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    Application of Remote Sensing in Rescue Archaeology: The Results of the Test Geomagnetic Survey on the Site of Marjansko Brdo in 2023

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    During the 2022-2023. rescue excavation campaign on the route of the future Požarevac-Veliko Gradište-Golubac motorway, conducted by the Institute of Archaeology from Belgrade, standard practice included geophysical survey preceding excavations. This strategy proved to be time and cost efficient, improving decision making in opening trenches. Shortly before the start of the three-month-long large-scale excavations at the site of Marjansko brdo, the team from Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, acquired a Bartington Grad601 fluxgate magnetic gradiometer and immediately began testing the device. Several testing grids were surveyed in the zones that were not previously prospected or excavated. The following article presents the data recorded in the survey compared with the results of the subsequent excavations in an attempt to better understand basic interpretative principles of magnetogram

    Animal management in the fortified palace Felix Romuliana – Gamzigrad (Serbia) throughout the Late Antique and the Early Byzantine periods

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    This paper represents the first results of zooarchaeological analysis of animal remains from the fortified palace Felix Romuliana – Gamzigrad in eastern Serbia. The faunal material derives from the Late Antique (the second half of the 4th and the 5th centuries) and the Early Byzantine (the end of the 5th to the beginning of the 7th century) contexts investigated in the tower 15 of the later fortification which was built during the reign of Emperor Galerius (293–311) in the first decade of the 4th century CE. According to the results, some similarities and differences were noted between the periods in question. Namely, during both periods the most important animal was pig and the patterns of exploitation were similar. Cattle exploitation was oriented towards secondary products in both phases of the settlement, however, there is a slight decrease in cattle ratio and its size during the Early Byzantine period which could suggest the decline in the importance of this species though time. Regarding caprines, in the Late Antique period the local community mainly exploited secondary products, while in the Early Byzantine period the focus shifted to meat exploitation. Furthermore, the increase in numbers of indicated species was observed during the Early Byzantine period. The low amount of wild animal and fish remains suggests that hunting and fishing were periodically practised by the local population

    Vrelo – Šarkamen, arheološka istraživanja, prezentacija I promocija u 2020. godini

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    Prema planu arheoloških istraživanja na lokalitetu Vrelo–Šarkamen u okviru projekta Arheološkog instituta u Beogradu i Muzeja Krajine u Negotinu, Vrelo – Šarkamen, arheološka istraživanja, prezentacija i promocija, od 26. 07. do 24. 08. 2020. godine, u cilju prezentacije i promocije utvrđene tetrarhijske rezidencije na ovom lokalitetu, izvršena su iskopavanja na sektoru zapadne kapije

    Сирмијум и област Друге Паноније у VI и VII веку у светлу нових налаза

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    Пад Сирмијума под аварску власт 582. године представља крај дугог процеса слабљења царске моћи на дунавској граници. Хунске провале из средине V века оставиле су трајне економске и демографске последице, што се пресудно одразило и на судбину северних крајева. Област Друге Паноније, с главним градом Сирмијумом, постала је посед германских племена, Острогота и Гепида. Почетком VI века Византија је контролисала само источни крај Срема са градом Басијаном, где су се населили Херули. Германски насељеници су оставили препознатљиве трагове, пре свега у Сирмијуму и Цибалама. У условима деполулације и рурализације тих средишта, јасно се одражавају и трагови претрајалог ромејског становништва. После победе Авара над Гепидима 567. године, Царство је успело да поврати Сирмијум. Мукотрпне борбе и преговори окончани су падом града. Судећи према познатим археолошким налазима, Авари ипак нису населили ни Срем ни сам Сирмијум у значајнијој мери. О времену пада Друге Паноније и деценијама у којима је претрајавало ромејско становништво, у условима далеко од идеалних, сведочи нумизматичка, сигилографска и археолошка грађа. У раду се објављују византијски оловни печати, од којих је најзначајнији онај са легендом θεμι(σ)τός τοῦ Ἀβαρικοῦ, који је највероватније припадао дипломати задуженом за послове са Аварима од 567. до 582. године, иако је могуће и нешто позније датовање. У склопу дипломатских односа и данка сагледава се и чувени налаз златног појаса из Дивоша (?), свакако византијске израде, а објављују се и налази матрице за израду окова типа Martynovka и копче тзв. панонског типа. Док није могуће разлучити да ли су ти предмети били у својини преосталих Ромеја, они извесно одражавају културне афинитете у аварском Срему и изложеност зрачењима Византије још у одмаклом VII столећу

    Izdavačka delatnost i biblioteka Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini

