TY  - JOUR
AU  - Antonio, Margaret L
AU  - Weiß, Clemens L
AU  - Gao, Ziyue
AU  - Sawyer, Susanna
AU  - Oberreiter, Victoria
AU  - Moots, Hannah M
AU  - Spence, Jeffrey P
AU  - Cheronet, Olivia
AU  - Zagorc, Brina
AU  - Praxmarer, Elisa
AU  - Özdoğan, Kadir Toykan
AU  - Demetz, Lea
AU  - Gelabert, Pere
AU  - Fernandes, Daniel
AU  - Lucci, Michaela
AU  - Alihodžić, Timka
AU  - Amrani, Selma
AU  - Avetisyan, Pavel
AU  - Baillif-Ducros, Christèle
AU  - Bedić, Željka
AU  - Bertrand, Audrey
AU  - Bilić, Maja
AU  - Bondioli, Luca
AU  - Borówka, Paulina
AU  - Botte, Emmanuel
AU  - Burmaz, Josip
AU  - Bužanić, Domagoj
AU  - Candilio, Francesca
AU  - Cvetko, Mirna
AU  - De Angelis, Daniela
AU  - Drnić, Ivan
AU  - Elschek, Kristián
AU  - Fantar, Mounir
AU  - Gaspari, Andrej
AU  - Gasperetti, Gabriella
AU  - Genchi, Francesco
AU  - Golubović, Snežana
AU  - Hukeľová, Zuzana
AU  - Jankauskas, Rimantas
AU  - Vučković, Kristina Jelinčić
AU  - Jeremić, Gordana
AU  - Kaić, Iva
AU  - Kazek, Kevin
AU  - Khachatryan, Hamazasp
AU  - Khudaverdyan, Anahit
AU  - Kirchengast, Sylvia
AU  - Korać, Miomir
AU  - Kozlowski, Valérie
AU  - Krošláková, Mária
AU  - Kušan Špalj, Dora
AU  - La Pastina, Francesco
AU  - Laguardia, Marie
AU  - Legrand, Sandra
AU  - Leleković, Tino
AU  - Leskovar, Tamara
AU  - Lorkiewicz, Wiesław
AU  - Los, Dženi
AU  - Silva, Ana Maria
AU  - Masaryk, Rene
AU  - Matijević, Vinka
AU  - Cherifi, Yahia Mehdi Seddik
AU  - Meyer, Nicolas
AU  - Mikić, Ilija
AU  - Miladinović-Radmilović, Nataša
AU  - Milošević Zakić, Branka
AU  - Nacouzi, Lina
AU  - Natuniewicz-Sekuła, Magdalena
AU  - Nava, Alessia
AU  - Neugebauer-Maresch, Christine
AU  - Nováček, Jan
AU  - Osterholtz, Anna
AU  - Paige, Julianne
AU  - Paraman, Lujana
AU  - Pieri, Dominique
AU  - Pieta, Karol
AU  - Pop-Lazić, Stefan
AU  - Ruttkay, Matej
AU  - Sanader, Mirjana
AU  - Sołtysiak, Arkadiusz
AU  - Sperduti, Alessandra
AU  - Stankovic Pesterac, Tijana
AU  - Teschler-Nicola, Maria
AU  - Teul, Iwona
AU  - Tončinić, Domagoj
AU  - Trapp, Julien
AU  - Vulović, Dragana
AU  - Waliszewski, Tomasz
AU  - Walter, Diethard
AU  - Živanović, Miloš
AU  - Filah, Mohamed el Mostefa
AU  - Čaušević-Bully, Morana
AU  - Šlaus, Mario
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Novak, Mario
AU  - Coppa, Alfredo
AU  - Pinhasi, Ron
AU  - Pritchard, Jonathan K
PY  - 2024
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1607
AB  - Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure changed dramatically in the prehistoric period (14,000–3000 years before present, YBP), reflecting the widespread introduction of Neolithic farmer and Bronze Age Steppe ancestries. However, little is known about how population structure changed from the historical period onward (3000 YBP - present). To address this, we collected whole genomes from 204 individuals from Europe and the Mediterranean, many of which are the first historical period genomes from their region (e.g. Armenia and France). We found that most regions show remarkable inter-individual heterogeneity. At least 7% of historical individuals carry ancestry uncommon in the region where they were sampled, some indicating cross-Mediterranean contacts. Despite this high level of mobility, overall population structure across western Eurasia is relatively stable through the historical period up to the present, mirroring geography. We show that, under standard population genetics models with local panmixia, the observed level of dispersal would lead to a collapse of population structure. Persistent population structure thus suggests a lower effective migration rate than indicated by the observed dispersal. We hypothesize that this phenomenon can be explained by extensive transient dispersal arising from drastically improved transportation networks and the Roman Empire’s mobilization of people for trade, labor, and military. This work highlights the utility of ancient DNA in elucidating finer scale human population dynamics in recent history.
PB  - eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
T2  - eLife
T1  - Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility
SP  - 79714
VL  - 13
DO  - 10.7554/eLife.79714
ER  - 

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year = "2024",
abstract = "Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure changed dramatically in the prehistoric period (14,000–3000 years before present, YBP), reflecting the widespread introduction of Neolithic farmer and Bronze Age Steppe ancestries. However, little is known about how population structure changed from the historical period onward (3000 YBP - present). To address this, we collected whole genomes from 204 individuals from Europe and the Mediterranean, many of which are the first historical period genomes from their region (e.g. Armenia and France). We found that most regions show remarkable inter-individual heterogeneity. At least 7% of historical individuals carry ancestry uncommon in the region where they were sampled, some indicating cross-Mediterranean contacts. Despite this high level of mobility, overall population structure across western Eurasia is relatively stable through the historical period up to the present, mirroring geography. We show that, under standard population genetics models with local panmixia, the observed level of dispersal would lead to a collapse of population structure. Persistent population structure thus suggests a lower effective migration rate than indicated by the observed dispersal. We hypothesize that this phenomenon can be explained by extensive transient dispersal arising from drastically improved transportation networks and the Roman Empire’s mobilization of people for trade, labor, and military. This work highlights the utility of ancient DNA in elucidating finer scale human population dynamics in recent history.",
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title = "Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility",
pages = "79714",
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Antonio, M. L., Weiß, C. L., Gao, Z., Sawyer, S., Oberreiter, V., Moots, H. M., Spence, J. P., Cheronet, O., Zagorc, B., Praxmarer, E., Özdoğan, K. T., Demetz, L., Gelabert, P., Fernandes, D., Lucci, M., Alihodžić, T., Amrani, S., Avetisyan, P., Baillif-Ducros, C., Bedić, Ž., Bertrand, A., Bilić, M., Bondioli, L., Borówka, P., Botte, E., Burmaz, J., Bužanić, D., Candilio, F., Cvetko, M., De Angelis, D., Drnić, I., Elschek, K., Fantar, M., Gaspari, A., Gasperetti, G., Genchi, F., Golubović, S., Hukeľová, Z., Jankauskas, R., Vučković, K. J., Jeremić, G., Kaić, I., Kazek, K., Khachatryan, H., Khudaverdyan, A., Kirchengast, S., Korać, M., Kozlowski, V., Krošláková, M., Kušan Špalj, D., La Pastina, F., Laguardia, M., Legrand, S., Leleković, T., Leskovar, T., Lorkiewicz, W., Los, D., Silva, A. M., Masaryk, R., Matijević, V., Cherifi, Y. M. S., Meyer, N., Mikić, I., Miladinović-Radmilović, N., Milošević Zakić, B., Nacouzi, L., Natuniewicz-Sekuła, M., Nava, A., Neugebauer-Maresch, C., Nováček, J., Osterholtz, A., Paige, J., Paraman, L., Pieri, D., Pieta, K., Pop-Lazić, S., Ruttkay, M., Sanader, M., Sołtysiak, A., Sperduti, A., Stankovic Pesterac, T., Teschler-Nicola, M., Teul, I., Tončinić, D., Trapp, J., Vulović, D., Waliszewski, T., Walter, D., Živanović, M., Filah, M. e. M., Čaušević-Bully, M., Šlaus, M., Borić, D., Novak, M., Coppa, A., Pinhasi, R.,& Pritchard, J. K.. (2024). Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility. in eLife
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd., 13, 79714.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.79714

Antonio ML, Weiß CL, Gao Z, Sawyer S, Oberreiter V, Moots HM, Spence JP, Cheronet O, Zagorc B, Praxmarer E, Özdoğan KT, Demetz L, Gelabert P, Fernandes D, Lucci M, Alihodžić T, Amrani S, Avetisyan P, Baillif-Ducros C, Bedić Ž, Bertrand A, Bilić M, Bondioli L, Borówka P, Botte E, Burmaz J, Bužanić D, Candilio F, Cvetko M, De Angelis D, Drnić I, Elschek K, Fantar M, Gaspari A, Gasperetti G, Genchi F, Golubović S, Hukeľová Z, Jankauskas R, Vučković KJ, Jeremić G, Kaić I, Kazek K, Khachatryan H, Khudaverdyan A, Kirchengast S, Korać M, Kozlowski V, Krošláková M, Kušan Špalj D, La Pastina F, Laguardia M, Legrand S, Leleković T, Leskovar T, Lorkiewicz W, Los D, Silva AM, Masaryk R, Matijević V, Cherifi YMS, Meyer N, Mikić I, Miladinović-Radmilović N, Milošević Zakić B, Nacouzi L, Natuniewicz-Sekuła M, Nava A, Neugebauer-Maresch C, Nováček J, Osterholtz A, Paige J, Paraman L, Pieri D, Pieta K, Pop-Lazić S, Ruttkay M, Sanader M, Sołtysiak A, Sperduti A, Stankovic Pesterac T, Teschler-Nicola M, Teul I, Tončinić D, Trapp J, Vulović D, Waliszewski T, Walter D, Živanović M, Filah MEM, Čaušević-Bully M, Šlaus M, Borić D, Novak M, Coppa A, Pinhasi R, Pritchard JK. Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility. in eLife. 2024;13:79714.
doi:10.7554/eLife.79714 .

