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Гроб из османског периода на локалитету Аџине Њиве – Брајково код Кленка
No full textПоводом изградње аутопута Рума – Шабац, током 2021. и 2022. године спроведена су заштитна археолошка истраживања на локалитету Аџине њиве – Брајково код Кленка (општина Рума), од стране Археолошког института у Београду и Завичајног музеја Рума. Овом приликом истражена је огромна површина, од скоро 5 хектара, и поред различитих структура и покретних налаза из периода неолита, металних доба, антике и средњег века, откривен је и један гроб,претпостављено женске индивидуе, који потиче из Османског доба
Ornaments from animal teeth in the Bronze Age Maros culture
No full textPerforated animal teeth were widely used for personal ornaments since the early Upper Palaeolithic and throughout the prehistoric times. They were modified usually by simple perforating at the upper part, and then combined into jewellery pieces (necklaces, bracelets), or were part of clothing. This poster will present the usage of animal teeth as ornaments in the Bronze Age Maros culture, from two necropoles excavated in northern Serbia, Ostojićevo and Mokrin. Predominantly were used canines from dogs, but other teeth may be encountered as well, such as teeth from horse, residual canines from red deer, etc. Their frequency differs from grave to grave; some contain only few teeth, while in some there are dozens of perforated teeth. They were mainly associated with female graves. Their use wear is particularly interesting – some teeth are completely worn, with broken and repaired perforations, while at some the use wear is rather limited. This shows that these items were indeed worn during the lifetime of the individuals buried with them, but also suggests that the ornaments with teeth were enriched with time, i.e., additional parts were added over time, and it is possible that some of these pendants were inherited.[https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2024/Programme.aspx
Sistematsko rekognosciranje praistorije Rudnika i okoline: istraživanja na teritorijama grada Kragujevca i opštine Knić tokom 2021. godine
No full textU ovom radu su predstavljeni prvi, preliminarni rezultati projekta Sistematsko rekognosciranje praistorije Rudnika i okoline, odnosno rezultati istraživanja na teritorijama grada Kragujevca i opštine Knić tokom 2021. godine. Dat je popis lokaliteta koji su rekognoscirani i rezultati koji su dobijeni tom prilikom
Ceramic Vessels from the Waste Pit by the Roman Kiln in the Kostolac a Thermal Power Plant Near Viminacium
No full textSalvage excavations at the Provalije site in the area of the Kostolac A thermal power plant, located
near ancient Viminacium in today’s Serbia, have significantly contributed to the understanding of
ceramic production in the area, uncovering a Roman brick kiln and the accompanying waste pit with
fragmented pottery, dated to the period from the mid-2nd to the mid-3rd century. Together with the previous
excavations at this site, these have provided evidence for the existence of a new ceramic production
centre of Viminacium, which was initially suggested during the old investigations accompanying the
nearby diversion of the Mlava river.
The waste pit contained fragments of ceramic vessels, as well as floor tiles and imbrices. The pottery
shares the same technological qualities, being made from well-purified clay and fired in red tones, its
outer surfaces painted in various shades of red, while their exterior was often decorated with incisions.
The majority of the pottery belonged to tableware, with a smaller portion consisting of vessels used for
storage. The significance of the found pottery at the waste pit lies in the confirmation of its local origin;
they were products of the Viminacium ceramic centre during the above mentioned period, which could
offer us new insights into the range of Viminacium ceramic production centres found so far
Living Danube Limes Interreg project
No full textIn this paper we present major results and activities of the project Interreg Living Danube limes. The project consortium comprises 19 universities, private and public companies from 10 Danube countries, and 27 associated strategic partners. Various research gaps were closed by applying modern non-invasive archaeological geo-prospection at chosen pilot sites. A Living Danube Limes app was created to host a comprehensive and easy-to-access archaeological and historical catalogue of the Danube region. Virtual and augmented reality reconstructions of the original Roman limes infrastructure was created from the data of the geophysical prosecutions at the project pilot sites and are now hosted on the Living Danube Limes app. The Institute of Archaeology from Zagreb (Croatia) and the Institute of archaeology from Belgrade (Serbia) were project partners in the consortium, and in this paper, we will present the results achieved during the project duration
The building with vaults in the center of the late antique city of Naissus - Architectural analysis of the explored parts
No full textDuring archaeological research conducted in the central part of the Niš fortress in the eighties of the twentieth century, the remains of a larger building with four rooms covered with barrel vaults were discovered. The first researchers of this object assumed that they represent the crypts of the main (capitol) temple of ancient Naissus. Archaeological research of one of the supposedly most important objects of ancient Naissus was stopped in the early nineties and has not been resumed to this day.
