TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja
AU  - Ljuština, Marija
AU  - Filipović, Vojislav
AU  - Mladenović, Ognjen
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Milojević, Petar
AU  - Milić, Bogdana
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1426
AB  - The paper summarises the results achieved during the first 18 months of the project THE FLOW (Interactions-Transmission-Transformation: Long-distance connections in Copper and Bronze Age of the Central Balkans). The project team has visited 12 museums in the territory of Central Serbia and accumulated a total of 5,000 km of road trips. More than 400 pottery samples from 67 archaeological sites were collected for provenance analyses, thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence dating. Samples have also been collected from more than 150 bronze and 64 copper artifacts, as well as more than 25 samples from clay pits and ore deposits. A total of 30 samples from obsidian artifacts have been collected. Following the collection of samples, procurement procedures were conducted for AMS and TL/OSL dating, as well as calls for isotopic analyses of copper and tin provenance. Contracts for TL/OSL analyses have been signed with Instituto Universitario de Geología “Isidro Parga Pondal” from La Coruña (Spain), and for AMS analyses with Isotoptech Zrt. from Debrecen (Hungary), and Rutgers University in New Jersey (USA). Laboratory research within the project has so far brought many important results, among which are those on the origin of the raw materials for making the analysed ceramic vessels, as well as the pigments used for their decoration. Extremely significant data was obtained on the composition of the analysed items made of metal - weapons and jewellery, on the basis of which preliminary conclusions were made about the technology of their production, and them belonging to a certain region or workshop. The project initiated the creation of a network of scientific collaborations that can be continued through future joint projects and applications on international calls. The following project activities will be aimed towards the consolidation of already established methodological procedures as well as the interpretation of the awaited outcomes and their integration into explanatory models of complex processes in the societies in later prehistory.
PB  - Beograd: Arheološki institut
PB  - Beograd: Centar za nove tehnologije Viminacium
T2  - Arheologija i prirodne nauke
T1  - First Half of the FLOW Project - Methods, Practices and First Results
EP  - 185
IS  - 19
SP  - 173
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Gajić-Kvaščev, M., Ljuština, M., Filipović, V., Mladenović, O., Bulatović, A., Kapuran, A., Milojević, P.,& Milić, B.. (2023). First Half of the FLOW Project - Methods, Practices and First Results. in Arheologija i prirodne nauke
Beograd: Arheološki institut.(19), 173-185.
https://doi.org/10.18485/arhe_apn.2023.19.11

Gajić-Kvaščev M, Ljuština M, Filipović V, Mladenović O, Bulatović A, Kapuran A, Milojević P, Milić B. First Half of the FLOW Project - Methods, Practices and First Results. in Arheologija i prirodne nauke. 2023;(19):173-185.
doi:10.18485/arhe_apn.2023.19.11 .

Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja, Ljuština, Marija, Filipović, Vojislav, Mladenović, Ognjen, Bulatović, Aleksandar, Kapuran, Aleksandar, Milojević, Petar, Milić, Bogdana, "First Half of the FLOW Project - Methods, Practices and First Results" in Arheologija i prirodne nauke, no. 19 (2023):173-185,
https://doi.org/10.18485/arhe_apn.2023.19.11 . .

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AU  - Mladenović, Ognjen
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
AU  - Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Filipović, Vojislav
AU  - Ljuština, Marija
AU  - Milojević, Petar
AU  - Milić, Bogdana
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1424
AB  - The site of Velika Humska Čuka, represents one of the most important multilayered prehistoric settlements in the Balkans, with a continuous inhabitance for almost six millennia. The site is located on one of the main communications hubs of Southeastern Europe, with natural roads spreading towards the north, east, and south. The excavations at 605 the site have been conducted for almost a century, continuously yielding new finds and features from between the Eneolithic and the Late Bronze Age.
PB  - Belfast: European Association of Archaeologist
C3  - Abstract book : 29th EAA Annual Meeting : Belfast, Northern Ireland, [30th August - 2nd September] 2023 : [weaving narratives]
T1  - Local or imported: EDXRF spectometry comparison of pottery and local clay samples from Velika Humska Čuka (central Balkans)
EP  - 605
SP  - 604
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Belfast: European Association of Archaeologist., 604-605.
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Mladenović O, Bulatović A, Gajić-Kvaščev M, Kapuran A, Filipović V, Ljuština M, Milojević P, Milić B. Local or imported: EDXRF spectometry comparison of pottery and local clay samples from Velika Humska Čuka (central Balkans). in Abstract book : 29th EAA Annual Meeting : Belfast, Northern Ireland, [30th August - 2nd September] 2023 : [weaving narratives]. 2023;:604-605.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1424 .

Mladenović, Ognjen, Bulatović, Aleksandar, Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja, Kapuran, Aleksandar, Filipović, Vojislav, Ljuština, Marija, Milojević, Petar, Milić, Bogdana, "Local or imported: EDXRF spectometry comparison of pottery and local clay samples from Velika Humska Čuka (central Balkans)" in Abstract book : 29th EAA Annual Meeting : Belfast, Northern Ireland, [30th August - 2nd September] 2023 : [weaving narratives] (2023):604-605,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1424 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Mladenović, Ognjen
AU  - Milojević, Petar
AU  - Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1420
AB  - The paper presents an extraordinary new find from the site of Velika Humska Čuka near Niš, in Southeastern Serbia. During the 2022 excavation campaign, a set of bronze jewellery was discovered, comprised of a pin, a band, ten salteleons, and ten circular pendants. Of particular importance are finds of circular pendants, which are known throughout the Bronze Age in the territory of Europe. Such pendants are traditionally connected with Central Europe and the Hügelgräber culture, therefore representing an uncommon find for the Central Balkans. The paper provides a stylistic and typological analysis of jewellery, complemented with physical and chemical analyses, and further discusses the scope and effects of interactions between Central Europe and Central Balkans during the Bronze Age.
PB  - Beograd: Arheološki institut
T2  - Starinar
T1  - Set of Bronze Jewellery from the site of Velika Humska Čuka Near Niš, SE Serbia : A contribution to the study of interactions between Bronze Age communities of Central Europe and the Central Balkans
EP  - 51
IS  - 73
SP  - 27
DO  - 10.2298/STA2373027B
ER  - 

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Beograd: Arheološki institut.(73), 27-51.
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Bulatović A, Kapuran A, Mladenović O, Milojević P, Gajić-Kvaščev M. Set of Bronze Jewellery from the site of Velika Humska Čuka Near Niš, SE Serbia : A contribution to the study of interactions between Bronze Age communities of Central Europe and the Central Balkans. in Starinar. 2023;(73):27-51.
doi:10.2298/STA2373027B .

Bulatović, Aleksandar, Kapuran, Aleksandar, Mladenović, Ognjen, Milojević, Petar, Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja, "Set of Bronze Jewellery from the site of Velika Humska Čuka Near Niš, SE Serbia : A contribution to the study of interactions between Bronze Age communities of Central Europe and the Central Balkans" in Starinar, no. 73 (2023):27-51,
https://doi.org/10.2298/STA2373027B . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Govedarica, Blagoje
AU  - Vranić, Ivan
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1452
AB  - It is a rare occasion that one researcher’s career in archaeology including published results, extensive fieldwork and professional contacts, can inspire a volume with such vast, diachronic and diverse topics as is the case here. Namely, the bibliography of Petar Popović (see Bibliography of Petar Popović in this volume) contains numerous papers, chapters, and books focused on numismatics; (e.g., Popović 1983; Поповић 1987; Borić-Brešković, Popović 2006), ancient Celts and Scordisci, their cultures, migrations and contacts (e.g., Jovanović, Popović 1991; Popović 1992a; 1992b; 1992c; 1993; 1994; 1996a), the Balkan Bronze and Iron Ages (e.g., Vukmanović, Popović 1982; Popović, Vukmanović 1992; Popović 1996b), Kale–Krševica (e.g., Popović 2006; 2012), etc. These publications reveal his main scholarly interests in social, cultural, and economic aspects of the interrelations between the Paleo-Balkan communities and the Greek and Roman worlds. Beginning in the 1960s, Popović participated in numerous local and multinational excavation projects targeting some of the most prominent archaeological sites in Serbia and former Yugoslavia (e.g., Padina, Gomolava, Vinča, Bosut, Kadića Brdo, Faros, Issa). As a result, along with abundant friendships, fruitful discussions, and international contacts, he also became an indispensable participant in most regional archaeological interpretative endeavours focusing on problems beyond the Iron Age and numismatics. Having all this in mind, the three editors along with all of the authors, who are Petar’s friends and colleagues, have happily decided to publish this volume as a birthday present to him. Our scholarly goal is to provide space for some new answers to the archaeological questions Petar Popović is interested in. Since his interests remain vast and focused on still very current topics, connecting the two is not a difficult task.
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - A Step into the Past: Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in South-Eastern European Archaeology; Papers dedicated to Petar Popović for his 78th birthday
T1  - Introduction: Petar Popović and South-Eastern European Archaeology
EP  - 23
SP  - 15
DO  - 10.18485/arhe_step2past.2023.ch2
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Govedarica, B., Vranić, I.,& Kapuran, A.. (2023). Introduction: Petar Popović and South-Eastern European Archaeology. in A Step into the Past: Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in South-Eastern European Archaeology; Papers dedicated to Petar Popović for his 78th birthday
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https://doi.org/10.18485/arhe_step2past.2023.ch2 . .

