Osseous Raw Materials in the Vinča Culture
Abstract
This paper will focus on the analysis of raw and worked osseous materials from several Vinča culture (Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic) sites from central Balkans (Vinča, Kormadin, Selevac, Divostin, Grivac, Drenovac, Slatina, Stragari) – the methods of acquiring of raw materials and managing of available raw materials for certain types of objects. Varieties in presence of red deer and roe deer antlers suggest that they were probably not collected and worked on every site, raise possibilities of an exchange system of raw materials between clustered sites, and also suggest differences in economic organization on Vinča culture sites. The preferences for certain skeletal parts for specific objects suggest high level of technological skills, but also probable symbolic values attributed to certain raw materials.
Keywords:
koštana industrija - praistorija / bone industry - prehistory / Neolithic / Neolit / prehistoric technology / praistorijska tehnologija / vinčanska kultura / Vinča cultureSource:
From these bare bones: raw materials and the study of worked osseous objects, 2013, 61-72Publisher:
- Oxford : Oxbow
Funding / projects:
- Bioarchaeology of Ancient Europe: People, Animals and Plants in the Prehistory of Serbia (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-47001)
- Serbian archaeology: cultural identity, integration factors, technological processes and the role of the central Balkans in the development of European prehistory (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177020)
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Vitezović, Selena PY - 2013 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/759 AB - This paper will focus on the analysis of raw and worked osseous materials from several Vinča culture (Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic) sites from central Balkans (Vinča, Kormadin, Selevac, Divostin, Grivac, Drenovac, Slatina, Stragari) – the methods of acquiring of raw materials and managing of available raw materials for certain types of objects. Varieties in presence of red deer and roe deer antlers suggest that they were probably not collected and worked on every site, raise possibilities of an exchange system of raw materials between clustered sites, and also suggest differences in economic organization on Vinča culture sites. The preferences for certain skeletal parts for specific objects suggest high level of technological skills, but also probable symbolic values attributed to certain raw materials. PB - Oxford : Oxbow T2 - From these bare bones: raw materials and the study of worked osseous objects T1 - Osseous Raw Materials in the Vinča Culture EP - 72 SP - 61 DO - 10.2307/j.ctvh1dgv3.12 ER -
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Vitezović, S.. (2013). Osseous Raw Materials in the Vinča Culture. in From these bare bones: raw materials and the study of worked osseous objects Oxford : Oxbow., 61-72. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh1dgv3.12
Vitezović S. Osseous Raw Materials in the Vinča Culture. in From these bare bones: raw materials and the study of worked osseous objects. 2013;:61-72. doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dgv3.12 .
Vitezović, Selena, "Osseous Raw Materials in the Vinča Culture" in From these bare bones: raw materials and the study of worked osseous objects (2013):61-72, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh1dgv3.12 . .