The monumental dimensions, the location of the building in the contemporary fortress, and the existence of underground rooms covered by barrel vaults point to several analogies present in the architecture of Roman temples. Bearing in mind that only the continuation of archaeological research can precisely define the function of the object, in our work an attempt was made to get closer to the answer to this question based on specific registered architectural details on the building itself
Sword with fully cast hilt from the bed of the west Morava river
No full textIn 2022, during the construction works on the route of the Е-761 Corridor, a bronze sword with a fully cast hilt was recorded in gravel pit no. 8, on the right bank of the West Morava river. Additional surveys of the location determined that the wider area represents the former riverbed from which the sword most likely originates. The find represents an exceptional example of a sword with three parallel transverse midribs, whose ornamental motifs clearly point to the Gundelsheim type (i.e., the former Erlach type). The decoration on the upper and lower discs of the pommel clearly indicates south-western German workshops, since it is one of the most common and most representative, if not the most favourite ornamental combinations on the swords of the Gundelsheim type in this region. The sword was X-rayed and subject to XRF analyses at the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences. The blade was also analysed for use-wear. With the other bronze swords of the so-called Central European type in the territory of the Balkans (Riegsee and Reutlingen), the sword from the bed of the West Morava river certainly represents the herald of changes that occurred during the Late Bronze Age in parts of the Mediterranean and its hinterland. It should be highlighted that this sword represents the first example of this type recorded south of the Sava and Danube, with a quite narrow dating, to a period of 1200–1100 BC
Introduzione : Wstęp
No full textPolonica in Italia. Sulle tracce dei Polacchi in Sicilia è un libro dedicato della Sicilia, quale è sempre stata una delle mete più ambite dai viaggiatori, dai poeti, dagli artisti, dai ricercatori e amatori. Sin dai tempi remoti l’isola ha suscitato forti emozioni e ancora oggi provoca un brivido di eccitazione e interesse. L'ampia gamma di appassionati della Sicilia è stata fortemente sostenuta da peregrinanti polacchi fin dall'inizio. Le visite documentate dei polacchi alla più grande isola del Mediterraneo risalgono all’inizio del XVI secolo. In genere raggiungevano Scilla e Carridi, cioè lo Stretto di Messina, e visitavano i centri più grandi, ovvero Messina, Catania, Siracusa o Palermo. Successivamente essi toccavano i punti piu’ interni dell’isola, alla continua ricerca di nuove fonti d’ispirazion
Animal diseases in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin during the medieval period
No full textThis study aims to shed light on animal management influences on the development
of pathological changes observed on animal remains from the medieval site of
Crkveno Brdo. Animal remains with abnormalities were discovered during archaeological
excavations of the medieval settlement at the site of Crkveno Brdo in 2019.
The site is situated near Senta in the northern region of modern-day Serbia. The part
of the settlement dated from the 11th to the 15th centuries was excavated. The percentage
represented by various mammalian species documents that the most important
economic species were cattle and horses, followed by sheep, goats, and pigs.
Fishing and hunting were marginal in the settlement subsistence. The analyzed
assemblage of bones with lesions consists of 39 specimens with 40 abnormalities. All
of the remains exhibiting abnormalities were subjected to macroscopic and stereomicroscope
analysis. The specimens with the most prominent changes also underwent
x-ray imaging and histopathological analysis. Almost all lesions were found in domestic
animals. The most prevalent lesions in cattle, sheep, goat, and pig were dental and
oral pathology, followed by articular abnormalities. In horses, 77% of pathological
changes were articular abnormalities, and 11% dental and oral pathology, followed
by traumatic lesions and inherited disorders (5.5% each). Congenital morphological
variation is represented by a single specimen of horse lumbar vertebra. Pathological
alterations were also noted in dogs, as was a severe healed tibiofibular fracture in a
frog. Pathological alterations were related to external factors and specifically to patterns
of animal management. Dental pathologies in cattle, sheep/goats, and pigs were
primary attributed to malnutrition quality; articular abnormalities in horses, similar to
aging and environmental factors, most likely work related
Marjansko Brdo: La Tène Period Horizon
Get PDFThe site of Marjansko brdo is located 16 km northwest from the city of Požarevac,
halfway between the villages of Majilovac and Kurjače. During the rescue excavation campaign
of 2022-2023, on the route of the future Požarevac-Veliko Gradište-Golubac motorway,
conducted by the Institute of Archaeology from Belgrade, Marjansko brdo was
investigated among 14 other potential archeological site locations. The downside of such
excavations was the limited exploration zone of the expropriated land for the plotted
road-to-be, that rarely exceeded 65-75 m, with some wider stretches, especially on the
eastern part, where an intersection was planned. Archeological remains from the
Marjansko brdo site were detected on a section almost 500 m long, that was divided into
three sectors, separated naturally by two land depressions approximately 75 m long.
The site yielded rich archaeological remains ranging from Neolithic, through Eneliothic,
Bronze and Early Iron Age, to the late La Tène period, despite the fact that the excavated
area within the expropriated zone only covered a possible periphery of the
settlement, that could have been further north, where the land elevation is at its highest.
Both vertical and horizontal stratigraphy were documented, with most of the finds in the
western (Sector 1) and central sector (Sector 2).
La Tène period on the site included at least 20 buried archaeological features, out
of 75 documented on Marjansko brdo, and a cultural stratum spread sporadically across
the western and central sector. Most of these features were pits filled with pottery, and
animal bones to a lesser extent, that sometimes disturbed earlier horizons, most notably
Vinča period houses. Movable finds included pottery fragments and metal objects that
proposed late La Tène period dating. This paper will present finds of this horizon on the
site as a contribution to the understanding of the period in the Eastern Serbia