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AU  - Милојевић, Петар
AU  - Перић, Соња
AU  - Капуран, Александар
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1412
AB  - У циљу побољшања система заштите археолошке баштине и сакупљања научно-истраживачке грађе, покренут је пројекат Систематска археолошка проспекција јагодинског краја, који се од 2022. године спроводи кроз сарадњу Завичајног музеја Јагодина и Археолошког института, Београд. Прва истраживачка кампања била је усмерена на обилазак терена у сливу Белице, Јошанице и Штипљанске реке, приликом чега су обиђена 13 сеоска атара у којима је документовано 48 налазишта са којих је прикупљено 3619 примерака покретног археолошког материјала, од неолита до новог века. Поред стандардних метода просторног документовања налазишта и стилско-типолошког детерминисања археолошког материјала, уз упоређивање и синхронизовање са подацима из старе музејске евиденције, стављен је акценат на истраживања образаца насељавања и прикупљање грађе о палеоекономским потенцијалима у околини насеља.
PB  - Српско археолошко друштво
PB  - Градски музеј Сомбор
C3  - Српско археолошко друштво, програм, извештаји и апстракти, XLVI Скупштина и годишњи скуп САД, Сомбор, 25-27. мај 2023. године
T1  - Систематска археолошка проспекција јагодинског краја: Основне смернице пројекта, принципи и методе истраживања
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Милојевић П, Перић С, Капуран А. Систематска археолошка проспекција јагодинског краја: Основне смернице пројекта, принципи и методе истраживања. in Српско археолошко друштво, програм, извештаји и апстракти, XLVI Скупштина и годишњи скуп САД, Сомбор, 25-27. мај 2023. године. 2023;:83-84.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1412 .

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1412 .

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AU  - Милојевић, Петар
AU  - Капуран, Александар
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1165
AB  - У раду су презентовани резултати археолошких ископавања спроведених током 2022. године на градинском налазишту Поповица код Сокобање (Зајечарски управни округ, источна Србија). Локалитет до сада није био археолошки истраживан, иако је одраније познат захваљујући подацима из евиденција Народног музеја Србије, Народног музеја Ниш и Завичајног музеја Књажевац. Пробна сондирања су изведена у оквиру пројекта Археолошка истраживања налазишта из раног гвозденог доба на територији општине Сокобања, у организацији Археолошког института, Београд и Народне библиотеке „Стеван Сремац“ у Сокобањи. Отворене су четири сонде на основу којих су добијени подаци о вертикалној стратиграфији, одликама покретних налаза и остацима праисторијске архитектуре. Јасно су установљене три фазе насељавања градине, дефинисане према стратиграфским јединицама и стилско-типолошким карактеристикама керамичког материјала. Издвојени су хоризонти гвозденог доба, средњег/позног бронзаног доба и позног енеолита, који се према доминантним културним манифестацијама могу везати за Басараби, Бубањ–Хум IV и Коцофени–Костолац културу. Осим тога, спорадично су проналажени делови грнчарије који имају елементе вучедолске, гамзиградске и Медијана II–III културе, уз присуство површинских налаза латенске керамике израђене на витлу, која уједно документује остатке девастираног слоја из најмлађе фазе насељавања градине. Поменутим истраживањима су откривени и остаци сухозида који је вероватно био елемент фортификационе архитектуре из праисторије.
AB  - This paper presents the results of archaeological excavations carried out in 2022 at the site of the hillfort of Popovica, near Sokobanja, in eastern Serbia. The site of Popovica has not been archaeologically excavated until now, even though it has already been known from surveys and accidental finds from museum records in Belgrade, Niš and Knjaževac. Test trench excavations were carried out as part of the project Archaeological research of sites from the Early Iron Age in the territory of the municipality of Sokobanja, organised by the Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, and the Public Library “Stevan Sremac” in Sokobanja. Four trenches were opened, on the basis of which data on vertical stratigraphy, material culture and remains of prehistoric architecture were obtained. The research documented 3,597 mobile archaeological findings, namely, ceramic fragments, animal bones, flint, worked stone and daub. Most of the findings are ceramics fragments, 3,211 in total, out of which 475 specimens were selected as indicative of chronological and cultural characterisation. Almost no material from the historical phases of the past was recorded in the researched layers, therefore, on the basis of the research conducted so far, it can be concluded that Popovica was an exclusively prehistoric site. Three settlement phases were clearly established at the hillfort, identified on the basis of stratigraphic units and stylistic-typological traits of the ceramic material. Horizons from the Iron Age, Middle/Late Bronze Age and Late Eneolithic were singled out, which, according to the dominant cultural manifestations, can be linked to the Basarabi, Bubanj–Hum IV and Coţofeni–Kostolac cultures. Additionally, pottery pieces with elements of the Vučedol, Gamzigrad, Paraćin and Mediana II-III cultures were found sporadically, with the presence of surface findings of Late La Tène ceramics made on potter’s wheel, documenting, at the same time, the remains of the devastated layer from the most recent phase of settling of the hillfort. The mentioned research also revealed remnants of a drywall, which were probably the remains of prehistoric fortification architecture. The drywall most likely had two construction phases, considering the fact that two of its elements with different extension direction and different techniques of stacking stones were registered.
PB  - Чачак : Народни музеј
T2  - Зборник Народног музеја Србије. Археологија
T1  - Резултати истраживања праисторијске градине на Поповици код Сокобање
T1  - Results of the research of the  prehistoric hillfort of popovica near Sokobanja
EP  - 92
IS  - 26
SP  - 65
VL  - 1
DO  - 10.18485/znms_arh.2023.26.1.3
ER  - 

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title = "Резултати истраживања праисторијске градине на Поповици код Сокобање, Results of the research of the  prehistoric hillfort of popovica near Sokobanja",
pages = "92-65",
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Милојевић, П.,& Капуран, А.. (2023). Резултати истраживања праисторијске градине на Поповици код Сокобање. in Зборник Народног музеја Србије. Археологија
Чачак : Народни музеј., 1(26), 65-92.
https://doi.org/10.18485/znms_arh.2023.26.1.3

Милојевић П, Капуран А. Резултати истраживања праисторијске градине на Поповици код Сокобање. in Зборник Народног музеја Србије. Археологија. 2023;1(26):65-92.
doi:10.18485/znms_arh.2023.26.1.3 .

Милојевић, Петар, Капуран, Александар, "Резултати истраживања праисторијске градине на Поповици код Сокобање" in Зборник Народног музеја Србије. Археологија, 1, no. 26 (2023):65-92,
https://doi.org/10.18485/znms_arh.2023.26.1.3 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Đorđević, Aca
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1448
AB  - Throughout his successful career, Petar Popović dedicated more than 10 years to the research of 
the Bronze and Iron Age settlements and necropolises in the Iron Gates region. His extensive knowledge and field experience, as well as long-lasting friendships with colleagues from the National Museum in Belgrade, have all contributed to the greater degree of research at the site of Konopište in Mala Vrbica near Kladovo. The renewed excavations at the site were initiated by A. Đorđević, curator of the National Museum in Belgrade, back in 2015. The excavations resulted in new finds of the so-called violin-bow fibulae (Violinbogenfibeln), or the Peschiera type of fibulae, which represent a prominent piece of the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age attire. New insight into the funeral ritual and the double-natured function of Peschiera fibulae are the focus of this paper
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - A Step into the Past Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in  South-Eastern European Archaeology
T1  - New finds of pechiera fibulae in the Iron Gates region
EP  - 70
SP  - 65
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1448
ER  - 

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Đorđević, A.,& Kapuran, A.. (2023). New finds of pechiera fibulae in the Iron Gates region. in A Step into the Past Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in  South-Eastern European Archaeology
Beograd : Arheološki institut., 65-70.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1448

Đorđević A, Kapuran A. New finds of pechiera fibulae in the Iron Gates region. in A Step into the Past Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in  South-Eastern European Archaeology. 2023;:65-70.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1448 .

Đorđević, Aca, Kapuran, Aleksandar, "New finds of pechiera fibulae in the Iron Gates region" in A Step into the Past Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in  South-Eastern European Archaeology (2023):65-70,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1448 .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Greenfeild, Haskel
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1447
AB  - Systematic archaeological excavations at the multiphase site of Foeni-Salaş in the Romanian 
Banat were conducted during the first half of the 1990s. The site was inhabited during the Early Neolithic,  Copper, Bronze, Early Iron, Late Antique and medieval ages. This paper presents a description of the  deposits and the most important ceramic finds that represent the Metal Age cultural horizons at the site. This is the first time that the finds from the Metal Age deposits at the site have been published.
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - A Step into the Past Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in  South-Eastern European Archaeology
T1  - “Brussels Sprouts and Post-Neolithic Archaeology”: The Metal Age Settlement at Foeni-Salaş
EP  - 37
SP  - 27
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1447
ER  - 

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Banat were conducted during the first half of the 1990s. The site was inhabited during the Early Neolithic,  Copper, Bronze, Early Iron, Late Antique and medieval ages. This paper presents a description of the  deposits and the most important ceramic finds that represent the Metal Age cultural horizons at the site. This is the first time that the finds from the Metal Age deposits at the site have been published.",
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Beograd : Arheološki institut., 27-37.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1447

Greenfeild H, Kapuran A. “Brussels Sprouts and Post-Neolithic Archaeology”: The Metal Age Settlement at Foeni-Salaş. in A Step into the Past Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in  South-Eastern European Archaeology. 2023;:27-37.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1447 .