Antonio, Margaret L, Weiß, Clemens L, Gao, Ziyue, Sawyer, Susanna, Oberreiter, Victoria, Moots, Hannah M, Spence, Jeffrey P, Cheronet, Olivia, Zagorc, Brina, Praxmarer, Elisa, Özdoğan, Kadir Toykan, Demetz, Lea, Gelabert, Pere, Fernandes, Daniel, Lucci, Michaela, Alihodžić, Timka, Amrani, Selma, Avetisyan, Pavel, Baillif-Ducros, Christèle, Bedić, Željka, Bertrand, Audrey, Bilić, Maja, Bondioli, Luca, Borówka, Paulina, Botte, Emmanuel, Burmaz, Josip, Bužanić, Domagoj, Candilio, Francesca, Cvetko, Mirna, De Angelis, Daniela, Drnić, Ivan, Elschek, Kristián, Fantar, Mounir, Gaspari, Andrej, Gasperetti, Gabriella, Genchi, Francesco, Golubović, Snežana, Hukeľová, Zuzana, Jankauskas, Rimantas, Vučković, Kristina Jelinčić, Jeremić, Gordana, Kaić, Iva, Kazek, Kevin, Khachatryan, Hamazasp, Khudaverdyan, Anahit, Kirchengast, Sylvia, Korać, Miomir, Kozlowski, Valérie, Krošláková, Mária, Kušan Špalj, Dora, La Pastina, Francesco, Laguardia, Marie, Legrand, Sandra, Leleković, Tino, Leskovar, Tamara, Lorkiewicz, Wiesław, Los, Dženi, Silva, Ana Maria, Masaryk, Rene, Matijević, Vinka, Cherifi, Yahia Mehdi Seddik, Meyer, Nicolas, Mikić, Ilija, Miladinović-Radmilović, Nataša, Milošević Zakić, Branka, Nacouzi, Lina, Natuniewicz-Sekuła, Magdalena, Nava, Alessia, Neugebauer-Maresch, Christine, Nováček, Jan, Osterholtz, Anna, Paige, Julianne, Paraman, Lujana, Pieri, Dominique, Pieta, Karol, Pop-Lazić, Stefan, Ruttkay, Matej, Sanader, Mirjana, Sołtysiak, Arkadiusz, Sperduti, Alessandra, Stankovic Pesterac, Tijana, Teschler-Nicola, Maria, Teul, Iwona, Tončinić, Domagoj, Trapp, Julien, Vulović, Dragana, Waliszewski, Tomasz, Walter, Diethard, Živanović, Miloš, Filah, Mohamed el Mostefa, Čaušević-Bully, Morana, Šlaus, Mario, Borić, Dušan, Novak, Mario, Coppa, Alfredo, Pinhasi, Ron, Pritchard, Jonathan K, "Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility" in eLife, 13 (2024):79714,
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.79714 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1433
AB  - Projekat U pokretu: praistorijska mobilnost i širenje poljoprivrede u Evroaziji ima za cilj da između ostalih proučavanih regija šireg prostora jugoistočne Evrope i istočnog i centralnog Mediterana, vrati istraživački fokus na Đerdapsku klisuru i teritoriju severoistočne Srbije. On jednim delom predstavlja nastavak projekta Praistorija severoistočne Srbije u okviru koga su od 2004. do 2009. godine rađena arheološka istraživanja ranije nepoznatih praistorijskih nalazišta (Pećina iznad Trajanove table, Pešćera Mare, Dubočka pećina, Aria Babi, a po prvi put nakon 1971. godine kada je puštena u rad Hidroelektrana Đerdap I, otkriveni su i sistematski istraženi sačuvani mezolitski i ranoneolitski slojevi na Vlascu, na samoj dunavskoj obali.
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - Arheologija u Srbiji. Projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini
T1  - Praistorija „Dunavskog koridora“ u Đerdapu. Istraživanje u 2020. godini
EP  - 28
SP  - 17
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1433
ER  - 

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year = "2023",
abstract = "Projekat U pokretu: praistorijska mobilnost i širenje poljoprivrede u Evroaziji ima za cilj da između ostalih proučavanih regija šireg prostora jugoistočne Evrope i istočnog i centralnog Mediterana, vrati istraživački fokus na Đerdapsku klisuru i teritoriju severoistočne Srbije. On jednim delom predstavlja nastavak projekta Praistorija severoistočne Srbije u okviru koga su od 2004. do 2009. godine rađena arheološka istraživanja ranije nepoznatih praistorijskih nalazišta (Pećina iznad Trajanove table, Pešćera Mare, Dubočka pećina, Aria Babi, a po prvi put nakon 1971. godine kada je puštena u rad Hidroelektrana Đerdap I, otkriveni su i sistematski istraženi sačuvani mezolitski i ranoneolitski slojevi na Vlascu, na samoj dunavskoj obali.",
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Borić, D.,& Antonović, D.. (2023). Praistorija „Dunavskog koridora“ u Đerdapu. Istraživanje u 2020. godini. in Arheologija u Srbiji. Projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini
Beograd : Arheološki institut., 17-28.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1433

Borić D, Antonović D. Praistorija „Dunavskog koridora“ u Đerdapu. Istraživanje u 2020. godini. in Arheologija u Srbiji. Projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini. 2023;:17-28.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1433 .

Borić, Dušan, Antonović, Dragana, "Praistorija „Dunavskog koridora“ u Đerdapu. Istraživanje u 2020. godini" in Arheologija u Srbiji. Projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini (2023):17-28,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1433 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lazaridis, Iosif
AU  - Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül
AU  - Acar, Ayşe
AU  - Açıkkol, Ayşen
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Pinhasi, Ron
AU  - Reich, David
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1048
AB  - By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 BCE), when extensive gene flow entangled it with the Eurasian steppe. Two streams of migration transmitted Caucasus and Anatolian/Levantine ancestry northward, and the Yamnaya pastoralists, formed on the steppe, then spread southward into the Balkans and across the Caucasus into Armenia, where they left numerous patrilineal descendants. Anatolia was transformed by intra–West Asian gene flow, with negligible impact of the later Yamnaya migrations. This contrasts with all other regions where Indo-European languages were spoken, suggesting that the homeland of the Indo-Anatolian language family was in West Asia, with only secondary dispersals of non-Anatolian Indo-Europeans from the steppe.
PB  - Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science
T2  - Science
T1  - The genetic history of the Southern Arc : a bridge between West Asia and Europe
VL  - 377
DO  - 10.1126/science.abm4247
ER  - 

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author = "Lazaridis, Iosif and Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül and Acar, Ayşe and Açıkkol, Ayşen and Antonović, Dragana and Borić, Dušan and Pinhasi, Ron and Reich, David",
year = "2022",
abstract = "By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 BCE), when extensive gene flow entangled it with the Eurasian steppe. Two streams of migration transmitted Caucasus and Anatolian/Levantine ancestry northward, and the Yamnaya pastoralists, formed on the steppe, then spread southward into the Balkans and across the Caucasus into Armenia, where they left numerous patrilineal descendants. Anatolia was transformed by intra–West Asian gene flow, with negligible impact of the later Yamnaya migrations. This contrasts with all other regions where Indo-European languages were spoken, suggesting that the homeland of the Indo-Anatolian language family was in West Asia, with only secondary dispersals of non-Anatolian Indo-Europeans from the steppe.",
publisher = "Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science",
journal = "Science",
title = "The genetic history of the Southern Arc : a bridge between West Asia and Europe",
volume = "377",
doi = "10.1126/science.abm4247"
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Lazaridis, I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A., Açıkkol, A., Antonović, D., Borić, D., Pinhasi, R.,& Reich, D.. (2022). The genetic history of the Southern Arc : a bridge between West Asia and Europe. in Science
Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science., 377.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm4247

Lazaridis I, Alpaslan-Roodenberg S, Acar A, Açıkkol A, Antonović D, Borić D, Pinhasi R, Reich D. The genetic history of the Southern Arc : a bridge between West Asia and Europe. in Science. 2022;377.
doi:10.1126/science.abm4247 .