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    Predstavljanje izdavačke delatnosti i rada biblioteke u toku 2020. godine

    The Cult of God Mithras on Roman Danube Limes in Pannonia Inferior and Moesia Superior

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    The existence and practice of the cult of the god Mithras, as well as the existence of mithraea, have been confirmedin the localities on Danube Limes in Lower Pannonia and Upper Moesia. In this paper, an update of already known and published epigraphic and archaeological monuments will be presented, along with the new findings its interpretation in the local, regional context, with the emphasis on the iconography of the monuments, which in some monuments exhibits certain not often seen traits and details (like for example attribute of pedum or attribute of flagellum carried by dadophores). We shall discuss the possible ways of diffusion of the cult and locations of the workshops and try to resolve some of the questions about dedicants’ identity, in the light of the hypothesis established in earlier literature that the main carriers of the cult were soldiers and military personnel in Roman army on Danube Limes in Lower Pannonia and Upper Moesia. We will also emphasize the significance of certain iconographic particularities characteristic for the Mithras’ cult in the territories of the Central Balkans’ Roman provinces which can be perceived also in some of the material found in Limes localities and try to interpret them in the light of other, so far known analogies in other Roman provinces

    They Were Gone Forever: Late Roman Graves in the Area of the Viminacium Legionary Fortress

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    Viminacium is located in Serbia, at the confluence of the Mlava and Danube rivers. It was an important Roman military base and for most of its history it was home to the Legio VII Claudia. According to the recent archaeological excavations of the fortress, it was found that it lacks the Late Roman construction phase. Based on the destroyed walls and ramparts, the filled defensive ditch, the tombs and the buildings from the late Roman period, it can be assumed that the fortress was abandoned in the 4th century AD

    Građevinski materijal u cirkularnoj ekonomiji istorijskog predela Viminacijuma

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    Predeo Viminacijuma istraživačima arheologije pruža neizmerno bogatstvo materijalnih i nematerijalnih tragova. Od ušća Morave u Dunav do Rama i ušća Nere u veliku reku, a uz Kostolačko ostrvo, pruža se istorijski predeo u čijem središtu je prostor antičkog Viminacijuma. Ravničarski i blago brdoviti predeo uz veliko rečno ostrvo, odnosno rukavac Dunava koji ih razdvaja, bio je dom različitim narodima i svedok događaja značajnih za čitavu današnju Evropu. U njemu se nalaze prostori eksploatacije sirovina; istorijska i savremena naselja; manastiri i utvrđenja; industrijske zone; poljoprivredna polja; i poneka oaza prirode. Njihove međusobne veze se mogu pronaći kroz događaje i narode, toponime i pojedince, ali i kroz nešto što ne posmatramo uvek kao značajnog svedoka istorije – građevinski materijal

    Attic-ionic column bases of Timacum Minus

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    У раду су истражени примерци база атичко-јонских стубова регистрованих приликом досадашњих истраживања и рекогносцирања терена на простору налазишта Timacum Minus. Заједничка карактеристика свих елемената овог типа је једнак пречник горњег торуса и горње ивице трохилуса. Архитектонске анализе стила указују на то да се ради о специфичности која може да се веже за обликовање атичко-јонских база под јаким хеленским утицајем. Начин клесања већине показује да се ради о елементима стубова који су зналачки урађени. Будући да су још увек непознати објекти којима су базе припадале, извршена је компаративна анализа са сродним примерцима у окружењу, како би се одредили њихово време настанка и стилска припадност. Поређењем с познатим атичко-јонским базама овог типа, наши примерци могу се датовати у време од последње трећине II до средине IV века, што се поклапа с периодом развоја касноантичког каструма и насеља Timacum Minus.During the period of archaeological research of castrum Timacum Minus and the surrounding settlements, six column bases were registered. Unfortunately, except for one, the rest were found outside of actual archaeological research activities, as accidental finds or built into the buildings of rural households in the nearby village of Ravna. Therefore, it couldn’t be determined to which objects they could have belonged individually, for any of them. All bases had one common feature: the most exposed edge of the upper torus had the same diameter as the upper edge of the trochilus. Significantly different values of the diameter and height of the bases indicate that most of them belonged to columns that had the role of supporting elements of a given structure, but also that some could have been parts of smaller structures, such as furniture. The stylistic analysis of the bases indicates that they all belonged to the Attic-Ionic type of bases and that their common peculiarity regarding the relationship between the upper torus and the trochilus indicates prominent Hellenistic influences. The architectural analysis of the elements of the bases indicates that the creation of these bases can be determined into the period from the middle of the second century to the middle of the 4th century

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