Greenfeild, Haskel, Kapuran, Aleksandar, "“Brussels Sprouts and Post-Neolithic Archaeology”: The Metal Age Settlement at Foeni-Salaş" in A Step into the Past Approaches to Identity, Communications and Material Culture in  South-Eastern European Archaeology (2023):27-37,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1447 .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Jovanović, Igor
AU  - Milojević, Petar
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1435
AB  - Nakon tri sezone arheoloških iskopavanja na lokalitetima iz bronzanog doba organizovanih od strane Arheološkog instituta u Beogradu, Muzeja rudarstva i metalurgije u Boru i Arheološkog instituta Austrijske akademije nauka (ranije OREA), koja su donela nove podatke važne za bolje razumevanje tehnologije topljenja bakra u praistoriji, odlučeno je da se dalja istratraživanja usmere ka rešavanju problema koji su se u međuvremenu postavili pred istraživače. Najvažnije pitanje odnosi se na poreklo rude bakra koje su praistorijske zajednice sa područja Bora i Majdanpeka koristile tokom prve polovine II milenijuma pre n.e. Zbog toga je bilo potrebno sprovesti rekognosciranja sa dva cilja - prvi cilj je ubikacija potencijalnih praistorijskih arheometalurških lokaliteta, a drugi cilj se odnosi na identifikovanje dostupnih rudnih ležišta na ovom području. Rekognosciranja su se odvijala u jesen 2020. godine zahvaljujući sredstvima Ministarstva kulture i informisanja Republike Srbije, dok su fizičko-hemijske analize prikupljenih uzoraka finansirali naši partneri iz Arheološkog instituta u Beču.
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - Arheologija u Srbiji. Projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini
T1  - Rekognosciranja rudnih ležišta i šljačišta u Boru i Majdanpeku u 2020. godini.  Arheologija u Srbiji
EP  - 48
SP  - 43
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1435
ER  - 

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pages = "48-43",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1435"
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Kapuran, A., Jovanović, I.,& Milojević, P.. (2023). Rekognosciranja rudnih ležišta i šljačišta u Boru i Majdanpeku u 2020. godini.  Arheologija u Srbiji. in Arheologija u Srbiji. Projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini
Beograd : Arheološki institut., 43-48.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1435

Kapuran A, Jovanović I, Milojević P. Rekognosciranja rudnih ležišta i šljačišta u Boru i Majdanpeku u 2020. godini.  Arheologija u Srbiji. in Arheologija u Srbiji. Projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini. 2023;:43-48.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1435 .

Kapuran, Aleksandar, Jovanović, Igor, Milojević, Petar, "Rekognosciranja rudnih ležišta i šljačišta u Boru i Majdanpeku u 2020. godini.  Arheologija u Srbiji" in Arheologija u Srbiji. Projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2020. godini (2023):43-48,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1435 .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1422
AB  - Severoistočna Srbija je najviše poznata po svojim mineralnim bogatstvima i geomorfološkim karakteristikama. Na njenoj teritoriji nalaze se neka od najstarijih paleolitskih i mezolitskih naselja, kao i Rudna Glava, najstariji rudnik bakra u Evropi. Zbog velikih zaštitnih istraživanja u Đerdapu i brojnih sistematskim rekognosciranja i iskopavanja, možemo slobodno da tvrdimo da je ovo područje jedno od najbolje istraženih delova Srbije. U ovome radu osvrćemo se na distribuciju naselja kroz sve etape praistorie na ovome području, od starijeg neolita pa sve do dolaska rimljana.
PB  - Сврљиг : Центар за туризам, културу и спорт
T2  - Етно-културолошки зборник за проучавање културе источне Србије и суседних области XХVI
T1  - Praistorijska naselja u severoistočnoj Srbiji od neolita do mlađeg gvozdenog doba
EP  - 124
SP  - 103
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1422
ER  - 

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Kapuran, A.. (2023). Praistorijska naselja u severoistočnoj Srbiji od neolita do mlađeg gvozdenog doba. in Етно-културолошки зборник за проучавање културе источне Србије и суседних области XХVI
Сврљиг : Центар за туризам, културу и спорт., 103-124.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1422

Kapuran A. Praistorijska naselja u severoistočnoj Srbiji od neolita do mlađeg gvozdenog doba. in Етно-културолошки зборник за проучавање културе источне Србије и суседних области XХVI. 2023;:103-124.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1422 .

Kapuran, Aleksandar, "Praistorijska naselja u severoistočnoj Srbiji od neolita do mlađeg gvozdenog doba" in Етно-културолошки зборник за проучавање културе источне Србије и суседних области XХVI (2023):103-124,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1422 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Gavranović, Mario
AU  - Jovanović, Igor
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/536
AB  - Following more than seven decades of research on the Bronze Age cremation burial grounds in the territory of Serbia, the new absolute dates provide us with an opportunity to determine a more precise chronological sequence of different local cultural manifestations. Although the pioneers of the Serbian archaeology after WWII defined the main cultural trajectories that led to the establishment of cremation as the main burial rite during the 2nd millennium BC, several misconceptions were established that need to be corrected, considering new data. We regard this paper as our contribution to the better understanding of the cultural and chronological sequence in the Central Balkans during the Bronze Age.
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - Starinar
T1  - Bronze Age Burials Within the Morava, Nišava and Timok Basins
EP  - 72
SP  - 45
VL  - LXXII
DO  - https://doi.org//10.2298/STA2272045K
ER  - 

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https://doi.org/https://doi.org//10.2298/STA2272045K . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gavranović, Mario
AU  - Mehofer, Mathias
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Koledin, J.
AU  - Mitrović, Jovan D.
AU  - Papazovska, A.
AU  - Pravidur, A.
AU  - Orđević, A.
AU  - Jacanović, D.
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/393
AB  - In this paper we present the first results of an interdisciplinary research project focused on Late Bronze Age metallurgy in the western and central Balkans. The comprehensive chemical and lead isotope analysis, and a strict consideration of archaeological criteria, has provided a deeper insight into supra regional metal exchange networks between the 14th and 9th century BC in this part of Europe. Particularly interesting and surprising are results regarding the provenance of raw materials for copper production, which have a chemical composition and lead isotope ratios that closely correspond to ore deposits in the southern Alps (North Italy). Based on the examination of 57 objects of different functions, chronology and distribution, it becomes apparent that copper from the southern Alps was almost an omnipresent raw material in the territories of the western and central Balkans with only a few finds from North Macedonia to indicate alternative sources. The analyses demonstrate that the reuse of fahlore-based copper is attested for the first time in the regions under study. The remarkable fact that other archaeological parameters do not indicate such an intensive connection between the Balkan area and Northern Italy raises a number of questions. The sustained and long-lasting networks of raw material procurement stand in contrast to the expected cultural interaction between metal producing and metal consuming prehistoric societies. The results of this work also highlight the currently underestimated role of the southern Alps as one of the main copper producing areas in Bronze Age Europe, and demonstrate for the first time that the region of western and central Balkans was one of the major recipients.
PB  - Public Library of Science (PLoS)
T2  - PLoS One
T1  - Emergence of monopoly–Copper exchange networks during the Late Bronze Age in the western and central Balkans
IS  - 3 March
VL  - 17
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0263823
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Gavranović M, Mehofer M, Kapuran A, Koledin J, Mitrović JD, Papazovska A, Pravidur A, Orđević A, Jacanović D. Emergence of monopoly–Copper exchange networks during the Late Bronze Age in the western and central Balkans. in PLoS One. 2022;17(3 March).
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263823 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Булатовић, Александар
AU  - Капуран, Александар
AU  - Филиповић, Војислав
AU  - Младеновић, Огњен
AU  - Милојевић, Петар
AU  - Љуштина, Марија
AU  - Гајић Квашчев, Маја
AU  - Милић, Богдана
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1411
AB  - Пројекат THE FLOW представља мултидисциплинарни истраживачки оквир који такве предмете анализирати систематски, применом савременох археолошких метода које се темеље на прожимању са природним наукама, и тим путем ће се усмерити на порекло, просторно-временску дистрибуцију и анализе мрежа (трговина, размена, миграције и др.).
PB  - Српско археолошко друштво
PB  - Народни музеј Топлице
C3  - Српско археолошко друштво, XLV Скупштина и годишњи скуп САД, Програм, извештаји и апстракти, Прокупље, 26. – 28. мај 2022. године
T1  - Пројекат the FLOW – интеракције-утицаји-транформације: везе централног Балкана и удаљених области у бакарном и бронзаном добу
EP  - 51
SP  - 50
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1411
ER  - 

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Булатовић, А., Капуран, А., Филиповић, В., Младеновић, О., Милојевић, П., Љуштина, М., Гајић Квашчев, М.,& Милић, Б.. (2022). Пројекат the FLOW – интеракције-утицаји-транформације: везе централног Балкана и удаљених области у бакарном и бронзаном добу. in Српско археолошко друштво, XLV Скупштина и годишњи скуп САД, Програм, извештаји и апстракти, Прокупље, 26. – 28. мај 2022. године
Српско археолошко друштво., 50-51.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1411

Булатовић А, Капуран А, Филиповић В, Младеновић О, Милојевић П, Љуштина М, Гајић Квашчев М, Милић Б. Пројекат the FLOW – интеракције-утицаји-транформације: везе централног Балкана и удаљених области у бакарном и бронзаном добу. in Српско археолошко друштво, XLV Скупштина и годишњи скуп САД, Програм, извештаји и апстракти, Прокупље, 26. – 28. мај 2022. године. 2022;:50-51.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1411 .