Lazaridis, Iosif, Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül, Acar, Ayşe, Açıkkol, Ayşen, Antonović, Dragana, Borić, Dušan, Pinhasi, Ron, Reich, David, "The genetic history of the Southern Arc : a bridge between West Asia and Europe" in Science, 377 (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm4247 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Cristiani, Emanuela
AU  - Hopkins, Rachel
AU  - Higham, Thomas
AU  - Schwenninger, Jean-Luc
AU  - Gerometta, Katarina
AU  - Frenc, Charly A. I.
AU  - Zupancich, Andrea
AU  - Mutri, Giuseppina
AU  - Ćalić, Jelena
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Masciana, Alana
AU  - Uno, Kevin
AU  - Korzow Richter, Kristine
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1271
AB  - Over the past few years, new investigations in northern Bulgaria at the site of Bacho Kiro have revived the likelihood that the "Danube corridor" route served as a primary axis for the dispersal of modern humans into Europe. The association of modern humans with material remains of Protoaurignacian and Aurignacian provenance and/or transitional industries, would push the start of the dispersal across this region to 47 ka. Furthermore, fossil remains from the cave site of Peștera cu Oase in the Romanian hinterland of the Danube Gorges area of the north-central Balkans provide genetic evidence of admixtures between Neanderthal and modern human populations that might have taken place precisely along this transitory corridor. Yet, there is still relatively little in the way of evidence about, on the one hand, the last Middle Palaeolithic, and by proxy Neanderthal, and, on the other hand, the Initial and Early Upper Palaeolithic, and by proxy modern human, settlement of the region. Our recent investigations in the Danube Gorges area have brought to light two new sites, Tabula Traiana Cave and Dubočka-Kozja Cave, with Middle to Upper Palaeolithic deposits. The application of modern standards of recovery and recording have enabled us to apply a suite of cutting edge and state-of-the-art methodologies backed by extensive radiometric dating of these sites’ deposits. In this paper, we will present most recently obtained radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements, which allow us to discuss the chronological attribution of different levels of the two sites with more certainty. We will also offer further details regarding the knapped stone assemblages, including the results of use-wear analyses on a select number of artefacts. Finally, this evidence is integrated with the results obtained through the analyses of the faunal assemblages and by characterizing taphonomic factors that impacted their formation. Complementary data come from a relatively large pool of unidentifiable bone samples analyzed through the application of proteomic fingerprinting known as the Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS), which has allowed us to better characterize the animal taxa composition of the faunal assemblages from the two sites and identify agents of bone accumulation. The results indicate a late continuation of the Middle Palaeolithic presence characterized by a Levallois-derived lithic industry at one of the two sites and the broadly contemporaneous appearance of the Early Upper Palaeolithic tools in the lithic assemblage of the other site. We discuss how the locations of the two sites in this specific landscape zone along the Danube might have influenced their respective uses.
PB  - Tübingen : Paleoanthropology Society; European Society for the study of Human Evolution
C3  - 12th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution 2022 Meeting, Tübingen, Germany, 21st - 25th of September 2022. PaleoAnthropology 2022:2
T1  - New evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans
EP  - 436
SP  - 436
DO  - 10.48738/2022.iss2.809
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Borić, Dušan and Cristiani, Emanuela and Hopkins, Rachel and Higham, Thomas and Schwenninger, Jean-Luc and Gerometta, Katarina and Frenc, Charly A. I. and Zupancich, Andrea and Mutri, Giuseppina and Ćalić, Jelena and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Masciana, Alana and Uno, Kevin and Korzow Richter, Kristine and Antonović, Dragana",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Over the past few years, new investigations in northern Bulgaria at the site of Bacho Kiro have revived the likelihood that the "Danube corridor" route served as a primary axis for the dispersal of modern humans into Europe. The association of modern humans with material remains of Protoaurignacian and Aurignacian provenance and/or transitional industries, would push the start of the dispersal across this region to 47 ka. Furthermore, fossil remains from the cave site of Peștera cu Oase in the Romanian hinterland of the Danube Gorges area of the north-central Balkans provide genetic evidence of admixtures between Neanderthal and modern human populations that might have taken place precisely along this transitory corridor. Yet, there is still relatively little in the way of evidence about, on the one hand, the last Middle Palaeolithic, and by proxy Neanderthal, and, on the other hand, the Initial and Early Upper Palaeolithic, and by proxy modern human, settlement of the region. Our recent investigations in the Danube Gorges area have brought to light two new sites, Tabula Traiana Cave and Dubočka-Kozja Cave, with Middle to Upper Palaeolithic deposits. The application of modern standards of recovery and recording have enabled us to apply a suite of cutting edge and state-of-the-art methodologies backed by extensive radiometric dating of these sites’ deposits. In this paper, we will present most recently obtained radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements, which allow us to discuss the chronological attribution of different levels of the two sites with more certainty. We will also offer further details regarding the knapped stone assemblages, including the results of use-wear analyses on a select number of artefacts. Finally, this evidence is integrated with the results obtained through the analyses of the faunal assemblages and by characterizing taphonomic factors that impacted their formation. Complementary data come from a relatively large pool of unidentifiable bone samples analyzed through the application of proteomic fingerprinting known as the Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS), which has allowed us to better characterize the animal taxa composition of the faunal assemblages from the two sites and identify agents of bone accumulation. The results indicate a late continuation of the Middle Palaeolithic presence characterized by a Levallois-derived lithic industry at one of the two sites and the broadly contemporaneous appearance of the Early Upper Palaeolithic tools in the lithic assemblage of the other site. We discuss how the locations of the two sites in this specific landscape zone along the Danube might have influenced their respective uses.",
publisher = "Tübingen : Paleoanthropology Society; European Society for the study of Human Evolution",
journal = "12th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution 2022 Meeting, Tübingen, Germany, 21st - 25th of September 2022. PaleoAnthropology 2022:2",
title = "New evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans",
pages = "436-436",
doi = "10.48738/2022.iss2.809"
}

Borić, D., Cristiani, E., Hopkins, R., Higham, T., Schwenninger, J., Gerometta, K., Frenc, C. A. I., Zupancich, A., Mutri, G., Ćalić, J., Dimitrijević, V., Masciana, A., Uno, K., Korzow Richter, K.,& Antonović, D.. (2022). New evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans. in 12th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution 2022 Meeting, Tübingen, Germany, 21st - 25th of September 2022. PaleoAnthropology 2022:2
Tübingen : Paleoanthropology Society; European Society for the study of Human Evolution., 436-436.
https://doi.org/10.48738/2022.iss2.809

Borić D, Cristiani E, Hopkins R, Higham T, Schwenninger J, Gerometta K, Frenc CAI, Zupancich A, Mutri G, Ćalić J, Dimitrijević V, Masciana A, Uno K, Korzow Richter K, Antonović D. New evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans. in 12th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution 2022 Meeting, Tübingen, Germany, 21st - 25th of September 2022. PaleoAnthropology 2022:2. 2022;:436-436.
doi:10.48738/2022.iss2.809 .

Borić, Dušan, Cristiani, Emanuela, Hopkins, Rachel, Higham, Thomas, Schwenninger, Jean-Luc, Gerometta, Katarina, Frenc, Charly A. I., Zupancich, Andrea, Mutri, Giuseppina, Ćalić, Jelena, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Masciana, Alana, Uno, Kevin, Korzow Richter, Kristine, Antonović, Dragana, "New evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans" in 12th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution 2022 Meeting, Tübingen, Germany, 21st - 25th of September 2022. PaleoAnthropology 2022:2 (2022):436-436,
https://doi.org/10.48738/2022.iss2.809 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lazaridis, Iosif
AU  - Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül
AU  - Acar, Ayşe
AU  - Açıkkol, Ayşen
AU  - Agelarakis, Anagnostis
AU  - Aghikyan, Levon
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Pinhasi, Ron
AU  - Reich, David
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1200
AB  - We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia. We show that these and neighboring populations were formed through admixture of pre-Neolithic sources related to Anatolian, Caucasus, and Levantine hunter-gatherers, forming a Neolithic continuum of ancestry mirroring the geography of West Asia.
By analyzing Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic populations of Anatolia, we show that the former were derived from admixture between Mesopotamian-related and local Epipaleolithic-related sources, but the latter experienced additional Levantine-related gene flow, thus documenting at least two pulses of migration from the Fertile Crescent heartland to the early farmers of Anatolia.
PB  - Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science
T2  - Science
T1  - Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia
VL  - 377 (6609)
DO  - 10.1126/science.abq0762
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Lazaridis, Iosif and Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül and Acar, Ayşe and Açıkkol, Ayşen and Agelarakis, Anagnostis and Aghikyan, Levon and Antonović, Dragana and Borić, Dušan and Pinhasi, Ron and Reich, David",
year = "2022",
abstract = "We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia. We show that these and neighboring populations were formed through admixture of pre-Neolithic sources related to Anatolian, Caucasus, and Levantine hunter-gatherers, forming a Neolithic continuum of ancestry mirroring the geography of West Asia.
By analyzing Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic populations of Anatolia, we show that the former were derived from admixture between Mesopotamian-related and local Epipaleolithic-related sources, but the latter experienced additional Levantine-related gene flow, thus documenting at least two pulses of migration from the Fertile Crescent heartland to the early farmers of Anatolia.",
publisher = "Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science",
journal = "Science",
title = "Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia",
volume = "377 (6609)",
doi = "10.1126/science.abq0762"
}

Lazaridis, I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A., Açıkkol, A., Agelarakis, A., Aghikyan, L., Antonović, D., Borić, D., Pinhasi, R.,& Reich, D.. (2022). Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia. in Science
Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science., 377 (6609).
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0762

Lazaridis I, Alpaslan-Roodenberg S, Acar A, Açıkkol A, Agelarakis A, Aghikyan L, Antonović D, Borić D, Pinhasi R, Reich D. Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia. in Science. 2022;377 (6609).
doi:10.1126/science.abq0762 .

