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Реконструкција исхране у прошлости на основу остеолошког материјала: неколико примера из археологије централног Балкана
No full textРеконструкција исхране чини велики део археолошких проучавања
– од истраживања начина на који се долази до хране (лов, риболов,
земљорадња...), које се намирнице користе, како се припремају, како се
чувају, размењују и конзумирају. Бројни су методолошки и теоријски
приступи, од оних усмерених превасходно на економске аспекте, до
оних који се баве више друштвеним и културним аспектима, као што
су идентификација хране која се сматра луксузном, друштвени догађаји
конзумације хране, попут гозби, до разлика у исхрани између појединих
припадника одређене заједнице.
Остеолошки археолошки материјал игра важну улогу у
реконструкцији исхране: фаунални материјал даје директне податке
о томе које су животиње коришћене у исхрани, хумани остеолошки
материјал даје податке о здрављу и квалитету живота, повезаним и са
исхраном, док коштани артефакти могу пружити индиректне податке о
алаткама и оружју коришћеном у земљорадњи, за лов и риболов.
У овом раду биће дат кратак методолошки преглед о могућностима
интерпретације исхране на основу археолошких остеолошких налаза, и
биће представљене студије случаја из археологије централног Балкана
New data and perspectives on the epigravettian human occupations of Badanj Rockshelter (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
No full textBadanj rockshelter is a major Upper Palaeolithic site in south-eastern Europe. It was first identified in 1974 when local residents discovered lithic artefacts, which were subsequently reported to Đ. Basler of the National Museum in Sarajevo. Recognising the site’s potential, Basler promptly initiated excavations. The initial excavations revealed a remarkably rich assemblage, yielding over 20,000 lithic remains dating to the end of the Pleistocene (Late Epigravettian). Among the finds were hundreds of personal ornaments and dozens of engraved bone fragments, rare components in the Palaeolithic record of the Balkan Peninsula at the time and notable even today. This first
campaign also led to an extraordinary discovery: a large engraved boulder buried beneath archaeological layers, marking the site as the first Palaeolithic rock art locality identified in the Balkan Peninsula. Following two excavation campaigns in the 1980s, led by Z. Kujundzić and R. Whallon, our team resumed fieldwork at the site in 2019. Over the past seven years, we have uncovered a sequence spanning ~20 ka to ~12.7 ka cal BP, supported by 22 new radiocarbon dates that have expanded and refined the previously established chronology. An international and
multidisciplinary project has facilitated the chronological and technological analysis of the rock art, lithic and bone tools, and personal ornaments, contextualised through subsistence and environmental data obtained via geoarchaeological, zooarchaeological, and archaeobotanical studies. These results establish Badanj as a key site for understanding the Late Pleistocene in south-eastern Europe
Other People’s Theories: From Myth to Anthropology and Back
No full textWhat follows is an account of an anthropological journey
taken over the course of several decades. This journey involved theories,
but also different disciplines, as well as shifts between languages,
countries, and continents. The whole process has involved stories of
identity (imagined, constructed, or both), changes of place (teaching
in seven countries on three continents and in four languages), looking
for a safe haven, and my firm belief in the importance of understanding
the motives that govern human beings. Anthropological theories
arise from specific cultural and social circumstances, and they continue
to develop, as well as draw their inspiration, from different historical
events. Theories are related to itineraries, and in my case, I find myself
completing a full circle as I come back to Brazil—where my professional
journey took off more than two decades ago. With all the stops
along the way, this was a journey through different perspectives leading
to a rather obvious conclusion about understanding others. Contrary
to what some believe, understanding others and the multiplicity of cultures
and life-forms is not about building bridges, it is about understanding
that we all live on the same island
Legijski logor u Viminacijumu: istraživanja kasnoantičke nekropole u središnjem delu utvrđenja
No full textDosadašnja iskopavanja viminacijumskog legijskog utvrđenja bila su usmerena na fortifikacioni sistem (Sektori I, III i IV), kao i na glavni štab u središnjem delu vojnog logora (Sektor V) (sl. 1, 2).1 Ovim istraživanjima definisane su dve osnovne faze izgradnje kastruma. Prvu fazu, koja se datuje u vreme vladavine Domicijana, karakteriše utvrđenje građeno od crvenke,2 dok drugoj fazi, iz vremena Trajana-Hadrijana, odgovara logor izgrađen od škriljca i krečnjaka. Tokom druge faze dolazi do određenih obnova i pregradnji, pri čemu se može izdvojiti nekoliko građevinskih etapa koje se prate do prve polovine 4. veka
Lokalitet Velika humska Čuka - istraživanja 2022. godine
No full textKratak izveštaj o sistematskim arheološkim istraživanjima na lokalitetu Velika humska čuka kod Niša u 2022. godini
Касноантичка вила у Горњем Неродимљу