Булатовић, Александар, Капуран, Александар, Филиповић, Војислав, Младеновић, Огњен, Милојевић, Петар, Љуштина, Марија, Гајић Квашчев, Маја, Милић, Богдана, "Пројекат the FLOW – интеракције-утицаји-транформације: везе централног Балкана и удаљених области у бакарном и бронзаном добу" in Српско археолошко друштво, XLV Скупштина и годишњи скуп САД, Програм, извештаји и апстракти, Прокупље, 26. – 28. мај 2022. године (2022):50-51,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1411 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
AU  - Gajić Kvaščev, Maja
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Ljuština, Marija
AU  - Filipović, Vojislav
AU  - Mladenović, Ognjen
AU  - Milojević, Petar
AU  - Milić, Bogdana
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1164
AB  - The paper presents the basic research principles of the project THE FLOW (Interactions-Transmission-Transformation: Long-distance connections in Copper and Bronze Age of the Central Balkans), which is carried by the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade, Institute of Nuclear Sciences “Vinča, and the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. The theoretical and methodological perspectives of the project research engage an interdisciplinary approach based on analytical techniques incorporated within archaeology and natural sciences such as physics and chemistry. The project's goal is to apply an exact method to the problems of the origin of raw materials for the production of four specific groups of objects made of obsidian, pottery, copper, and bronze. Each of those materials represents a unique problem and requires a specific treatment, presented within this paper, together with the existing practice, analytic techniques, and methodological procedures for the collected samples. Further, the project incorporates the collection of absolute dates through AMS and OSL dating, with the application of the latest OxCal 4.4. calibration. The acquired dates, combined with the disposition of samples and raw materials will serve as a backbone for the creation of spatio-temporal models and the formation of an SQL database, all with a goal to create the interpretative basis for the study of local paleo-economies, long-distance connections, and social networks in the Central Balkans during the Copper and Bronze Age.
PB  - Centar za nove tehnologije Viminacium, Arheološki institut Beograd
T2  - Archaeology and Science
T1  - The FLOW project – a contribution to the study of the cultural transmission of the central Balkan communities and the neighboring regions in later prehistory
EP  - 112
IS  - 18
SP  - 101
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1164
ER  - 

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Bulatović, A., Gajić Kvaščev, M., Kapuran, A., Ljuština, M., Filipović, V., Mladenović, O., Milojević, P.,& Milić, B.. (2022). The FLOW project – a contribution to the study of the cultural transmission of the central Balkan communities and the neighboring regions in later prehistory. in Archaeology and Science
Centar za nove tehnologije Viminacium, Arheološki institut Beograd.(18), 101-112.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1164

Bulatović A, Gajić Kvaščev M, Kapuran A, Ljuština M, Filipović V, Mladenović O, Milojević P, Milić B. The FLOW project – a contribution to the study of the cultural transmission of the central Balkan communities and the neighboring regions in later prehistory. in Archaeology and Science. 2022;(18):101-112.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1164 .

Bulatović, Aleksandar, Gajić Kvaščev, Maja, Kapuran, Aleksandar, Ljuština, Marija, Filipović, Vojislav, Mladenović, Ognjen, Milojević, Petar, Milić, Bogdana, "The FLOW project – a contribution to the study of the cultural transmission of the central Balkan communities and the neighboring regions in later prehistory" in Archaeology and Science, no. 18 (2022):101-112,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1164 .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Mihailović, Dušan
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/553
AB  - esearch has shown that the territory present-day Serbia was continuously inhabited from the earliest prehistoric to historic times. Covering most of what is Serbia today, the Central Balkans acted as an important migration corridor that connected Southwest Asia with Central and Western Europe. Moreover, the Central Balkans represented an important ecological and social refugium for European human communities during harsh glacial periods and other crises. The highest population densities throughout the region’s prehistory were recorded in river valleys, as well as the lowland and low hilly areas at their peripheries, while occupations of hilly-mountainous areas were more frequent during Paleolithic and Metal Ages. Apart from historical and social circumstances, population densities and the occurrence of specific settlement patterns were also influenced by the distribution of mineral and food resources exploited during particular intervals. Prehistoric cultural and demographic links between the Balkans and Central Europe or Southwest Asia have been well documented. However, the Balkans also saw the rise of authentic cultural manifestations such as the Lepenski Vir culture which have not been documented in other parts of Europe.
PB  - Cham : Springer
T2  - The geography of Serbia : nature, people, economy
T1  - Prehistory of Serbia: A Breef Overview
EP  - 19
SP  - 7
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74701-5
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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/537
AB  - The Early Iron Age necropolises in the territory of Serbia are few and significantly
underresearched. Therefore, the discovery of the Vajuga — Pesak necropolis represented
an important step towards the understanding of the mutual relations
between the prehistoric communities of the Danube region and the Central Balkans
during the Iron Age 1. By analysing certain details regarding the burial ritual
and the material culture, especially fibulae as one of the most prominent elements
of the female costume, we’ll try to indicate the possible directions of cultural influences
in the aforementioned territory during the Iron Age 1. We will primarily
consider female individuals, as the bearers of those influences within populations,
the bearers that were always associated with certain ethnic markers.
PB  - Zagreb: Institut za arheologiju
T2  - Iron Age Femail Identities in the Southern Carpathian Basin
T1  - Womens role within the regional networks of interactions – Case study Vajuga – Pesak
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SP  - 158
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between the prehistoric communities of the Danube region and the Central Balkans
during the Iron Age 1. By analysing certain details regarding the burial ritual
and the material culture, especially fibulae as one of the most prominent elements
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Kapuran, Aleksandar, "Womens role within the regional networks of interactions – Case study Vajuga – Pesak" in Iron Age Femail Identities in the Southern Carpathian Basin (2022):158-171,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_537 .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Milanović, Dragan
AU  - Mladenović, Ognjen
AU  - Tatjana, Trajković Filipović
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/900
AB  - Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka nalazi se u selu Hum kod Niša, na platou dominantnog uzvišenja na severoistočnom rubu Niškog polja. Neposredno pre kampanje iskopavanja 2019. godine, obavljena je probna geomagnetna prospekcija na površini 30 m x 30 m. Prospekcija je realizovana na severoistočnom delu platoa, tik zapadno uz sonde 1/14 i 3/15 u kojima su u prethodnim kampanjama evidentirani ostaci kuće iz starijeg eneolita.
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - Arheologija u Srbiji, projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2019. godini
T1  - Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka-iskopavanja 2019. godine
EP  - 57
SP  - 51
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_900
ER  - 

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abstract = "Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka nalazi se u selu Hum kod Niša, na platou dominantnog uzvišenja na severoistočnom rubu Niškog polja. Neposredno pre kampanje iskopavanja 2019. godine, obavljena je probna geomagnetna prospekcija na površini 30 m x 30 m. Prospekcija je realizovana na severoistočnom delu platoa, tik zapadno uz sonde 1/14 i 3/15 u kojima su u prethodnim kampanjama evidentirani ostaci kuće iz starijeg eneolita.",
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Bulatović, A., Kapuran, A., Milanović, D., Mladenović, O.,& Tatjana, T. F.. (2021). Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka-iskopavanja 2019. godine. in Arheologija u Srbiji, projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2019. godini
Beograd : Arheološki institut., 51-57.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_900

Bulatović A, Kapuran A, Milanović D, Mladenović O, Tatjana TF. Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka-iskopavanja 2019. godine. in Arheologija u Srbiji, projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2019. godini. 2021;:51-57.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_900 .

Bulatović, Aleksandar, Kapuran, Aleksandar, Milanović, Dragan, Mladenović, Ognjen, Tatjana, Trajković Filipović, "Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka-iskopavanja 2019. godine" in Arheologija u Srbiji, projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2019. godini (2021):51-57,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_900 .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Milanović, Dragan
AU  - Tatjana, Trajković Filipović
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/898
AB  - Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka smešten je na platou visokog uzvišenja strmih strana na severnoj periferiji sela Hum, oko 8 km severno od Niša. Ovaj lokalitet je istraživan u više navrata, 30-ih i50-ih godina XX veka, a nakon probnih istraživanja 2009. godine, otpočela su sistematska istraživanja 2014. godine, koja i dalje traju.Tokom sistematskih arheoloških iskopavanja na lokalitetu 2018. godine istražena je površina od 98 m2 u četiri sonde. Sonde su bile raspoređene na više različitih pozicija na platou uzvišenja – na jugozapadnom obodu (sonda 1/18), na severnom obodu (sonda 2/18), na jugoistočnom obodu (sonda 3/18) i na istočnom obodu platoa (sonda 4/18).
PB  - Beograd : Arheološki institut
T2  - Arheologija u Srbiji: projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2018. godini
T1  - Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka – iskopavanja 2018. godine
EP  - 32
SP  - 27
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_898
ER  - 

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booktitle = "Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka – iskopavanja 2018. godine",
pages = "32-27",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_898"
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Bulatović, A., Kapuran, A., Milanović, D.,& Tatjana, T. F.. (2021). Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka – iskopavanja 2018. godine. in Arheologija u Srbiji: projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2018. godini
Beograd : Arheološki institut., 27-32.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_898

Bulatović A, Kapuran A, Milanović D, Tatjana TF. Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka – iskopavanja 2018. godine. in Arheologija u Srbiji: projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2018. godini. 2021;:27-32.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_898 .

Bulatović, Aleksandar, Kapuran, Aleksandar, Milanović, Dragan, Tatjana, Trajković Filipović, "Lokalitet Velika Humska Čuka – iskopavanja 2018. godine" in Arheologija u Srbiji: projekti Arheološkog instituta u 2018. godini (2021):27-32,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_898 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Greenfield, H.J.
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/388
AB  - Systematic archaeological excavations at the multicultural site of Foeni-Sălaş in the Romanian Banat conducted during the first half of the 1990s uncovered evidence that the site was inhabited during the Early Neolithic, Copper, Bronze, Early Iron, Late Antique and Medieval Ages. This paper summarises the cultural history of the settlement at the site and describes the relevant deposits and material culture in each period.
PB  - Arheološki institut, Beograd
T2  - Starinar
T1  - Size doesn’t matter: Foeni-sălaş, a small multi-period settlement in the Romanian Banat
EP  - 60
IS  - 71
SP  - 21
DO  - 10.2298/STA2171021G
ER  - 

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year = "2021",
abstract = "Systematic archaeological excavations at the multicultural site of Foeni-Sălaş in the Romanian Banat conducted during the first half of the 1990s uncovered evidence that the site was inhabited during the Early Neolithic, Copper, Bronze, Early Iron, Late Antique and Medieval Ages. This paper summarises the cultural history of the settlement at the site and describes the relevant deposits and material culture in each period.",
publisher = "Arheološki institut, Beograd",
journal = "Starinar",
title = "Size doesn’t matter: Foeni-sălaş, a small multi-period settlement in the Romanian Banat",
pages = "60-21",
number = "71",
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Greenfield, H.J.,& Kapuran, A.. (2021). Size doesn’t matter: Foeni-sălaş, a small multi-period settlement in the Romanian Banat. in Starinar
Arheološki institut, Beograd.(71), 21-60.
https://doi.org/10.2298/STA2171021G

Greenfield H, Kapuran A. Size doesn’t matter: Foeni-sălaş, a small multi-period settlement in the Romanian Banat. in Starinar. 2021;(71):21-60.
doi:10.2298/STA2171021G .

