area of the spread of the Vardar geotectonic zone with pronounced Miocene volcanism and rich opal and chalcedony deposits formed under hydrothermal conditions. At the largest of these deposits - in the area of the Radan Mountain - we identified a large number of lithic scatters with numerous artifacts from the Lower Paleolithic. At one of them - at the location of Petrovac 1 - test excavations showed that there are at least two layers with Paleolithic artifacts. The deepest layer (3) contained unipolar, bipolar and irregular cores, very small, often elongated flakes, and a small number of slightly modified tools on flakes, as well as massive chopper-like tools made from fragments of pyroclastic rocks. The upper layer (2) contained an industry characterized by SSDA, centripetal and preferential cores, but without elaborate Levallois products. Although attempts at radiometric dating have not been successful so far, the assemblage from the layer 3 can be attributed to the core and flake (Mode 1) industries that occurred in the Balkans from more than a million years ago (Kozarnika) until 500-300 thousand years ago (Marathousa, Dealul Guran). The findings from layer 2 do not have close parallels with other sites in the Balkans, since so far only a few Chibanian (previously Middle Pleistocene) sites with the small tool assemblages have been identified. The Radan site has a great potential for studying the development of Lower Paleolithic technology in this part of Europe. PB - Editura Universitatii de Vest din Timisoara C3 - Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts T1 - An initial insight into the early Lower Paleolithic of the Central Balkans investigations of Petrovac 1 site on the Radan Mountain in southern Serbia SP - 186 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5520 ER -
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Mihailović, D., Mladenović, S., Plavšić Gogić, S., Dragosavac, S., Petrović, A., Marković, J., Miladinović, Z.,& Roksandić, M.. (2023). An initial insight into the early Lower Paleolithic of the Central Balkans investigations of Petrovac 1 site on the Radan Mountain in southern Serbia. in Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts Editura Universitatii de Vest din Timisoara., 186. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5520
Mihailović D, Mladenović S, Plavšić Gogić S, Dragosavac S, Petrović A, Marković J, Miladinović Z, Roksandić M. An initial insight into the early Lower Paleolithic of the Central Balkans investigations of Petrovac 1 site on the Radan Mountain in southern Serbia. in Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts. 2023;:186. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5520 .
Mihailović, Dušan, Mladenović, Stefan, Plavšić Gogić, Senka, Dragosavac, Sofija, Petrović, Anđa, Marković, Jelena, Miladinović, Zoran, Roksandić, Mirjana, "An initial insight into the early Lower Paleolithic of the Central Balkans investigations of Petrovac 1 site on the Radan Mountain in southern Serbia" in Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology UISPP 2023 Book of Abstracts (2023):186, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5520 .