Lazaridis, Iosif, Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül, Acar, Ayşe, Açıkkol, Ayşen, Agelarakis, Anagnostis, Aghikyan, Levon, Antonović, Dragana, Borić, Dušan, Pinhasi, Ron, Reich, David, "Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia" in Science, 377 (6609) (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0762 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lazaridis, Iosif
AU  - Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül
AU  - Acar, Ayşe
AU  - Açıkkol, Ayşen
AU  - Agelarakis, Anagnostis
AU  - Aghikyan, Levon
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Pinhasi, Ron
AU  - Reich, David
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1201
AB  - Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe and West Asia since the Bronze Age that can be complemented by genetics. Mycenaean period elites in Greece did not differ from the general population and included both people with some steppe ancestry and others, like the Griffin Warrior, without it. Similarly, people in the central area of the Urartian Kingdom around Lake Van lacked the steppe ancestry characteristic of the kingdom’s northern provinces. Anatolia exhibited extraordinary continuity down to the Roman and Byzantine periods, with its people serving as the demographic core of much of the Roman Empire, including the city of Rome itself. During medieval times, migrations associated with Slavic and Turkic speakers profoundly affected the region.
PB  - Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science
T2  - Science
T1  - A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia
VL  - 377 (6609)
DO  - 10.1126/science.abq0755
ER  - 

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year = "2022",
abstract = "Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe and West Asia since the Bronze Age that can be complemented by genetics. Mycenaean period elites in Greece did not differ from the general population and included both people with some steppe ancestry and others, like the Griffin Warrior, without it. Similarly, people in the central area of the Urartian Kingdom around Lake Van lacked the steppe ancestry characteristic of the kingdom’s northern provinces. Anatolia exhibited extraordinary continuity down to the Roman and Byzantine periods, with its people serving as the demographic core of much of the Roman Empire, including the city of Rome itself. During medieval times, migrations associated with Slavic and Turkic speakers profoundly affected the region.",
publisher = "Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science",
journal = "Science",
title = "A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia",
volume = "377 (6609)",
doi = "10.1126/science.abq0755"
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Lazaridis, I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A., Açıkkol, A., Agelarakis, A., Aghikyan, L., Antonović, D., Borić, D., Pinhasi, R.,& Reich, D.. (2022). A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia. in Science
Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science., 377 (6609).
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0755

Lazaridis I, Alpaslan-Roodenberg S, Acar A, Açıkkol A, Agelarakis A, Aghikyan L, Antonović D, Borić D, Pinhasi R, Reich D. A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia. in Science. 2022;377 (6609).
doi:10.1126/science.abq0755 .

Lazaridis, Iosif, Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songül, Acar, Ayşe, Açıkkol, Ayşen, Agelarakis, Anagnostis, Aghikyan, Levon, Antonović, Dragana, Borić, Dušan, Pinhasi, Ron, Reich, David, "A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia" in Science, 377 (6609) (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0755 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Cristiani, Emanuela
AU  - Hopkins, Rachel
AU  - Schwenninger, Jean-Luc
AU  - Gerometta, Katarina
AU  - French, Charly A., I
AU  - Mutri, Giuseppina
AU  - Calić, Jelena
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Marin-Arroyo, Ana B.
AU  - Jones, Jennifer R.
AU  - Stevens, Rhiannon
AU  - Masciana, Alana
AU  - Uno, Kevin
AU  - Richter, Kristine Korzow
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
AU  - Wehr, Karol
AU  - Lane, Christine
AU  - White, Dustin
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/391
AB  - The article presents evidence about the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the karst area of the Danube Gorges in the Lower Danube Basin. We review the extant data and present new evidence from two recently investigated sites found on the Serbian side of the Danube River - Tabula Traiana and Dubocka-Kozja caves. The two sites have yielded layers dating to both the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and have been investigated by the application of modern standards of excavation and recovery along with a suite of state-of-the-art analytical procedures. The presentation focuses on micromorphological analyses of the caves' sediments, characterisation of cryptotephra, a suite of new radiometric dates (accelerator mass spectrometry and optically stimulated luminescence) as well as proteomics (zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry) and stable isotope data in discerning patterns of human occupation of these locales over the long term.
PB  - Wiley, Hoboken
T2  - Journal of Quaternary Science
T1  - Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans
EP  - 180
IS  - 2
SP  - 142
VL  - 37
DO  - 10.1002/jqs.3354
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Borić, Dušan and Cristiani, Emanuela and Hopkins, Rachel and Schwenninger, Jean-Luc and Gerometta, Katarina and French, Charly A., I and Mutri, Giuseppina and Calić, Jelena and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Marin-Arroyo, Ana B. and Jones, Jennifer R. and Stevens, Rhiannon and Masciana, Alana and Uno, Kevin and Richter, Kristine Korzow and Antonović, Dragana and Wehr, Karol and Lane, Christine and White, Dustin",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The article presents evidence about the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the karst area of the Danube Gorges in the Lower Danube Basin. We review the extant data and present new evidence from two recently investigated sites found on the Serbian side of the Danube River - Tabula Traiana and Dubocka-Kozja caves. The two sites have yielded layers dating to both the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and have been investigated by the application of modern standards of excavation and recovery along with a suite of state-of-the-art analytical procedures. The presentation focuses on micromorphological analyses of the caves' sediments, characterisation of cryptotephra, a suite of new radiometric dates (accelerator mass spectrometry and optically stimulated luminescence) as well as proteomics (zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry) and stable isotope data in discerning patterns of human occupation of these locales over the long term.",
publisher = "Wiley, Hoboken",
journal = "Journal of Quaternary Science",
title = "Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans",
pages = "180-142",
number = "2",
volume = "37",
doi = "10.1002/jqs.3354"
}

Borić, D., Cristiani, E., Hopkins, R., Schwenninger, J., Gerometta, K., French, C. A., I., Mutri, G., Calić, J., Dimitrijević, V., Marin-Arroyo, A. B., Jones, J. R., Stevens, R., Masciana, A., Uno, K., Richter, K. K., Antonović, D., Wehr, K., Lane, C.,& White, D.. (2022). Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans. in Journal of Quaternary Science
Wiley, Hoboken., 37(2), 142-180.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3354

Borić D, Cristiani E, Hopkins R, Schwenninger J, Gerometta K, French CAI, Mutri G, Calić J, Dimitrijević V, Marin-Arroyo AB, Jones JR, Stevens R, Masciana A, Uno K, Richter KK, Antonović D, Wehr K, Lane C, White D. Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans. in Journal of Quaternary Science. 2022;37(2):142-180.
doi:10.1002/jqs.3354 .

Borić, Dušan, Cristiani, Emanuela, Hopkins, Rachel, Schwenninger, Jean-Luc, Gerometta, Katarina, French, Charly A., I, Mutri, Giuseppina, Calić, Jelena, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Marin-Arroyo, Ana B., Jones, Jennifer R., Stevens, Rhiannon, Masciana, Alana, Uno, Kevin, Richter, Kristine Korzow, Antonović, Dragana, Wehr, Karol, Lane, Christine, White, Dustin, "Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans" in Journal of Quaternary Science, 37, no. 2 (2022):142-180,
https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3354 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1253
AB  - Letnja i jesenja terenska sezona 2019. godine u okviru projekta U pokretu:
praistorijska mobilnost i širenje poljoprivrede u Evroaziji u Đerdapskoj klisuru na teritoriji
severoistočne Srbije (sl. 1), fokusirala se na sistematska istraživanja dva lokaliteta (Pećina
iznad Trajanove Table i Vlasac) i uzorkovanje sedimenata dva ranije istraživana nalazišta
(Dubočka pećina–Kozja i Pećina iznad Trajanove Table), u cilju rekonstrukcije
paleo-okruženja i apsolutno-hronološkog datovanja. Ovi radovi su deo šireg projekta
istraživanja Đerdapske klisure i njenog zaleđa koja se vrše na osnovu ugovora o
međunarodnoj saradnji između Arheološkog instituta u Beogradu i Univerziteta Kolumbija
u Njujorku, SAD.
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - Arheologija u Srbiji: projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2019. godini
T1  - Istraživanje praistorije „Dunavskog koridora“ u Đerdapu
EP  - 34
SP  - 23
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1253
ER  - 

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author = "Borić, Dušan and Antonović, Dragana",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Letnja i jesenja terenska sezona 2019. godine u okviru projekta U pokretu:
praistorijska mobilnost i širenje poljoprivrede u Evroaziji u Đerdapskoj klisuru na teritoriji
severoistočne Srbije (sl. 1), fokusirala se na sistematska istraživanja dva lokaliteta (Pećina
iznad Trajanove Table i Vlasac) i uzorkovanje sedimenata dva ranije istraživana nalazišta
(Dubočka pećina–Kozja i Pećina iznad Trajanove Table), u cilju rekonstrukcije
paleo-okruženja i apsolutno-hronološkog datovanja. Ovi radovi su deo šireg projekta
istraživanja Đerdapske klisure i njenog zaleđa koja se vrše na osnovu ugovora o
međunarodnoj saradnji između Arheološkog instituta u Beogradu i Univerziteta Kolumbija
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Borić, D.,& Antonović, D.. (2021). Istraživanje praistorije „Dunavskog koridora“ u Đerdapu. in Arheologija u Srbiji: projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2019. godini
Beograd : Arheološki institut., 23-34.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1253

Borić D, Antonović D. Istraživanje praistorije „Dunavskog koridora“ u Đerdapu. in Arheologija u Srbiji: projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2019. godini. 2021;:23-34.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1253 .