No full textНа рубу данашњег села Горњег Неродимља, с десне стране реке Неродимке, на локалитету званом Калуђерске воденице, крајем прошлог века су откривени остаци касноантичког објекта. Археолошка истраживања су на ссветло дана изнела остатке давно порушеног здања, као и некрополе у слојевима над њим, који говоре о вишевековном живоу на том месту. Још су прва открића, лепота мозаика и теме приказане на њима указали на сву сложеност ликовног и филозофског опредељења његовог власника. Трагови уништавања на њој су неизбрисиви и показују да су природне непогоде понекад биле разорније него деловање људи током немира у Царству
Roman roads and crossroads as religious networks in the central Balkans' provinces: a few case studies
No full textUpon the Roman conquest of Central Balkans' provinces, development of settlements and
instalment of Roman administration correlated to the building of a roads network at first for the transfer
of army, merchants and different goods. Roman roads became very important not only for economic,
military and strategic reasons, but also in the context of the religion, presence, diffusion and installment
of different cults. In this paper we propose to examine the significance of roads that connected urban
and rural areas in the Roman Central Balkans in the context of their significance for diffusion and transfer
of different cults, particularly the ones that originated from the Oriental provinces. Also, the role of
military, merchants, priests etc. will be elaborated in the context of their travels and their diffusion and
establishment of certain cults in the Central Balkans’ territory. Finally, we shall try to answer different
questions concerning importance of the Roman roads in Central Balkans' territory about particular
deities and to presume the ubication of their temples founded on or nearby major Roman roads and
crossroads
Nova saznanja o lokalitetima sa toponimom grad(ina) u okolini Skelana premenom LiDAR metodologije
No full textPoložaj Skelana, kroz dugi istorijski okvir, uslovio je njegov strateški i komunikacijski značaj. Rečna dolina zaštićena visokim brdima, pružala je povoljne uslove za nastanak naselja, kontrolu prelaza preko Drine i razvoj komunikacione mreže. Pogled na topografsku kartu Skelana i okolnih mesta, ukazuje na postojanje pet lokaliteta koji u sebi sadrže toponim grad(ina), a mogu da ukažu na postojanje praistorijskih utvrđenih naselja. Ubrzanim razvojem novih arheoloških metoda tokom poslednjih decenija, posebno bespilotnih letelica i računarskih tehnologija, dat je novi zamajac u evidentiranju i analizi kako novih, tako i već poznatih arheoloških lokaliteta. Uz pomoć LiDAR tehnologije u okviru studije slučaja u koju su uključeni lokaliteti Gradina iznad Skelana, Gradac kod sela Radenovića i Gradina kod sela Đurđevac, pokušaćemo da dođemo do novih saznanja i definišemo karakteristike pomenutih lokaliteta
Зидно сликарство храма из Виминацијума
No full textРад је усмерен на археолошки, конзерваторско-рестаураторски и
иконографски аспект зидног сликарства из објекта, који је откривен уз
виминацијумски амфитеатар. Реч је о храму, који је коришћен током ре-
лигијских церемонија одржаваних у склопу представа у арени. Храм је
коришћен од 2. до прве половине 4. века, при чему су последње пре-
градње на објекту извршене крајем 3. века
Dating the Late Neolithic of the central Morava region: The Bayesian chronological modeling of archival samples from the site of Stublina (Supska, Serbia)
No full textThe site of Stublina, first excavated in 1956 by Milutin Garašanin of the Institute of Archaeology and Radoslav
Galović of the National Museum Belgrade is located at the southeast outskirts of the Supska village near the town of
Ćurpija, in Central Serbia. Its location on the edge of the flood plain of the Central Balkans’ major waterway, the
Velika Morava River, places it on a major corridor extending south to north, linking southern Europe and the
Aegean with the Pannonian plains in the north. Based on material finds, the site predominantly belongs to the Late
Neolithic and is attributable to the so-called Vinča culture complex; however, sporadic finds of Early Neolithic
Starčevo type pottery and Late Medieval burials were also reported. The results of the excavation were published in
a single monograph in 1979, containing information on roughly half of the excavated area. However, radiocarbon
dating was never performed on the site. The site of Stublina, containing evidence for the life span of the so-called
Vinča culture complex in the Velika Morava River basin, one of the most important corridors during the entire
Neolithic period of Southeast Europe, is a valuable chronological beacon based on its vast material record of pottery
fragments, traditionally used to construct relative chronological sequences in the past. In this paper, we present the
results of contextual radiocarbon dating using Bayesian chronological modeling with 28 new AMS 14C radiocarbon
dates, selected from the material archive located in the depos of the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade. The
samples were chosen from stratigraphically well-defined contexts published in the 1979 Garašanin and Garašanin
volume on Supska. These contexts provide secure chronological order of layers and features, representing the entire
life span of the site in the Late Neolithic period. Our results provide strong validation for archival records
originating from old archaeological excavations and breathe new life into their potential for contemporary
archaeological research, using techniques and methods unavailable at the time of their creation