Transformation of the Late Neolithic Vinča culture: Innovations and Traditions in the Copper Age of the Central Balkans

Abstract

During the second half of the 5th millennium BC communities in the Central Balkans experienced fundamental changes. The complex process of transformation of the Vinča culture included a series of internal and external factors, which have led to the gradual abandonment of long-lasting large settlements, micro-regions, and regions, and the formation of the new cultural milieu of the Copper Age.