Borić, Dušan, Antonović, Dragana, "Istraživanje praistorije „Dunavskog koridora“ u Đerdapu" in Arheologija u Srbiji: projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2019. godini (2021):23-34,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1253 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ottoni, Claudio
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Cheronet, Olivia
AU  - Sparacello, Vitale
AU  - Dori, Irene
AU  - Coppa, Alfredo
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
AU  - Vujević, Dario
AU  - Price, Douglas T.
AU  - Pinhasi, Ron
AU  - Cristiani, Emanuela
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/372
AB  - Archaeological dental calculus, or mineralized plaque, is a key tool to track the evolution of oral microbiota across time in response to processes that impacted our culture and biology, such as the rise of farming during the Neolithic. However, the extent to which the human oral flora changed from prehistory until present has remained elusive due to the scarcity of data on the microbiomes of prehistoric humans. Here, we present our reconstruction of oral microbiomes via shotgun metagenomics of dental calculus in 44 ancient foragers and farmers from two regions playing a pivotal role in the spread of farming across Europe-the Balkans and the Italian Peninsula. We show that the introduction of farming in Southern Europe did not alter significantly the oral microbiomes of local forager groups, and it was in particular associated with a higher abundance of the species Olsenella sp. oral taxon 807. The human oral environment in prehistory was dominated by a microbial species, Anaerolineaceae bacterium oral taxon 439, that diversified geographically. A Near Eastern lineage of this bacterial commensal dispersed with Neolithic farmers and replaced the variant present in the local foragers. Our findings also illustrate that major taxonomic shifts in human oral microbiome composition occurred after the Neolithic and that the functional profile of modern humans evolved in recent times to develop peculiar mechanisms of antibiotic resistance that were previously absent.
PB  - Natl Acad Sciences, Washington
T2  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
T1  - Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus
IS  - 32
VL  - 118
DO  - 10.1073/pnas.2102116118
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Ottoni, Claudio and Borić, Dušan and Cheronet, Olivia and Sparacello, Vitale and Dori, Irene and Coppa, Alfredo and Antonović, Dragana and Vujević, Dario and Price, Douglas T. and Pinhasi, Ron and Cristiani, Emanuela",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Archaeological dental calculus, or mineralized plaque, is a key tool to track the evolution of oral microbiota across time in response to processes that impacted our culture and biology, such as the rise of farming during the Neolithic. However, the extent to which the human oral flora changed from prehistory until present has remained elusive due to the scarcity of data on the microbiomes of prehistoric humans. Here, we present our reconstruction of oral microbiomes via shotgun metagenomics of dental calculus in 44 ancient foragers and farmers from two regions playing a pivotal role in the spread of farming across Europe-the Balkans and the Italian Peninsula. We show that the introduction of farming in Southern Europe did not alter significantly the oral microbiomes of local forager groups, and it was in particular associated with a higher abundance of the species Olsenella sp. oral taxon 807. The human oral environment in prehistory was dominated by a microbial species, Anaerolineaceae bacterium oral taxon 439, that diversified geographically. A Near Eastern lineage of this bacterial commensal dispersed with Neolithic farmers and replaced the variant present in the local foragers. Our findings also illustrate that major taxonomic shifts in human oral microbiome composition occurred after the Neolithic and that the functional profile of modern humans evolved in recent times to develop peculiar mechanisms of antibiotic resistance that were previously absent.",
publisher = "Natl Acad Sciences, Washington",
journal = "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America",
title = "Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus",
number = "32",
volume = "118",
doi = "10.1073/pnas.2102116118"
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Ottoni, C., Borić, D., Cheronet, O., Sparacello, V., Dori, I., Coppa, A., Antonović, D., Vujević, D., Price, D. T., Pinhasi, R.,& Cristiani, E.. (2021). Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus. in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Natl Acad Sciences, Washington., 118(32).
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102116118

Ottoni C, Borić D, Cheronet O, Sparacello V, Dori I, Coppa A, Antonović D, Vujević D, Price DT, Pinhasi R, Cristiani E. Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus. in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2021;118(32).
doi:10.1073/pnas.2102116118 .

Ottoni, Claudio, Borić, Dušan, Cheronet, Olivia, Sparacello, Vitale, Dori, Irene, Coppa, Alfredo, Antonović, Dragana, Vujević, Dario, Price, Douglas T., Pinhasi, Ron, Cristiani, Emanuela, "Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, no. 32 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102116118 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cristiani, Emanuela
AU  - Radini, Anita
AU  - Zupancich, Andrea
AU  - Gismondi, Angelo
AU  - D'Agostino, Alessia
AU  - Ottoni, Claudio
AU  - Carra, Marialetizia
AU  - Vukojičić, Snežana
AU  - Constantinescu, Mihai
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
AU  - Price, Douglas T.
AU  - Borić, Dušan
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/374
AB  - Forager focus on wild cereal plants has been documented in the core zone of domestication in southwestern Asia, while evidence for forager use of wild grass grains remains sporadic elsewhere. In this paper, we present starch grain and phytolith analyses of dental calculus from 60 Mesolithic and Early Neolithic individuals from five sites in the Danube Gorges of the central Balkans. This zone was inhabited by likely complex Holocene foragers for several millennia before the appearance of the first farmers similar to 6200 cal BC. We also analyzed forager ground stone tools (GSTs) for evidence of plant processing. Our results based on the study of dental calculus show that certain species of Poaceae (species of the genus Aegi(ops) were used since the Early Mesolithic, while GSTs exhibit traces of a developed grass grain processing technology. The adoption of domesticated plants in this region after similar to 6500 cal BC might have been eased by the existing familiarity with wild cereals.
PB  - Elife Sciences Publ Ltd, Cambridge
T2  - ELIFE
T1  - Wild cereal grain consumption among Early Holocene foragers of the Balkans predates the arrival of agriculture
VL  - 10
DO  - 10.7554/eLife.72976
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Cristiani, Emanuela and Radini, Anita and Zupancich, Andrea and Gismondi, Angelo and D'Agostino, Alessia and Ottoni, Claudio and Carra, Marialetizia and Vukojičić, Snežana and Constantinescu, Mihai and Antonović, Dragana and Price, Douglas T. and Borić, Dušan",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Forager focus on wild cereal plants has been documented in the core zone of domestication in southwestern Asia, while evidence for forager use of wild grass grains remains sporadic elsewhere. In this paper, we present starch grain and phytolith analyses of dental calculus from 60 Mesolithic and Early Neolithic individuals from five sites in the Danube Gorges of the central Balkans. This zone was inhabited by likely complex Holocene foragers for several millennia before the appearance of the first farmers similar to 6200 cal BC. We also analyzed forager ground stone tools (GSTs) for evidence of plant processing. Our results based on the study of dental calculus show that certain species of Poaceae (species of the genus Aegi(ops) were used since the Early Mesolithic, while GSTs exhibit traces of a developed grass grain processing technology. The adoption of domesticated plants in this region after similar to 6500 cal BC might have been eased by the existing familiarity with wild cereals.",
publisher = "Elife Sciences Publ Ltd, Cambridge",
journal = "ELIFE",
title = "Wild cereal grain consumption among Early Holocene foragers of the Balkans predates the arrival of agriculture",
volume = "10",
doi = "10.7554/eLife.72976"
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Cristiani, E., Radini, A., Zupancich, A., Gismondi, A., D'Agostino, A., Ottoni, C., Carra, M., Vukojičić, S., Constantinescu, M., Antonović, D., Price, D. T.,& Borić, D.. (2021). Wild cereal grain consumption among Early Holocene foragers of the Balkans predates the arrival of agriculture. in ELIFE
Elife Sciences Publ Ltd, Cambridge., 10.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72976

Cristiani E, Radini A, Zupancich A, Gismondi A, D'Agostino A, Ottoni C, Carra M, Vukojičić S, Constantinescu M, Antonović D, Price DT, Borić D. Wild cereal grain consumption among Early Holocene foragers of the Balkans predates the arrival of agriculture. in ELIFE. 2021;10.
doi:10.7554/eLife.72976 .

Cristiani, Emanuela, Radini, Anita, Zupancich, Andrea, Gismondi, Angelo, D'Agostino, Alessia, Ottoni, Claudio, Carra, Marialetizia, Vukojičić, Snežana, Constantinescu, Mihai, Antonović, Dragana, Price, Douglas T., Borić, Dušan, "Wild cereal grain consumption among Early Holocene foragers of the Balkans predates the arrival of agriculture" in ELIFE, 10 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72976 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cramp, Lucy J. E.
AU  - Ethier, Jonathan
AU  - Urem-Kotsou, Dushka
AU  - Bonsall, Clive
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Boroneant, Adina
AU  - Evershed, Richard P.
AU  - Perić, Slaviša
AU  - Roffet-Salque, Melanie
AU  - Whelton, Helen L.
AU  - Ivanova, Maria
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/319
AB  - The spread of early farming across Europe from its origins in Southwest Asia was a culturally transformative process which took place over millennia. Within regions, the pace of the transition was probably related to the particular climatic and environmental conditions encountered, as well as the nature of localized hunter-gatherer and farmer interactions. The establishment of farming in the interior of the Balkans represents the first movement of Southwest Asian livestock beyond their natural climatic range, and widespread evidence now exists for early pottery being used extensively for dairying. However, pottery lipid residues from sites in the Iron Gates region of the Danube in the northern Balkans show that here, Neolithic pottery was being used predominantly for processing aquatic resources. This stands out not only within the surrounding region but also contrasts markedly with Neolithic pottery use across wider Europe. These findings provide evidence for the strategic diversity within the wider cultural and economic practices during the Neolithic, with this exceptional environmental and cultural setting offering alternative opportunities despite the dominance of farming in the wider region.
PB  - Royal Soc, London
T2  - Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
T1  - Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues
IS  - 1894
VL  - 286
DO  - 10.1098/rspb.2018.2347
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Cramp, Lucy J. E. and Ethier, Jonathan and Urem-Kotsou, Dushka and Bonsall, Clive and Borić, Dušan and Boroneant, Adina and Evershed, Richard P. and Perić, Slaviša and Roffet-Salque, Melanie and Whelton, Helen L. and Ivanova, Maria",
year = "2019",
abstract = "The spread of early farming across Europe from its origins in Southwest Asia was a culturally transformative process which took place over millennia. Within regions, the pace of the transition was probably related to the particular climatic and environmental conditions encountered, as well as the nature of localized hunter-gatherer and farmer interactions. The establishment of farming in the interior of the Balkans represents the first movement of Southwest Asian livestock beyond their natural climatic range, and widespread evidence now exists for early pottery being used extensively for dairying. However, pottery lipid residues from sites in the Iron Gates region of the Danube in the northern Balkans show that here, Neolithic pottery was being used predominantly for processing aquatic resources. This stands out not only within the surrounding region but also contrasts markedly with Neolithic pottery use across wider Europe. These findings provide evidence for the strategic diversity within the wider cultural and economic practices during the Neolithic, with this exceptional environmental and cultural setting offering alternative opportunities despite the dominance of farming in the wider region.",
publisher = "Royal Soc, London",
journal = "Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences",
title = "Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues",
number = "1894",
volume = "286",
doi = "10.1098/rspb.2018.2347"
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Cramp, L. J. E., Ethier, J., Urem-Kotsou, D., Bonsall, C., Borić, D., Boroneant, A., Evershed, R. P., Perić, S., Roffet-Salque, M., Whelton, H. L.,& Ivanova, M.. (2019). Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues. in Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
Royal Soc, London., 286(1894).
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2347

Cramp LJE, Ethier J, Urem-Kotsou D, Bonsall C, Borić D, Boroneant A, Evershed RP, Perić S, Roffet-Salque M, Whelton HL, Ivanova M. Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues. in Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2019;286(1894).
doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2347 .

