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| Titel |
Palaeoenvironment and fluvial history of river Danube between the Neolithic settlement sites of Vinca and Starcevo, Serbia |
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Kristina Penezic, Annette Kadereit, Heinrich Thiemeyer |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2013
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Artikel
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 15 (2013) |
| Datensatznummer |
250083059
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The Neolithic site of Vinca - Belo brdo (ca. 5600 - 4200 BC) is located on the right bank of
the Danube River, some 14 km downstream of the city of Belgrade in Serbia. The
significance of the Vinca settlement is in its long occupational history, which produced more
than 9 meters of settlement layers that provided archaeologists with an understanding of the
chronological sequencing and development from the Middle to Late Neolithic in central
Serbia. Vinca - Belo brdo was designated as the locus typicus for the Vinca Culture and is
considered by many archaeologists as one of the most important sites of the European
Neolithic.
On the opposite, left side of the river Danube, the early Neolithic site of Starcevo is
situated. It spans through the early Neolithic period dated to the seventh and the sixth
millennium BC and it is the locus typicus for the Starcevo culture that on the territory of
modern-day Serbia precedes the Vinca culture.
The vicinity of the Danube influenced the development of these settlements and the
relationship between them. Serving as a landmark, border, source of food, but also
endangering the sites by a shifting stream course, the Danube is essential. Therefore it is
important to define the position of the river during the occupational span of the Neolithic
settlements and later.
In our study, the early to mid-Holocene environmental changes of the fluvial landscape
between the two Neolithic settlement sites are explored.
We present preliminary results of recent geomorphological, sedimentological and
archaeological investigations, as well as OSL dating, which were combined with relevant
information from historical maps and satellite imagery in order to reconstruct the fluvial
palaeolandscape. |
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