Get into the groove: Decorative techniques and motifs on the Late Eneolithic pottery from the site of Adžine Njive (Western Serbia)

Abstract

In 2021-2022, on the new highway route that is currently underconstruction in Western Serbia (section Ruma-Šabac), a part of a large multi-layered site of Adžine Njive (occupation spanning from the Early Neolithic until the Late Medieval Period) was excavated. During the course of the rescue excavation, the remains of Late Eneolithic (Baden culture )settlement were discovered. Pottery, decorated in a number of ways, from incision, which was most commonly used, to impression, was unearthed among settlement features in a seemingly overwhelming quantity.