Cramp, Lucy J. E., Ethier, Jonathan, Urem-Kotsou, Dushka, Bonsall, Clive, Borić, Dušan, Boroneant, Adina, Evershed, Richard P., Perić, Slaviša, Roffet-Salque, Melanie, Whelton, Helen L., Ivanova, Maria, "Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues" in Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 286, no. 1894 (2019),
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2347 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mathieson, Iain
AU  - Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songul
AU  - Posth, Cosimo
AU  - Szecsenyi-Nagy, Anna
AU  - Rohland, Nadin
AU  - Mallick, Swapan
AU  - Olalde, Inigo
AU  - Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen
AU  - Candilio, Francesca
AU  - Cheronet, Olivia
AU  - Fernandes, Daniel
AU  - Ferry, Matthew
AU  - Gamarra, Beatriz
AU  - Gonzalez Fortes, Gloria
AU  - Haak, Wolfgang
AU  - Harney, Eadaoin
AU  - Jones, Eppie
AU  - Keating, Denise
AU  - Krause-Kyora, Ben
AU  - Kucukkalipci, Isil
AU  - Michel, Megan
AU  - Mittnik, Alissa
AU  - Naegele, Kathrin
AU  - Novak, Mario
AU  - Oppenheimer, Jonas
AU  - Patterson, Nick
AU  - Pfrengle, Saskia
AU  - Sirak, Kendra
AU  - Stewardson, Kristin
AU  - Vai, Stefania
AU  - Alexandrov, Stefan
AU  - Alt, Kurt W.
AU  - Andreescu, Radian
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
AU  - Ash, Abigail
AU  - Atanassova, Nadezhda
AU  - Bacvarov, Krum
AU  - Gusztav, Mende Balazs
AU  - Bocherens, Herve
AU  - Bolus, Michael
AU  - Boroneant, Adina
AU  - Boyadzhiev, Yavor
AU  - Budnik, Alicja
AU  - Burmaz, Josip
AU  - Chohadzhiev, Stefan
AU  - Conard, Nicholas J.
AU  - Cottiaux, Richard
AU  - Cuka, Maja
AU  - Cupillard, Christophe
AU  - Drucker, Dorothee G.
AU  - Elenski, Nedko
AU  - Francken, Michael
AU  - Galabova, Borislava
AU  - Ganetsovski, Georgi
AU  - Gely, Bernard
AU  - Hajdu, Tamas
AU  - Handzhyiska, Veneta
AU  - Harvati, Katerina
AU  - Higham, Thomas
AU  - Iliev, Stanislav
AU  - Janković, Ivor
AU  - Karavanic, Ivor
AU  - Kennett, Douglas J.
AU  - Komso, Darko
AU  - Kozak, Alexandra
AU  - Labuda, Damian
AU  - Lari, Martina
AU  - Lazar, Catalin
AU  - Leppek, Maleen
AU  - Leshtakov, Krassimir
AU  - Lo Vetro, Domenico
AU  - Los, Dzeni
AU  - Lozanov, Ivaylo
AU  - Malina, Maria
AU  - Martini, Fabio
AU  - McSweeney, Kath
AU  - Meller, Harald
AU  - Mendusic, Marko
AU  - Mirea, Pavel
AU  - Moiseyev, Vyacheslav
AU  - Petrova, Vanya
AU  - Price, Douglas T.
AU  - Simalcsik, Angela
AU  - Sineo, Luca
AU  - Slaus, Mario
AU  - Slavchev, Vladimir
AU  - Stanev, Petar
AU  - Starovic, Andrej
AU  - Szeniczey, Tamas
AU  - Talamo, Sahra
AU  - Teschler-Nicola, Maria
AU  - Thevenet, Corinne
AU  - Valchev, Ivan
AU  - Valentin, Frederique
AU  - Vasilyev, Sergey
AU  - Veljanovska, Fanica
AU  - Venelinova, Svetlana
AU  - Veselovskaya, Elizaveta
AU  - Viola, Bence
AU  - Virag, Cristian
AU  - Zaninovic, Josko
AU  - Zaeuner, Steve
AU  - Stockhammer, Philipp W.
AU  - Catalano, Giulio
AU  - Krauss, Raiko
AU  - Caramelli, David
AU  - Zarina, Gunita
AU  - Gaydarska, Bisserka
AU  - Lillie, Malcolm
AU  - Nikitin, Alexey G.
AU  - Potekhina, Inna
AU  - Papathanasiou, Anastasia
AU  - Borić, Dušan
AU  - Bonsall, Clive
AU  - Krause, Johannes
AU  - Pinhasi, Ron
AU  - Reich, David
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/280
AB  - Farming was first introduced to Europe in the mid-seventh millennium bc, and was associated with migrants from Anatolia who settled in the southeast before spreading throughout Europe. Here, to understand the dynamics of this process, we analysed genome-wide ancient DNA data from 225 individuals who lived in southeastern Europe and surrounding regions between 12000 and 500 bc. We document a west-east cline of ancestry in indigenous hunter-gatherers and, in eastern Europe, the early stages in the formation of Bronze Age steppe ancestry. We show that the first farmers of northern and western Europe dispersed through southeastern Europe with limited hunter-gatherer admixture, but that some early groups in the southeast mixed extensively with hunter-gatherers without the sex-biased admixture that prevailed later in the north and west. We also show that southeastern Europe continued to be a nexus between east and west after the arrival of farmers, with intermittent genetic contact with steppe populations occurring up to 2,000 years earlier than the migrations from the steppe that ultimately replaced much of the population of northern Europe.
PB  - Nature Portfolio, Berlin
T2  - Nature
T1  - The genomic history of southeastern Europe
EP  - +
IS  - 7695
SP  - 197
VL  - 555
DO  - 10.1038/nature25778
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title = "The genomic history of southeastern Europe",
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Mathieson, I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Posth, C., Szecsenyi-Nagy, A., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Olalde, I., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Candilio, F., Cheronet, O., Fernandes, D., Ferry, M., Gamarra, B., Gonzalez Fortes, G., Haak, W., Harney, E., Jones, E., Keating, D., Krause-Kyora, B., Kucukkalipci, I., Michel, M., Mittnik, A., Naegele, K., Novak, M., Oppenheimer, J., Patterson, N., Pfrengle, S., Sirak, K., Stewardson, K., Vai, S., Alexandrov, S., Alt, K. W., Andreescu, R., Antonović, D., Ash, A., Atanassova, N., Bacvarov, K., Gusztav, M. B., Bocherens, H., Bolus, M., Boroneant, A., Boyadzhiev, Y., Budnik, A., Burmaz, J., Chohadzhiev, S., Conard, N. J., Cottiaux, R., Cuka, M., Cupillard, C., Drucker, D. G., Elenski, N., Francken, M., Galabova, B., Ganetsovski, G., Gely, B., Hajdu, T., Handzhyiska, V., Harvati, K., Higham, T., Iliev, S., Janković, I., Karavanic, I., Kennett, D. J., Komso, D., Kozak, A., Labuda, D., Lari, M., Lazar, C., Leppek, M., Leshtakov, K., Lo Vetro, D., Los, D., Lozanov, I., Malina, M., Martini, F., McSweeney, K., Meller, H., Mendusic, M., Mirea, P., Moiseyev, V., Petrova, V., Price, D. T., Simalcsik, A., Sineo, L., Slaus, M., Slavchev, V., Stanev, P., Starovic, A., Szeniczey, T., Talamo, S., Teschler-Nicola, M., Thevenet, C., Valchev, I., Valentin, F., Vasilyev, S., Veljanovska, F., Venelinova, S., Veselovskaya, E., Viola, B., Virag, C., Zaninovic, J., Zaeuner, S., Stockhammer, P. W., Catalano, G., Krauss, R., Caramelli, D., Zarina, G., Gaydarska, B., Lillie, M., Nikitin, A. G., Potekhina, I., Papathanasiou, A., Borić, D., Bonsall, C., Krause, J., Pinhasi, R.,& Reich, D.. (2018). The genomic history of southeastern Europe. in Nature
Nature Portfolio, Berlin., 555(7695), 197-+.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25778

Mathieson I, Alpaslan-Roodenberg S, Posth C, Szecsenyi-Nagy A, Rohland N, Mallick S, Olalde I, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Candilio F, Cheronet O, Fernandes D, Ferry M, Gamarra B, Gonzalez Fortes G, Haak W, Harney E, Jones E, Keating D, Krause-Kyora B, Kucukkalipci I, Michel M, Mittnik A, Naegele K, Novak M, Oppenheimer J, Patterson N, Pfrengle S, Sirak K, Stewardson K, Vai S, Alexandrov S, Alt KW, Andreescu R, Antonović D, Ash A, Atanassova N, Bacvarov K, Gusztav MB, Bocherens H, Bolus M, Boroneant A, Boyadzhiev Y, Budnik A, Burmaz J, Chohadzhiev S, Conard NJ, Cottiaux R, Cuka M, Cupillard C, Drucker DG, Elenski N, Francken M, Galabova B, Ganetsovski G, Gely B, Hajdu T, Handzhyiska V, Harvati K, Higham T, Iliev S, Janković I, Karavanic I, Kennett DJ, Komso D, Kozak A, Labuda D, Lari M, Lazar C, Leppek M, Leshtakov K, Lo Vetro D, Los D, Lozanov I, Malina M, Martini F, McSweeney K, Meller H, Mendusic M, Mirea P, Moiseyev V, Petrova V, Price DT, Simalcsik A, Sineo L, Slaus M, Slavchev V, Stanev P, Starovic A, Szeniczey T, Talamo S, Teschler-Nicola M, Thevenet C, Valchev I, Valentin F, Vasilyev S, Veljanovska F, Venelinova S, Veselovskaya E, Viola B, Virag C, Zaninovic J, Zaeuner S, Stockhammer PW, Catalano G, Krauss R, Caramelli D, Zarina G, Gaydarska B, Lillie M, Nikitin AG, Potekhina I, Papathanasiou A, Borić D, Bonsall C, Krause J, Pinhasi R, Reich D. The genomic history of southeastern Europe. in Nature. 2018;555(7695):197-+.
doi:10.1038/nature25778 .