Greenfield, H.J., Kapuran, Aleksandar, "Size doesn’t matter: Foeni-sălaş, a small multi-period settlement in the Romanian Banat" in Starinar, no. 71 (2021):21-60,
https://doi.org/10.2298/STA2171021G . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dizdar, M.
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/383
AB  - The Late Hallstatt period in the southern Carpathian Basin is marked by complex cultural relations for which the current knowledge is mostly based on the analyses of cemeteries. One of the most prolific forms of female jewellery in graves is bronze and silver temple rings that were used to decorate the head or hair. This is testified to by finds from the inhumation graves in Donja Dolina, where several pairs of temple rings, often of different forms, were located on both sides of the women's heads. Four basic types have been distinguished according to differences in the design of the terminals, and there are different variants according to the method of shaping the body. The oldest burial phases in Donja Dolina are characterized by smooth temple rings with a conical thickening at the terminals (Ciumbrud type), which have been found in the highest numbers in the inhumation graves in Transylvania. Temple rings of the Ciumbrud type from Donja Dolina should probably be seen as a reflection of established contacts and cultural transfer, but we should not completely rule out the possibility of the individual mobility of women. The reconstruction of how they were worn makes it possible to analyse the female bodily ornamentation, indicating that these are gender-specific items, which became an important part of the visual identity of women.
PB  - Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
T2  - Archaeologia Austriaca
T1  - Late Hallstatt Female Head/Hair Decoration in the Southern Carpathian Basin. Temple Rings of the Ciumbrud and Donja Dolina Types
EP  - 204
SP  - 149
VL  - Band 105/2021
DO  - 10.1553/archaeologia105s149
ER  - 

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Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften., Band 105/2021, 149-204.
https://doi.org/10.1553/archaeologia105s149

Dizdar M, Kapuran A. Late Hallstatt Female Head/Hair Decoration in the Southern Carpathian Basin. Temple Rings of the Ciumbrud and Donja Dolina Types. in Archaeologia Austriaca. 2021;Band 105/2021:149-204.
doi:10.1553/archaeologia105s149 .

Dizdar, M., Kapuran, Aleksandar, "Late Hallstatt Female Head/Hair Decoration in the Southern Carpathian Basin. Temple Rings of the Ciumbrud and Donja Dolina Types" in Archaeologia Austriaca, Band 105/2021 (2021):149-204,
https://doi.org/10.1553/archaeologia105s149 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mehofer, Mathias
AU  - Gavranović, Mario
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Mitrović, Jovan D.
AU  - Putica, Anđelka
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/378
AB  - The Balkan Peninsula played a crucial role for the introduction of metallurgy during the Copper Age and numerous archaeometallurgical examinations have delivered highly interesting insights on this topic. However, there is a lack of systematic analytical research on copper ore smelting and metal exchange for the later Bronze Age. In this paper we focus on the first archaeometallurgical results of slags from the sites Ruz?ana, Trnjane and C?oka Njica, Eastern Serbia, complimented by the discussion of XRF and lead isotope analyses carried out on 28 copper-based artefacts. Importantly, radiocarbon dating from these sites points to copper production already being undertaken at the end of the Early Bronze Age (19th?18th centuries BC), more than 500 years earlier than previously assumed. This enables us to investigate the flow of metal during the 1st half of the 2nd millennium BC. The analyses of the metallurgical slags indicate a copper matte smelting process in small open pit furnaces and the use of local sulfidic copper ore sources. The fact that these intensive smelting activities in Eastern Serbia can be paralleled with the early production hotspots in central Europe e.g. on the Hochko?nig (Mitterberg mining areas) sheds new light on the development of copper based metallurgy in Europe. At the same time, the evidence from Eastern Serbia shows that this area was a source of raw material for copper and bronze alloys providing a regional and supra-regional perspective. Furthermore, our analyses revealed the remarkable result, that by the start of the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1700 BC) copper from the Northern Italian mining areas in the Trentino region also reached the western and central Balkans.
PB  - Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Science
T1  - Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks ? Cu-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC
VL  - 129
DO  - 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105378
ER  - 

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abstract = "The Balkan Peninsula played a crucial role for the introduction of metallurgy during the Copper Age and numerous archaeometallurgical examinations have delivered highly interesting insights on this topic. However, there is a lack of systematic analytical research on copper ore smelting and metal exchange for the later Bronze Age. In this paper we focus on the first archaeometallurgical results of slags from the sites Ruz?ana, Trnjane and C?oka Njica, Eastern Serbia, complimented by the discussion of XRF and lead isotope analyses carried out on 28 copper-based artefacts. Importantly, radiocarbon dating from these sites points to copper production already being undertaken at the end of the Early Bronze Age (19th?18th centuries BC), more than 500 years earlier than previously assumed. This enables us to investigate the flow of metal during the 1st half of the 2nd millennium BC. The analyses of the metallurgical slags indicate a copper matte smelting process in small open pit furnaces and the use of local sulfidic copper ore sources. The fact that these intensive smelting activities in Eastern Serbia can be paralleled with the early production hotspots in central Europe e.g. on the Hochko?nig (Mitterberg mining areas) sheds new light on the development of copper based metallurgy in Europe. At the same time, the evidence from Eastern Serbia shows that this area was a source of raw material for copper and bronze alloys providing a regional and supra-regional perspective. Furthermore, our analyses revealed the remarkable result, that by the start of the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1700 BC) copper from the Northern Italian mining areas in the Trentino region also reached the western and central Balkans.",
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Mehofer, M., Gavranović, M., Kapuran, A., Mitrović, J. D.,& Putica, A.. (2021). Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks ? Cu-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC. in Journal of Archaeological Science
Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London., 129.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105378

Mehofer M, Gavranović M, Kapuran A, Mitrović JD, Putica A. Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks ? Cu-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC. in Journal of Archaeological Science. 2021;129.
doi:10.1016/j.jas.2021.105378 .

Mehofer, Mathias, Gavranović, Mario, Kapuran, Aleksandar, Mitrović, Jovan D., Putica, Anđelka, "Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks ? Cu-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC" in Journal of Archaeological Science, 129 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105378 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Milojević, Petar
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/554
AB  - Almost five decades following the pioneering research of Bronze Age sites in Northeastern Serbia (Timočka Krajina), several dozens of settlements and solely five necropolises with incinerated deceased burials have been recorded. Without the support of absolute dates, those finds have been attributed with diff erent cultural and chronological determination in the archaeological literature. Relying on stylistic and typological characteristics of ceramic production, forms and manners of decoration of finds in question are characteristic for Middle Bronze Age Vatin and Verbicioara cultures, as well as Paraćin culture which has been dated to the Late Bronze Age. B. Jovanović attributed the researched sites and necropolises to Paraćin culture, while on the other hand D. Srejović and M. Lazić defined a new cultural manifestation based on burial rituals, the Gamzigrad group. The systematic research in the vicinity of Bor, which sought to investigate the problem of Bronze Age copper metallurgy, has resulted in a vast amount of pottery finds characteristic for Vatin and Verbicioara cultures, while a considerable portion of pottery had the characteristics of Paraćin culture. The paper aims to identify some of the crucial cultural attributions of Middle Bronze Age communities in Northeastern Serbia based on new finds and absolute dates.
PB  - Paraćin : Regional Museum of Paraćin
T2  - Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe : the archaeological background of the CRAFTER project
T1  - Vatin culture pottery in settlements and necropoles of Northeastern Serbia
EP  - 120
SP  - 101
VL  - 119
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_554
ER  - 

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Kapuran, A.,& Milojević, P.. (2020). Vatin culture pottery in settlements and necropoles of Northeastern Serbia. in Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe : the archaeological background of the CRAFTER project
Paraćin : Regional Museum of Paraćin., 119, 101-120.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_554

Kapuran A, Milojević P. Vatin culture pottery in settlements and necropoles of Northeastern Serbia. in Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe : the archaeological background of the CRAFTER project. 2020;119:101-120.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_554 .

Kapuran, Aleksandar, Milojević, Petar, "Vatin culture pottery in settlements and necropoles of Northeastern Serbia" in Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe : the archaeological background of the CRAFTER project, 119 (2020):101-120,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_554 .

TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horejes, Barbara
AU  - Gavranović, Mario
AU  - Burke, Clare
AU  - Milić, Bogdana
AU  - Brandl, Michael
AU  - Petscko, Irene
AU  - Waltenberger, Lucas
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1498
AB  - The visualization of the archaeological heritage from the Balkans turns the spotlight on the human past in this region that is in many ways essential for our understanding of European history in general. Southeast Europe represents one of the key areas for analysing the human past, where most of the major cultural developments started that had a long-lasting impact on the continent. This specific culmination of cultural and social dynamics over millennia took place in the highly diverse, but connected landscapes of the Balkans. These distinct characteristics form the backbone of one of the most exciting and challenging areas for archaeology on the globe. Visualizing the Unknown Balkans offers an overview of ongoing interdisciplinary fieldwork in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia covering a time span of about six millennia. The results, in the form of maps, plans, geophysical screenings and digital reconstructions, open up new perspectives for potential future investigations and set the course for the broader public and scientific perception of archaeological research in the region.
PB  - OREA and Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
T1  - Visualizing the unknown Balkans
T1  - Vizualizacija nepoznatog Balkana
EP  - 115
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1498
ER  - 

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year = "2020",
abstract = "The visualization of the archaeological heritage from the Balkans turns the spotlight on the human past in this region that is in many ways essential for our understanding of European history in general. Southeast Europe represents one of the key areas for analysing the human past, where most of the major cultural developments started that had a long-lasting impact on the continent. This specific culmination of cultural and social dynamics over millennia took place in the highly diverse, but connected landscapes of the Balkans. These distinct characteristics form the backbone of one of the most exciting and challenging areas for archaeology on the globe. Visualizing the Unknown Balkans offers an overview of ongoing interdisciplinary fieldwork in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia covering a time span of about six millennia. The results, in the form of maps, plans, geophysical screenings and digital reconstructions, open up new perspectives for potential future investigations and set the course for the broader public and scientific perception of archaeological research in the region.",
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Horejes, B., Gavranović, M., Burke, C., Milić, B., Brandl, M., Petscko, I., Waltenberger, L., Bulatović, A.,& Kapuran, A.. (2020). Visualizing the unknown Balkans. 
OREA and Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna..
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1498

Horejes B, Gavranović M, Burke C, Milić B, Brandl M, Petscko I, Waltenberger L, Bulatović A, Kapuran A. Visualizing the unknown Balkans. 2020;:null-115.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1498 .

