TY  - CHAP
AU  - Dimić, Vidan
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/823
AB  - The Neolithic polished stone industry in Serbia appears as a fully developed operation, with clearly defined and formed types of tools; there is currently little evidence relating to its origins. An exception is the area of the Djerdap Gorge in northeastern Serbia, where the specificity of the populated area and immersion in different types of raw materials already in the Mesolithic, resulted in sedentary communities and the creation of an indigenous, totally unique industry of ground stone (Antonović 2003: 131, 142–143). In the rest of Serbia, it has not yet been possible to establish the beginning of the development of the polished stone industry. From the Early to the Late Neolithic in Serbia there is no substantial difference in processes, with tool types being the same for most of the raw materials, although there is some variation in the quantities of
certain types of tools and materials depending upon the locality. The process for producing polished stone tools throughout the Neolithic remains utterly unchanged and the techniques used in the processing of raw materials to the finished tool are directly determined by the raw material used. Vinča craftspeople used various techniques, from primary flaking, retouching, and
pecking, to grinding and polishing. The most common raw materials in the Vinča culture were grey and greygreen sedimentary and contact metamorphic rocks and later, during the Gradac Phase and, in particular, in the stage of Vinča–Pločnik (Vinča C), there is intensive use of raw materials known in the archaeological literature as ‘light white stone’. A number of other rocks of
similar macroscopic appearance were also in use, but in substantially smaller amounts. Research at the sites of Belovode and Pločnik in the seasons of 2012 and 2013, and analysis of  asemblages of ground and abrasive stone tools (see Chapters 16 and 31 this volume) provide
new data that contribute to the current knowledge of ground and abrasive stone production and, in the case of Pločnik, reveal unique insights.
PB  - Oxford: Archaeopress
T2  - The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans.
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SP  - 556
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certain types of tools and materials depending upon the locality. The process for producing polished stone tools throughout the Neolithic remains utterly unchanged and the techniques used in the processing of raw materials to the finished tool are directly determined by the raw material used. Vinča craftspeople used various techniques, from primary flaking, retouching, and
pecking, to grinding and polishing. The most common raw materials in the Vinča culture were grey and greygreen sedimentary and contact metamorphic rocks and later, during the Gradac Phase and, in particular, in the stage of Vinča–Pločnik (Vinča C), there is intensive use of raw materials known in the archaeological literature as ‘light white stone’. A number of other rocks of
similar macroscopic appearance were also in use, but in substantially smaller amounts. Research at the sites of Belovode and Pločnik in the seasons of 2012 and 2013, and analysis of  asemblages of ground and abrasive stone tools (see Chapters 16 and 31 this volume) provide
new data that contribute to the current knowledge of ground and abrasive stone production and, in the case of Pločnik, reveal unique insights.",
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Dimić, V.,& Antonović, D.. (2021). Ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode and Pločnik: concluding remarks.. in The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans.
Oxford: Archaeopress., 556-559.
https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803270425

Dimić V, Antonović D. Ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode and Pločnik: concluding remarks.. in The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans.. 2021;:556-559.
doi:10.32028/9781803270425 .

Dimić, Vidan, Antonović, Dragana, "Ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode and Pločnik: concluding remarks." in The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans. (2021):556-559,
https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803270425 . .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Dimić, Vidan
AU  - Antonović, Dragana
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/822
AB  - This analysis of ground and abrasive stone tools from Pločnik is based on the examination of assemblage of artefacts found during 2012 and 2013 in Trench 24. The assemblage is very characteristic of the Vinča culture and spans Vinča Tordoš I (Vinča A) to the Gradac Phase
(Vinča B2–C1) when occupation at Pločnik terminated in a great destructive fire. We analysed more than 100 artefacts but selected for detailed study only those finds with a clear context;
72 artefacts are discussed here. A large number (41) of large abrasive tools (static grindstones, grinders and querns made of various types of sandstone of local origin) were not included in this study because of their unclear context.
As with the Belovode assemblage, the ground and abrasive stone tools were classified according to the production method of the tools and their typological and functional features. The typological analysis was based on general observations and the correlation of metric characteristics of certain tools and their place within the methodological framework established by Antonović (1992, 2003, 2014c). Tool function was examined through the correlation of morphological characteristics and visible traceological markers for all tools with minimum preserved evidence (Semenov
1964; Olausson 1983a, 1990; Adams 1988; 1989; 2002; Adams et al. 2009; Pritchard-Parker and Torres 1998; Plisson and Lompre 2008; Pawlik 2007; Lunardi 2008; Antonović 1992: 20–23; Dimić 2013a, 2015). In addition to specific use-wear traces, other production marks were also recorded, providing indications of the methods and processing techniques used by Pločnik craftspeople for different types of rock. All analyses were carried out at the Institute of Archaeological
in Belgrade using magnifying glasses with up to 16× magnification and a stereo microscope (Olympus®) with up to 100× magnification with a connecting camera.
PB  - Oxford: Archaeopress
T2  - The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans.
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year = "2021",
abstract = "This analysis of ground and abrasive stone tools from Pločnik is based on the examination of assemblage of artefacts found during 2012 and 2013 in Trench 24. The assemblage is very characteristic of the Vinča culture and spans Vinča Tordoš I (Vinča A) to the Gradac Phase
(Vinča B2–C1) when occupation at Pločnik terminated in a great destructive fire. We analysed more than 100 artefacts but selected for detailed study only those finds with a clear context;
72 artefacts are discussed here. A large number (41) of large abrasive tools (static grindstones, grinders and querns made of various types of sandstone of local origin) were not included in this study because of their unclear context.
As with the Belovode assemblage, the ground and abrasive stone tools were classified according to the production method of the tools and their typological and functional features. The typological analysis was based on general observations and the correlation of metric characteristics of certain tools and their place within the methodological framework established by Antonović (1992, 2003, 2014c). Tool function was examined through the correlation of morphological characteristics and visible traceological markers for all tools with minimum preserved evidence (Semenov
1964; Olausson 1983a, 1990; Adams 1988; 1989; 2002; Adams et al. 2009; Pritchard-Parker and Torres 1998; Plisson and Lompre 2008; Pawlik 2007; Lunardi 2008; Antonović 1992: 20–23; Dimić 2013a, 2015). In addition to specific use-wear traces, other production marks were also recorded, providing indications of the methods and processing techniques used by Pločnik craftspeople for different types of rock. All analyses were carried out at the Institute of Archaeological
in Belgrade using magnifying glasses with up to 16× magnification and a stereo microscope (Olympus®) with up to 100× magnification with a connecting camera.",
publisher = "Oxford: Archaeopress",
journal = "The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans.",
booktitle = "Ground and abrasive stone tools from Pločnik",
pages = "392-382",
doi = "10.32028/9781803270425"
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Dimić, V.,& Antonović, D.. (2021). Ground and abrasive stone tools from Pločnik. in The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans.
Oxford: Archaeopress., 382-392.
https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803270425

Dimić V, Antonović D. Ground and abrasive stone tools from Pločnik. in The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans.. 2021;:382-392.
doi:10.32028/9781803270425 .

Dimić, Vidan, Antonović, Dragana, "Ground and abrasive stone tools from Pločnik" in The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans. (2021):382-392,
https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803270425 . .