Mathieson, Iain, Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songul, Posth, Cosimo, Szecsenyi-Nagy, Anna, Rohland, Nadin, Mallick, Swapan, Olalde, Inigo, Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen, Candilio, Francesca, Cheronet, Olivia, Fernandes, Daniel, Ferry, Matthew, Gamarra, Beatriz, Gonzalez Fortes, Gloria, Haak, Wolfgang, Harney, Eadaoin, Jones, Eppie, Keating, Denise, Krause-Kyora, Ben, Kucukkalipci, Isil, Michel, Megan, Mittnik, Alissa, Naegele, Kathrin, Novak, Mario, Oppenheimer, Jonas, Patterson, Nick, Pfrengle, Saskia, Sirak, Kendra, Stewardson, Kristin, Vai, Stefania, Alexandrov, Stefan, Alt, Kurt W., Andreescu, Radian, Antonović, Dragana, Ash, Abigail, Atanassova, Nadezhda, Bacvarov, Krum, Gusztav, Mende Balazs, Bocherens, Herve, Bolus, Michael, Boroneant, Adina, Boyadzhiev, Yavor, Budnik, Alicja, Burmaz, Josip, Chohadzhiev, Stefan, Conard, Nicholas J., Cottiaux, Richard, Cuka, Maja, Cupillard, Christophe, Drucker, Dorothee G., Elenski, Nedko, Francken, Michael, Galabova, Borislava, Ganetsovski, Georgi, Gely, Bernard, Hajdu, Tamas, Handzhyiska, Veneta, Harvati, Katerina, Higham, Thomas, Iliev, Stanislav, Janković, Ivor, Karavanic, Ivor, Kennett, Douglas J., Komso, Darko, Kozak, Alexandra, Labuda, Damian, Lari, Martina, Lazar, Catalin, Leppek, Maleen, Leshtakov, Krassimir, Lo Vetro, Domenico, Los, Dzeni, Lozanov, Ivaylo, Malina, Maria, Martini, Fabio, McSweeney, Kath, Meller, Harald, Mendusic, Marko, Mirea, Pavel, Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Petrova, Vanya, Price, Douglas T., Simalcsik, Angela, Sineo, Luca, Slaus, Mario, Slavchev, Vladimir, Stanev, Petar, Starovic, Andrej, Szeniczey, Tamas, Talamo, Sahra, Teschler-Nicola, Maria, Thevenet, Corinne, Valchev, Ivan, Valentin, Frederique, Vasilyev, Sergey, Veljanovska, Fanica, Venelinova, Svetlana, Veselovskaya, Elizaveta, Viola, Bence, Virag, Cristian, Zaninovic, Josko, Zaeuner, Steve, Stockhammer, Philipp W., Catalano, Giulio, Krauss, Raiko, Caramelli, David, Zarina, Gunita, Gaydarska, Bisserka, Lillie, Malcolm, Nikitin, Alexey G., Potekhina, Inna, Papathanasiou, Anastasia, Borić, Dušan, Bonsall, Clive, Krause, Johannes, Pinhasi, Ron, Reich, David, "The genomic history of southeastern Europe" in Nature, 555, no. 7695 (2018):197-+,
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25778 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
AU  - Dimić, Vidan
AU  - Starović, Andrej
AU  - Borić, Dušan
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/764
AB  - The Early Neolithic settlement at the site of Aria Babi (the Danube Gorges or Iron Gates
area, northeastern Serbia) is chronologically contemporaneous with the Starčevo horizon at Lepenski Vir, and it is located in its immediate vicinity. Our analysis of the stone tools ncompassed the material from trench 1–2/2005, investigated in 2005 and 2006. Judging on the basis of the ground stone assemblage from this site, and with the same conclusion reached based on the ceramic analysis, a rural household was identified in this place, in a small settlement with ispersed dug-in features, typical of the Starčevo culture. In this household, the every-day life of the 
community was probably focused on farming. There were items found which were used for food preparation – aside from pottery, such as stone querns – but there were also tools and household items produced from materials softer than stone, such as wood and bone, which were not preserved. Various fragments of raw material, not so numerous in this assemblage, indirectly point to a small-scale ground stone tool production at this place. The secondary use of fragmented abrasive tools bears witness to, in most cases, expedient tools used by the inhabitants of this
household. It is probable that in the mountainous hinterland of the Early Neolithic sites discovered along the Danube’s banks in this region existed smaller villages which provided both agricultural and perhaps also some artisanal products.
PB  - Targoviște : Editura Cetatea de Scaun
T2  - From hunter-gatherers to farmers: human adaptations at the end of the Pleistocene and the first part of the Holocene - papers in Honour of Clive Bonsall
T1  - Ground stone artefacts from Aria Babi
EP  - 147
SP  - 135
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_764
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area, northeastern Serbia) is chronologically contemporaneous with the Starčevo horizon at Lepenski Vir, and it is located in its immediate vicinity. Our analysis of the stone tools ncompassed the material from trench 1–2/2005, investigated in 2005 and 2006. Judging on the basis of the ground stone assemblage from this site, and with the same conclusion reached based on the ceramic analysis, a rural household was identified in this place, in a small settlement with ispersed dug-in features, typical of the Starčevo culture. In this household, the every-day life of the 
community was probably focused on farming. There were items found which were used for food preparation – aside from pottery, such as stone querns – but there were also tools and household items produced from materials softer than stone, such as wood and bone, which were not preserved. Various fragments of raw material, not so numerous in this assemblage, indirectly point to a small-scale ground stone tool production at this place. The secondary use of fragmented abrasive tools bears witness to, in most cases, expedient tools used by the inhabitants of this
household. It is probable that in the mountainous hinterland of the Early Neolithic sites discovered along the Danube’s banks in this region existed smaller villages which provided both agricultural and perhaps also some artisanal products.",
publisher = "Targoviște : Editura Cetatea de Scaun",
journal = "From hunter-gatherers to farmers: human adaptations at the end of the Pleistocene and the first part of the Holocene - papers in Honour of Clive Bonsall",
booktitle = "Ground stone artefacts from Aria Babi",
pages = "147-135",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_764"
}

Antonović, D., Dimić, V., Starović, A.,& Borić, D.. (2017). Ground stone artefacts from Aria Babi. in From hunter-gatherers to farmers: human adaptations at the end of the Pleistocene and the first part of the Holocene - papers in Honour of Clive Bonsall
Targoviște : Editura Cetatea de Scaun., 135-147.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_764

Antonović D, Dimić V, Starović A, Borić D. Ground stone artefacts from Aria Babi. in From hunter-gatherers to farmers: human adaptations at the end of the Pleistocene and the first part of the Holocene - papers in Honour of Clive Bonsall. 2017;:135-147.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_764 .