Horejes, Barbara, Gavranović, Mario, Burke, Clare, Milić, Bogdana, Brandl, Michael, Petscko, Irene, Waltenberger, Lucas, Bulatović, Aleksandar, Kapuran, Aleksandar, "Visualizing the unknown Balkans" (2020),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1498 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Gavranović, Mario
AU  - Mehofer, Mathias
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/341
AB  - Lokalitet Trnjane kod Bora otkriven je 1984. godine, a prva sistematska istraživanja naselja i nekropole započeta su 1985. i trajala su do 1989. godine. Arheološka iskopavanja sprovođena su u okviru projekta "Istraživanje starog rudarstva i metalurgije u široj zoni timočkog eruptivnog basena" koji je realizovan saradnjom Muzeja rudarstva i metalurgije u Boru i Arheološkog instituta u Beogradu. Istraživanja na Trnjanu bila su u inicijalnoj fazi fokusirana na naselje, prvenstveno zbog velikih količina šljake što se nalazila na površini kao i u arheološkim slojevima, a kasnije su se orijentisala na susednu nekropolu sa spaljenim pokojnicima. Nakon pauze od tri decenije istraživanja su nastavljena 2017. godine, i to u okviru novog projekta "Bronzano doba u severoistočnoj Srbiji - metalurgija, naselja i nekropole", u kojem sada, osim prethodno navedenih institucija, učestvuje i Institut za orijentalnu i evropsku arheologiju iz Beča. Nakon izvršene geofizičke prospekcije 2018. godine nastavljena su sistematska istraživanja naselja, a dobijeni su i apsolutni datumi za dva groba sa nekropole i iz tri uzorka sa naselja. Nekropola na Trnjanu predstavljala je sredinom osamdesetih godina prošlog veka neočekivano otkriće, budući da je bila prva u nizu nekropola koje su kasnije konstatovane na području Bora i Zaječara. Nekropolu je činila veća grupa kružnih kamenih konstrukcija (1,5-4 m u prečniku) u čijem se centru nalaze urne sa ostacima spaljenih pokojnika. Na ovoj nekropoli ih je konstatovano 43, a antropološki su obrađeni samo oni grobovi u kojima se nalazila referentna količina antropoloških ostataka. Pokojnike su predstavljali svi uzrasti, među kojima i jedna trudna žena. Pogrebni prilozi su izuzetno retki, a predstavljaju ih keramički pehari, pršljenci, keramičke lampe i jedan bronzani nož. Objedinjeni rezultati starih i ovih istraživanja naselja na lokalitetu Trnjane ukazuju na to da se izdvajaju pet stratigrafski različitih konteksta, označenih od SU1 do SU5. Nadzemne kuće su s vremenom nestale, usled intenzivne zemljoradnje i uticaja erozije, te su samo u dve sonde iz 1985. i 1987. godine otkrivene zone sa očuvanim podnim lepom i kućnim inventarom. Takođe, postoji mogućnost da su poluukopane stambene objekte mogli da predstavljaju veći ukopi koji u ispuni sadrže veću količinu keramike i lepa, kao što je bio slučaj u sondi 7/2018. Nalaze materijalne kulture čine keramika i kamene alatke, dok je zbog kiselosti zemlje otkriven izuzetno Mali broj životinjskih kostiju. Keramičku produkciju predstavljaju lonci, zdele, pehari, šolje i piraunosi. Posebnu pažnju privlači veliki broj piraunosa i lampi manjih dimenzija (ranije identifikovanih kao kašike), kao i pršljenaka različitih oblika. Keramička produkcija pokazuje dva stilsko-tipološka karaktera - jedan sa uticajima Vatina i drugi sa karakteristikama Paraćinske kulture. Od ostalih nalaza materijalne kulture izdvajamo brojne fragmentovane kamene žrvnjeve i rastirače kao i kamene sekire, a zanimljiva su i dva nalaza jezgra od kamena što su nastala kao nusprodukt obušenja sekira za umetanje držalje. Predmeti od bronze izuzetno su retki, a predstavljaju ih dve šivaće igle, jedan jednosekli nož i, verovatno, još jedan predmet sličan nožu ali prekriven korozijom. Veoma bitne nalaze u postojećim kontekstima na lokalitetu Trnjane predstavljaju metalične šljake (na nekropoli je otkriveno ukupno 18,1 kg, a na naselju 10,3 kg). Morfološke karakteristike ovih šljaka ukazuju na to da su nastajale tokom tri različite faze topljenja sulfidnih ruda, najverovatnije kovelita. Prvu grupu čine komadi većih dimenzija i nepravilnog oblika, sa tragovima uglja, balončićima vazduha i krupnijim zrnima bakra, koji karakterišu prvu fazu topljenja sulfidnih ruda. Drugu grupu (ujedno i drugu fazu topljenja) predstavljaju šljake manjih debljina i u obliku polulopte, a sadrže manju količinu balončića u strukturi i manje bakarnih zrnaca u sebi. Treća vrsta šljaka jesu one što pripadaju finalnom procesu dobijanja ingota i imaju izuzetno tanku profilaciju, pri čemu su ravne, metaličnog sjaja i kompaktne strukture, tako da najviše liče na obojeno staklo. Pretpostavljamo da su mogući izvori rude bakra bili udaljeni najviše 1-2 dana hoda od lokaliteta Trnjane, što bi trebalo da potvrde buduća rekognosciranja. Kulturno-hronološka opredeljenja zajednica koje su živele na prostoru Timočke Krajine menjala su se tokom vremena pod uticajima kako novih otkrića tako i autora koji su se ovom problematikom bavili. Tako su B. Jovanović i I. Janković u prvoj interpretaciji nekropolu Trnjane odredili kao Timočku grupu i datovali je u period srednjeg bronzanog doba, a kasnije su promenili mišljenje i premestili je u kasno bronzano doba, odnosno Paraćinsku kulturu. Za razliku od njih, D. Srejović i M. Lazić su, prema nalazima sa nekropole Magura i naselja na Banjskoj steni kod Gamzigrada, celu kulturu nazvali gamzigradska grupa i opredelili je u srednje i kasno bronzano doba (1700-1300. pre n. e.). A. Bulatović i J. Stankovski istu kulturu ipak opredeljuju kao Timočku grupu, koja je vezana za fazu Bubanj - Hum IV razvijenog bronzanog doba u Pomoravlju. Naše je mišljenje da je za identifikovanje kulturnog uticaja na razvoj grupa naselja i nekropola u Timočkoj Krajini ključni momenat bio uticaj Vatinske kulture, čije se karakteristike jasno prepoznaju na brojnim nalazima keramike ne samo na Trnjanu već i na nekropoli Hajdučka česma i lokalitetima Ružana 1 i 2 u Banjskom Polju kod Bora. Da bi se dobio precizniji hronološki okvir u kome se odvijao život na lokalitetu Trnjane, urađeni su dva apsolutna datuma iz grobova sa nekropole kao i apsolutni datumi iz životinjske kosti, jedne semenke sačuvane u profilu keramičke posude i gareži iz najstarijih kulturnih slojeva u naselju. Apsolutni datum iz groba 10 pokazuje starost iz 1950-1900. godine pre n. e., dok uzorak iz groba 28 (u kome se kao prilog nalazio bronzani nož) pripada periodu 1762-1627. godine pre n. e. Apsolutni datumi iz različitih konteksta u naselju ukazuju na vremenski okvir koji obuhvata razdoblje od druge polovine 18. pa sve do ranog 17. veka pre n. e., što je gotovo identičan datum sa onim dobijenim u grobu 28. Predstavljeni datumi ukazuju na to da su naselje i nekropola na lokalitetu Trnjane, i pored toga što je određena količina keramike imala sličnosti sa paraćinskom kulturom, najverovatnije predstavljali jednu varijantu vatinske kulture koja se razvijala u zaleđu Đerdapa u razdoblju između 19. i 17. veka pre n. e. U približno istom periodu zabeležena je povećana metalurška aktivnost i u alpskoj regiji i na teritoriji severne Italije. Naselje na Trnjanu pokazuje da su zajednice srednjeg bronzanog doba na prostoru severoistočne Srbije imale važnu ulogu u uspostavljanju proizvodnje i distribucije bakra u jugoistočnoj Evropi s početka II milenijuma pre n. e.
AB  - In archaeological literature, the site of Trnjane, near Bor in Eastern Serbia is known as an urn necropolis, with 43 discovered urn graves. The excavations in Trnjane took place between 1985 and 1987-1989, and continued in 1998. The investigations also included an excavation of a nearby settlement, but the results of this research were never published. In most of the previous studies, Trnjane was assigned to the Middle and Late Bronze Age, while the necropolis was often connected with the spread of the Urnfield Phenomena from Central Europe toward the Balkans. New investigations started in 2017 as cooperation between the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade and the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology (OREA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences shed new light on the chronology and cultural assignment of Trnjane and other similar surrounding sites in the region of Eastern Serbia. The excavation of the settlement area in 2017 and 2018 yielded numerous finds indicating metallurgical activities connected with copper ore smelting (slag and ores), while pottery finds showed a typological resemblance with an Early and Middle Bronze Age repertoire. The radiocarbon dates from the settlement area and from urn graves of the neighbouring necropolis also point to a much earlier time than previously assumed. The new chronological determination of Trnjane raises a set of new questions, especially regarding the cultural connections between Central Europe and the Balkans and transfers of copper ore smelting technology in the Bronze Age.
PB  - Arheološki institut, Beograd
T2  - Starinar
T1  - Naselje i nekropola iz bronzanog doba u Trnjanu kod Bora - revizija starih rezultata i rezultati novih istraživanja
T1  - Bronze Age settlement and necropolis of Trnjane, near Bor: Revision and new research results
EP  - 84
IS  - 70
SP  - 51
DO  - 10.2298/STA2070051K
ER  - 