Antonović, Dragana, Dimić, Vidan, Starović, Andrej, Borić, Dušan, "Ground stone artefacts from Aria Babi" in From hunter-gatherers to farmers: human adaptations at the end of the Pleistocene and the first part of the Holocene - papers in Honour of Clive Bonsall (2017):135-147,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_764 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Jevtić, Miloš
AU  - Borić, Dušan
PY  - 2007
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/92
AB  - U okviru projekta 'Praistorija severoistočne Srbije - rekognosciranje i Iskopavanje' otkrivene su i sondažno istražene dve pećine: Pešćera Mare uzvodno od Lepenskog vira, i Pećina iznad Trajanove table. U gornjim holocenskim slojevima obe pećine otkriven je materijal iz poznog eneolita i starijeg gvozdenog doba. Eneolitska keramika pripada kulturama Kocofeni i Kostolac, dok je horizont starijeg gvozdenog doba zastupljen nalazima keramike sa odlikama Kalakača-Gornea grupe i Basarabi kulturnog kompleksa. Prilikom sondiranja konstatovani su i sporadični ulomci keramike ranog srednjeg veka. Na osnovu malobrojnog keramičkog materijala, možemo zaključiti da, iako povoljne za život, ove pećine tokom metalnih doba praistorije nisu bile stalna, već privremena staništa.
AB  - An extensive survey and test excavations of cave and rockshelters and open-air sites in the Danube Gorges hinterlands were initiated in the autumn of 2004. This project, entitled 'Prehistory of north-east Serbia: Survey and Excavations', is a collaborative initiative between the Departments of Archaeology at the respective Universities of Cambridge and Belgrade. A number of sites were mapped during the survey phase of the project, and some test excavations of two newly discovered cave sites Peştera Mare and 'Tabula Traiana' Cave, were made (cf. figs. 1-2). Both excavated sites contained Holocene layers with traces of human habitation during later prehistory (Eneolithic and Early Iron Age), while 'Tabula Traiana' Cave also contained Pleistocene levels with traces of human habitation dated to the early Upper Paleolithic. The cave site of Peştera Mare (as Vlachs of eastern Serbia call it, i.e. - The Big Cave) is located in the mountainous area of Velika Rudina above the Upper Gorge of the Danube, at the altitude of 238 m above sea level. The large cave entrance (pl. I/1) is hidden and faces north-northwest. This is a long (ca. 65 m), tunnel- shaped cave (fig. 3/1) with sediments damaged by illicit digging. The cave was investigated in 2004 by opening Trial Trench 1/2004 (3 x 2 m) and Trial Trench 2/2004 (2 x 2 m). The cave sediments in the investigated part of the cave are shallow, and the bedrock was reached at 0.6-0.8 m from the surface level (fig. 4). It was not possible to differentiate cultural levels stratigraphically. It seems that the Eneolithic and Early Iron Age occupations made shallow pits in the yellowish brown loose sediment that was covering the bedrock. This sediment was likely formed during the Pleistocene and this conclusion is based on the finds of Pleistocene fauna (e.g. cave bear) throughout this layer. Discovered Eneolithic pottery (fig. 5) belongs to the Kostolac-Coţofeni cultural complex (ca. 3000-2900 B.C). This pottery is tempered with crushed stones and shells. The surfaces were roughly burnished and of dark coloring. The largest number of pottery finds can be classified as bowls for serving food along with storage and cooking pots. Bowls are characterized by biconical shapes. The outer surfaces of pottery were highly burnished and decorated with motifs of hanging triangles or were executed in the motif forming chessboard metopes done in the so-called Fürchenstich tehique and filled with white paint. Other fragments had their surfaces decorated with incised lines forming a net motif. Apart from the Eneolithic pottery that dominates the assemblage, a small number of pottery fragments can be dated to the Early Iron Age (8th century B.C) (fig. 6/1-6), and some of these were decorated by 'S' ornament characteristic of the Basarabi pottery style. The finds of animal bones indicate hunting of wild species (of which a large number were young animals) in the vicinity of the cave along with occasional fishing on the Danube. The site might have functioned as a specialized hunting camp both in the Eneolithic and the Early Iron Age. A few sporadic fragments of Early Mediaeval pottery were also uncovered (fig. 6/7). 'Tabula Traiana' Cave (pl. I/2) was discovered in the vicinity of the Roman stone inscription known as Tabula Traiana. The cave is part of the karstic massive of the Miroč mountain plateau, and is located downstream from the Lower Gorge of the Danube. It is situated some 25 m above the present level of the Danube at an altitude of 90-91 m above see level. The cave entrance is west facing. The cave is rather small (fig. 3/2), and pottery finds of late prehistoric date were laying on the surface due to illicit digging. Test excavations in the cave took place both in 2004 (Trial Trench 1/2004, size 2 x 2 m) and 2005 (Trial Trench 1/2005, size 4 x 1.5 m). The latest occupation (10-30 cm thick, is dated to the Early Iron Age although there were also sporadic finds of Late Roman-early Mediaeval pottery (fig. 9/8) possibly associated with a pit dug at the entrance to the cave. Only a few pottery fragments can be dated to the Eneolithic period and are stylistically related to the Coţofeni pottery style (fig. 8/1-3). A sterile layer separates the late Holocene occupation from Pleistocene levels of Early Upper Palaeolithic date (fig. 7). The most frequent finds of pottery can be dated to the Early Iron Age. There are possibly two chronological/stylistic phases in the Early Iron Age pottery. The older phase pottery can be dated to the early phase of the Bosut culture group, type Gornea-Kalakača (9th century B.C). This pottery is characterized by conical bowls with contracted-rim and ornamented with a band consisting of three parallel incised lines forming a zigzag motif (fig. 8/5-6). The later phase pottery can be dated to the Basarabi culture complex (figs. 8/7-13 9/1-7) on the basis of typical ornament consisting of continuous 'S' stamping on pot surfaces in combination with other decorative techniques. Such pottery is widespread across the Danube basin in this period. Map, including two newly discovered caves, of the sites of Kostolac-Coţofeni cultural complex (fig. 1) and early Basarabi culture (Gornea-Kalakača type) (fig. 2) on the Danube Gorges are presented.
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This project, entitled 'Prehistory of north-east Serbia: Survey and Excavations', is a collaborative initiative between the Departments of Archaeology at the respective Universities of Cambridge and Belgrade. A number of sites were mapped during the survey phase of the project, and some test excavations of two newly discovered cave sites Peştera Mare and 'Tabula Traiana' Cave, were made (cf. figs. 1-2). Both excavated sites contained Holocene layers with traces of human habitation during later prehistory (Eneolithic and Early Iron Age), while 'Tabula Traiana' Cave also contained Pleistocene levels with traces of human habitation dated to the early Upper Paleolithic. The cave site of Peştera Mare (as Vlachs of eastern Serbia call it, i.e. - The Big Cave) is located in the mountainous area of Velika Rudina above the Upper Gorge of the Danube, at the altitude of 238 m above sea level. The large cave entrance (pl. I/1) is hidden and faces north-northwest. This is a long (ca. 65 m), tunnel- shaped cave (fig. 3/1) with sediments damaged by illicit digging. The cave was investigated in 2004 by opening Trial Trench 1/2004 (3 x 2 m) and Trial Trench 2/2004 (2 x 2 m). The cave sediments in the investigated part of the cave are shallow, and the bedrock was reached at 0.6-0.8 m from the surface level (fig. 4). It was not possible to differentiate cultural levels stratigraphically. It seems that the Eneolithic and Early Iron Age occupations made shallow pits in the yellowish brown loose sediment that was covering the bedrock. This sediment was likely formed during the Pleistocene and this conclusion is based on the finds of Pleistocene fauna (e.g. cave bear) throughout this layer. Discovered Eneolithic pottery (fig. 5) belongs to the Kostolac-Coţofeni cultural complex (ca. 3000-2900 B.C). This pottery is tempered with crushed stones and shells. The surfaces were roughly burnished and of dark coloring. The largest number of pottery finds can be classified as bowls for serving food along with storage and cooking pots. Bowls are characterized by biconical shapes. The outer surfaces of pottery were highly burnished and decorated with motifs of hanging triangles or were executed in the motif forming chessboard metopes done in the so-called Fürchenstich tehique and filled with white paint. Other fragments had their surfaces decorated with incised lines forming a net motif. Apart from the Eneolithic pottery that dominates the assemblage, a small number of pottery fragments can be dated to the Early Iron Age (8th century B.C) (fig. 6/1-6), and some of these were decorated by 'S' ornament characteristic of the Basarabi pottery style. The finds of animal bones indicate hunting of wild species (of which a large number were young animals) in the vicinity of the cave along with occasional fishing on the Danube. The site might have functioned as a specialized hunting camp both in the Eneolithic and the Early Iron Age. A few sporadic fragments of Early Mediaeval pottery were also uncovered (fig. 6/7). 'Tabula Traiana' Cave (pl. I/2) was discovered in the vicinity of the Roman stone inscription known as Tabula Traiana. The cave is part of the karstic massive of the Miroč mountain plateau, and is located downstream from the Lower Gorge of the Danube. It is situated some 25 m above the present level of the Danube at an altitude of 90-91 m above see level. The cave entrance is west facing. The cave is rather small (fig. 3/2), and pottery finds of late prehistoric date were laying on the surface due to illicit digging. Test excavations in the cave took place both in 2004 (Trial Trench 1/2004, size 2 x 2 m) and 2005 (Trial Trench 1/2005, size 4 x 1.5 m). The latest occupation (10-30 cm thick, is dated to the Early Iron Age although there were also sporadic finds of Late Roman-early Mediaeval pottery (fig. 9/8) possibly associated with a pit dug at the entrance to the cave. Only a few pottery fragments can be dated to the Eneolithic period and are stylistically related to the Coţofeni pottery style (fig. 8/1-3). A sterile layer separates the late Holocene occupation from Pleistocene levels of Early Upper Palaeolithic date (fig. 7). The most frequent finds of pottery can be dated to the Early Iron Age. There are possibly two chronological/stylistic phases in the Early Iron Age pottery. The older phase pottery can be dated to the early phase of the Bosut culture group, type Gornea-Kalakača (9th century B.C). This pottery is characterized by conical bowls with contracted-rim and ornamented with a band consisting of three parallel incised lines forming a zigzag motif (fig. 8/5-6). The later phase pottery can be dated to the Basarabi culture complex (figs. 8/7-13 9/1-7) on the basis of typical ornament consisting of continuous 'S' stamping on pot surfaces in combination with other decorative techniques. Such pottery is widespread across the Danube basin in this period. Map, including two newly discovered caves, of the sites of Kostolac-Coţofeni cultural complex (fig. 1) and early Basarabi culture (Gornea-Kalakača type) (fig. 2) on the Danube Gorges are presented.",
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Kapuran, A., Jevtić, M.,& Borić, D.. (2007). Nalazi keramike iz eneolita i gvozdenog doba u dve novootkrivene pećine na teritoriji Đerdapa. in Glasnik Srpskog arheološkog društva
Srpsko arheološko društvo, Beograd.(23), 103-124.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_92

Kapuran A, Jevtić M, Borić D. Nalazi keramike iz eneolita i gvozdenog doba u dve novootkrivene pećine na teritoriji Đerdapa. in Glasnik Srpskog arheološkog društva. 2007;(23):103-124.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_92 .

Kapuran, Aleksandar, Jevtić, Miloš, Borić, Dušan, "Nalazi keramike iz eneolita i gvozdenog doba u dve novootkrivene pećine na teritoriji Đerdapa" in Glasnik Srpskog arheološkog društva, no. 23 (2007):103-124,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_92 .