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author = "Kapuran, Aleksandar and Kapuran, Aleksandar and Gavranović, Mario and Mehofer, Mathias",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Lokalitet Trnjane kod Bora otkriven je 1984. godine, a prva sistematska istraživanja naselja i nekropole započeta su 1985. i trajala su do 1989. godine. Arheološka iskopavanja sprovođena su u okviru projekta "Istraživanje starog rudarstva i metalurgije u široj zoni timočkog eruptivnog basena" koji je realizovan saradnjom Muzeja rudarstva i metalurgije u Boru i Arheološkog instituta u Beogradu. Istraživanja na Trnjanu bila su u inicijalnoj fazi fokusirana na naselje, prvenstveno zbog velikih količina šljake što se nalazila na površini kao i u arheološkim slojevima, a kasnije su se orijentisala na susednu nekropolu sa spaljenim pokojnicima. Nakon pauze od tri decenije istraživanja su nastavljena 2017. godine, i to u okviru novog projekta "Bronzano doba u severoistočnoj Srbiji - metalurgija, naselja i nekropole", u kojem sada, osim prethodno navedenih institucija, učestvuje i Institut za orijentalnu i evropsku arheologiju iz Beča. Nakon izvršene geofizičke prospekcije 2018. godine nastavljena su sistematska istraživanja naselja, a dobijeni su i apsolutni datumi za dva groba sa nekropole i iz tri uzorka sa naselja. Nekropola na Trnjanu predstavljala je sredinom osamdesetih godina prošlog veka neočekivano otkriće, budući da je bila prva u nizu nekropola koje su kasnije konstatovane na području Bora i Zaječara. Nekropolu je činila veća grupa kružnih kamenih konstrukcija (1,5-4 m u prečniku) u čijem se centru nalaze urne sa ostacima spaljenih pokojnika. Na ovoj nekropoli ih je konstatovano 43, a antropološki su obrađeni samo oni grobovi u kojima se nalazila referentna količina antropoloških ostataka. Pokojnike su predstavljali svi uzrasti, među kojima i jedna trudna žena. Pogrebni prilozi su izuzetno retki, a predstavljaju ih keramički pehari, pršljenci, keramičke lampe i jedan bronzani nož. Objedinjeni rezultati starih i ovih istraživanja naselja na lokalitetu Trnjane ukazuju na to da se izdvajaju pet stratigrafski različitih konteksta, označenih od SU1 do SU5. Nadzemne kuće su s vremenom nestale, usled intenzivne zemljoradnje i uticaja erozije, te su samo u dve sonde iz 1985. i 1987. godine otkrivene zone sa očuvanim podnim lepom i kućnim inventarom. Takođe, postoji mogućnost da su poluukopane stambene objekte mogli da predstavljaju veći ukopi koji u ispuni sadrže veću količinu keramike i lepa, kao što je bio slučaj u sondi 7/2018. Nalaze materijalne kulture čine keramika i kamene alatke, dok je zbog kiselosti zemlje otkriven izuzetno Mali broj životinjskih kostiju. Keramičku produkciju predstavljaju lonci, zdele, pehari, šolje i piraunosi. Posebnu pažnju privlači veliki broj piraunosa i lampi manjih dimenzija (ranije identifikovanih kao kašike), kao i pršljenaka različitih oblika. Keramička produkcija pokazuje dva stilsko-tipološka karaktera - jedan sa uticajima Vatina i drugi sa karakteristikama Paraćinske kulture. Od ostalih nalaza materijalne kulture izdvajamo brojne fragmentovane kamene žrvnjeve i rastirače kao i kamene sekire, a zanimljiva su i dva nalaza jezgra od kamena što su nastala kao nusprodukt obušenja sekira za umetanje držalje. Predmeti od bronze izuzetno su retki, a predstavljaju ih dve šivaće igle, jedan jednosekli nož i, verovatno, još jedan predmet sličan nožu ali prekriven korozijom. Veoma bitne nalaze u postojećim kontekstima na lokalitetu Trnjane predstavljaju metalične šljake (na nekropoli je otkriveno ukupno 18,1 kg, a na naselju 10,3 kg). Morfološke karakteristike ovih šljaka ukazuju na to da su nastajale tokom tri različite faze topljenja sulfidnih ruda, najverovatnije kovelita. Prvu grupu čine komadi većih dimenzija i nepravilnog oblika, sa tragovima uglja, balončićima vazduha i krupnijim zrnima bakra, koji karakterišu prvu fazu topljenja sulfidnih ruda. Drugu grupu (ujedno i drugu fazu topljenja) predstavljaju šljake manjih debljina i u obliku polulopte, a sadrže manju količinu balončića u strukturi i manje bakarnih zrnaca u sebi. Treća vrsta šljaka jesu one što pripadaju finalnom procesu dobijanja ingota i imaju izuzetno tanku profilaciju, pri čemu su ravne, metaličnog sjaja i kompaktne strukture, tako da najviše liče na obojeno staklo. Pretpostavljamo da su mogući izvori rude bakra bili udaljeni najviše 1-2 dana hoda od lokaliteta Trnjane, što bi trebalo da potvrde buduća rekognosciranja. Kulturno-hronološka opredeljenja zajednica koje su živele na prostoru Timočke Krajine menjala su se tokom vremena pod uticajima kako novih otkrića tako i autora koji su se ovom problematikom bavili. Tako su B. Jovanović i I. Janković u prvoj interpretaciji nekropolu Trnjane odredili kao Timočku grupu i datovali je u period srednjeg bronzanog doba, a kasnije su promenili mišljenje i premestili je u kasno bronzano doba, odnosno Paraćinsku kulturu. Za razliku od njih, D. Srejović i M. Lazić su, prema nalazima sa nekropole Magura i naselja na Banjskoj steni kod Gamzigrada, celu kulturu nazvali gamzigradska grupa i opredelili je u srednje i kasno bronzano doba (1700-1300. pre n. e.). A. Bulatović i J. Stankovski istu kulturu ipak opredeljuju kao Timočku grupu, koja je vezana za fazu Bubanj - Hum IV razvijenog bronzanog doba u Pomoravlju. Naše je mišljenje da je za identifikovanje kulturnog uticaja na razvoj grupa naselja i nekropola u Timočkoj Krajini ključni momenat bio uticaj Vatinske kulture, čije se karakteristike jasno prepoznaju na brojnim nalazima keramike ne samo na Trnjanu već i na nekropoli Hajdučka česma i lokalitetima Ružana 1 i 2 u Banjskom Polju kod Bora. Da bi se dobio precizniji hronološki okvir u kome se odvijao život na lokalitetu Trnjane, urađeni su dva apsolutna datuma iz grobova sa nekropole kao i apsolutni datumi iz životinjske kosti, jedne semenke sačuvane u profilu keramičke posude i gareži iz najstarijih kulturnih slojeva u naselju. Apsolutni datum iz groba 10 pokazuje starost iz 1950-1900. godine pre n. e., dok uzorak iz groba 28 (u kome se kao prilog nalazio bronzani nož) pripada periodu 1762-1627. godine pre n. e. Apsolutni datumi iz različitih konteksta u naselju ukazuju na vremenski okvir koji obuhvata razdoblje od druge polovine 18. pa sve do ranog 17. veka pre n. e., što je gotovo identičan datum sa onim dobijenim u grobu 28. Predstavljeni datumi ukazuju na to da su naselje i nekropola na lokalitetu Trnjane, i pored toga što je određena količina keramike imala sličnosti sa paraćinskom kulturom, najverovatnije predstavljali jednu varijantu vatinske kulture koja se razvijala u zaleđu Đerdapa u razdoblju između 19. i 17. veka pre n. e. U približno istom periodu zabeležena je povećana metalurška aktivnost i u alpskoj regiji i na teritoriji severne Italije. Naselje na Trnjanu pokazuje da su zajednice srednjeg bronzanog doba na prostoru severoistočne Srbije imale važnu ulogu u uspostavljanju proizvodnje i distribucije bakra u jugoistočnoj Evropi s početka II milenijuma pre n. e., In archaeological literature, the site of Trnjane, near Bor in Eastern Serbia is known as an urn necropolis, with 43 discovered urn graves. The excavations in Trnjane took place between 1985 and 1987-1989, and continued in 1998. The investigations also included an excavation of a nearby settlement, but the results of this research were never published. In most of the previous studies, Trnjane was assigned to the Middle and Late Bronze Age, while the necropolis was often connected with the spread of the Urnfield Phenomena from Central Europe toward the Balkans. New investigations started in 2017 as cooperation between the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade and the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology (OREA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences shed new light on the chronology and cultural assignment of Trnjane and other similar surrounding sites in the region of Eastern Serbia. The excavation of the settlement area in 2017 and 2018 yielded numerous finds indicating metallurgical activities connected with copper ore smelting (slag and ores), while pottery finds showed a typological resemblance with an Early and Middle Bronze Age repertoire. The radiocarbon dates from the settlement area and from urn graves of the neighbouring necropolis also point to a much earlier time than previously assumed. The new chronological determination of Trnjane raises a set of new questions, especially regarding the cultural connections between Central Europe and the Balkans and transfers of copper ore smelting technology in the Bronze Age.",
publisher = "Arheološki institut, Beograd",
journal = "Starinar",
title = "Naselje i nekropola iz bronzanog doba u Trnjanu kod Bora - revizija starih rezultata i rezultati novih istraživanja, Bronze Age settlement and necropolis of Trnjane, near Bor: Revision and new research results",
pages = "84-51",
number = "70",
doi = "10.2298/STA2070051K"
}

Kapuran, A., Kapuran, A., Gavranović, M.,& Mehofer, M.. (2020). Naselje i nekropola iz bronzanog doba u Trnjanu kod Bora - revizija starih rezultata i rezultati novih istraživanja. in Starinar
Arheološki institut, Beograd.(70), 51-84.
https://doi.org/10.2298/STA2070051K

Kapuran A, Kapuran A, Gavranović M, Mehofer M. Naselje i nekropola iz bronzanog doba u Trnjanu kod Bora - revizija starih rezultata i rezultati novih istraživanja. in Starinar. 2020;(70):51-84.
doi:10.2298/STA2070051K .

Kapuran, Aleksandar, Kapuran, Aleksandar, Gavranović, Mario, Mehofer, Mathias, "Naselje i nekropola iz bronzanog doba u Trnjanu kod Bora - revizija starih rezultata i rezultati novih istraživanja" in Starinar, no. 70 (2020):51-84,
https://doi.org/10.2298/STA2070051K . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Kapuran, Aleksandar
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/539
AB  - The process and different phases of the cultural influences between the communities with the characteristic “channelled pottery” from the southern Pannonian basin and the central Balkans has become much clearer in the last two decades due to new excavations and discoveries, especially in the region around the Velika and Južna Morava Rivers. From the prehistory until present times, the Morava Basin represents the main route from the north to the south of the Balkan Peninsula. The absence of the bronze hoards south of the Danube and Sava Rivers in Serbia, as one of the most typical features for the transitional period from the Bronze to the Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin, caused a lot of dilemma in the archaeological interpretations during the long history of research. Starting from the first discoveries at the site of Mediana near Niš and lasting until the latest excavations at the hillfort of Hisar in Leskovac, the question of channelled pottery has been the focus of archaeological research of the transition between the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. Some of the recent absolute dates provide a better chronological determination at several multi-layered settlements in the Morava Basin, and on occasion they have led to significant changes in the generally accepted chronological system. The use of the purported Aegean migration in the earlier scholarship as a paradigm to explain cultural processes and shifts eventually generated a lot of criticism by the new generation of archaeologists, who claim that there is no evidence of it. In light of new discoveries, this paper seeks to provide a better understanding of the Belegiš II-Gava cultural complex, characterised by channelled pottery in the central Balkans, and to highlight the arguments for accepting or rejecting the migration hypothesis.
AB  - Procesi i različite faze kulturnih uticaja između zajednica sa karakterističnom kanelovanom keramikom iz južnog dela Panonske nizije i prostora centralnog Balkana postali su znatno jasniji nakon zadnje dve decnije novih iskopavanja i istraživanja, posebno u regionu oko Velike i Južne Morave. Od prethistorijskih vremena pa do danas, dolina Morave predstavlja glavnu komunikaciju između južnog i severnog dela Balkanskog poluostrva. Odsustvo ostava bronzanih predmeta na prostoru južno od Save i Dunava, kao jedne od karakterističnih manifestacija prelaznog perioda između bronzanog i gvozdenog doba u Karpatskoj kotlini, dovelo je do mnogih dilema u arheološkoj interpretaciji tokom dugog istorijata istraživanja. Počevši od prvih otkrića na lokalitetu Mediana kod Niša pa sve do novijih istraživanja na utvrđenom naselju Hisar kod Leskovca, pitanje kanelovane keramike i njenog širenja prema jugu ostalo je u fokusu arheološkog istraživanja prelaznog perioda između kasnog bronzanog i ranog gvozdenog doba. Nekoliko novih apsolutnih datuma pružili su jasniju hronološku sliku višeslojnih naselja u basenu Morave ali su ujedno doveli i do značajnih promena uobičajenog i opšte prihvaćenog hronološkog sistema. Korištenje pojma “Egejska seoba” u ranijim radovima, kao paradigme koja objašnjava kulturne procese i promene u ovom delu Balkana, dovelo je do mnogih kritika među novijom generacijom arheologa. Ove kritike svode se na tvrdnju da ne postoje čvrsti dokazi koji govore u prilog “Egejskoj seobi”. U svetlu novih otkrića, ovaj rad posvećen je boljem razumevanju kulturnog kompleksa poznatog kao Belegiš II–Gava sa kanelovanom keramikom kao jednom od njegovih najznačajnih manifestacija na području centralnog Balkana. Zaključno su navedeni razlozi za prihvatanje ili odbijanje hipoteze o migraciji stanovništva u prelaznom periodu.
PB  - Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf
C3  - Spheres of Interactions Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze / Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE), Proceedings of the Conference held at the Institute of Archaeology held in Belgrade in September 2017
T1  - Similarities and Differences between Material Culture of the Belegiš II-Gava Group from the Southern Pannonian Plain and the Morava River Basin
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@conference{
author = "Kapuran, Aleksandar and Bulatović, Aleksandar",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The process and different phases of the cultural influences between the communities with the characteristic “channelled pottery” from the southern Pannonian basin and the central Balkans has become much clearer in the last two decades due to new excavations and discoveries, especially in the region around the Velika and Južna Morava Rivers. From the prehistory until present times, the Morava Basin represents the main route from the north to the south of the Balkan Peninsula. The absence of the bronze hoards south of the Danube and Sava Rivers in Serbia, as one of the most typical features for the transitional period from the Bronze to the Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin, caused a lot of dilemma in the archaeological interpretations during the long history of research. Starting from the first discoveries at the site of Mediana near Niš and lasting until the latest excavations at the hillfort of Hisar in Leskovac, the question of channelled pottery has been the focus of archaeological research of the transition between the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. Some of the recent absolute dates provide a better chronological determination at several multi-layered settlements in the Morava Basin, and on occasion they have led to significant changes in the generally accepted chronological system. The use of the purported Aegean migration in the earlier scholarship as a paradigm to explain cultural processes and shifts eventually generated a lot of criticism by the new generation of archaeologists, who claim that there is no evidence of it. In light of new discoveries, this paper seeks to provide a better understanding of the Belegiš II-Gava cultural complex, characterised by channelled pottery in the central Balkans, and to highlight the arguments for accepting or rejecting the migration hypothesis., Procesi i različite faze kulturnih uticaja između zajednica sa karakterističnom kanelovanom keramikom iz južnog dela Panonske nizije i prostora centralnog Balkana postali su znatno jasniji nakon zadnje dve decnije novih iskopavanja i istraživanja, posebno u regionu oko Velike i Južne Morave. Od prethistorijskih vremena pa do danas, dolina Morave predstavlja glavnu komunikaciju između južnog i severnog dela Balkanskog poluostrva. Odsustvo ostava bronzanih predmeta na prostoru južno od Save i Dunava, kao jedne od karakterističnih manifestacija prelaznog perioda između bronzanog i gvozdenog doba u Karpatskoj kotlini, dovelo je do mnogih dilema u arheološkoj interpretaciji tokom dugog istorijata istraživanja. Počevši od prvih otkrića na lokalitetu Mediana kod Niša pa sve do novijih istraživanja na utvrđenom naselju Hisar kod Leskovca, pitanje kanelovane keramike i njenog širenja prema jugu ostalo je u fokusu arheološkog istraživanja prelaznog perioda između kasnog bronzanog i ranog gvozdenog doba. Nekoliko novih apsolutnih datuma pružili su jasniju hronološku sliku višeslojnih naselja u basenu Morave ali su ujedno doveli i do značajnih promena uobičajenog i opšte prihvaćenog hronološkog sistema. Korištenje pojma “Egejska seoba” u ranijim radovima, kao paradigme koja objašnjava kulturne procese i promene u ovom delu Balkana, dovelo je do mnogih kritika među novijom generacijom arheologa. Ove kritike svode se na tvrdnju da ne postoje čvrsti dokazi koji govore u prilog “Egejskoj seobi”. U svetlu novih otkrića, ovaj rad posvećen je boljem razumevanju kulturnog kompleksa poznatog kao Belegiš II–Gava sa kanelovanom keramikom kao jednom od njegovih najznačajnih manifestacija na području centralnog Balkana. Zaključno su navedeni razlozi za prihvatanje ili odbijanje hipoteze o migraciji stanovništva u prelaznom periodu.",
publisher = "Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf",
journal = "Spheres of Interactions Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze / Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE), Proceedings of the Conference held at the Institute of Archaeology held in Belgrade in September 2017",
title = "Similarities and Differences between Material Culture of the Belegiš II-Gava Group from the Southern Pannonian Plain and the Morava River Basin",
pages = "52-37",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_539"
}

Kapuran, A.,& Bulatović, A.. (2020). Similarities and Differences between Material Culture of the Belegiš II-Gava Group from the Southern Pannonian Plain and the Morava River Basin. in Spheres of Interactions Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze / Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE), Proceedings of the Conference held at the Institute of Archaeology held in Belgrade in September 2017
Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf., 37-52.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_539

Kapuran A, Bulatović A. Similarities and Differences between Material Culture of the Belegiš II-Gava Group from the Southern Pannonian Plain and the Morava River Basin. in Spheres of Interactions Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze / Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE), Proceedings of the Conference held at the Institute of Archaeology held in Belgrade in September 2017. 2020;:37-52.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_539 .

Kapuran, Aleksandar, Bulatović, Aleksandar, "Similarities and Differences between Material Culture of the Belegiš II-Gava Group from the Southern Pannonian Plain and the Morava River Basin" in Spheres of Interactions Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze / Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE), Proceedings of the Conference held at the Institute of Archaeology held in Belgrade in September 2017 (2020):37-52,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_539 .