The Find from Medoševac 20 Yeas Later – an Addition to the Studies of the Tumulus Culture on the Territory of the Central Balkans
Abstract
A group of objects discovered close to the village of Medoševac near Niš, represent the
southernmost group find of bronze jewelry belonging to the Tumulus culture on the territory of
modern Serbia. The manner of how the material reached the National Museum in Niš as well as its
geographic isolation from the heartland in which this culture developed (southern Pannonia and the
Drina and Lim river valleys), caught the attention of Rastko Vasić. It is obvious that the material
comes from a skeletal burial, since the bronze items are in extraordinary condition and, in contrast
to cremation, apparently haven’t been exposed to flames and high temperatures. New absolute dates
extracted from Tumulus culture necropolises in the western and northern Republic of Serbia, confirm
that the find from Medoševac can be dated to the 14th century BC at the latest.
Keywords:
Bronze Age / Tumulus culture / burial customs / bronze jewelrySource:
Papers in Honour of Rastko Vasić 80th Birthday, 2019, 165-176Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute of Archaeology
Institution/Community
Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Kapuran, Aleksandar PY - 2019 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/432 AB - A group of objects discovered close to the village of Medoševac near Niš, represent the southernmost group find of bronze jewelry belonging to the Tumulus culture on the territory of modern Serbia. The manner of how the material reached the National Museum in Niš as well as its geographic isolation from the heartland in which this culture developed (southern Pannonia and the Drina and Lim river valleys), caught the attention of Rastko Vasić. It is obvious that the material comes from a skeletal burial, since the bronze items are in extraordinary condition and, in contrast to cremation, apparently haven’t been exposed to flames and high temperatures. New absolute dates extracted from Tumulus culture necropolises in the western and northern Republic of Serbia, confirm that the find from Medoševac can be dated to the 14th century BC at the latest. PB - Belgrade : Institute of Archaeology T2 - Papers in Honour of Rastko Vasić 80th Birthday T1 - The Find from Medoševac 20 Yeas Later – an Addition to the Studies of the Tumulus Culture on the Territory of the Central Balkans EP - 176 SP - 165 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_432 ER -
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Kapuran, A.. (2019). The Find from Medoševac 20 Yeas Later – an Addition to the Studies of the Tumulus Culture on the Territory of the Central Balkans. in Papers in Honour of Rastko Vasić 80th Birthday Belgrade : Institute of Archaeology., 165-176. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_432
Kapuran A. The Find from Medoševac 20 Yeas Later – an Addition to the Studies of the Tumulus Culture on the Territory of the Central Balkans. in Papers in Honour of Rastko Vasić 80th Birthday. 2019;:165-176. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_432 .
Kapuran, Aleksandar, "The Find from Medoševac 20 Yeas Later – an Addition to the Studies of the Tumulus Culture on the Territory of the Central Balkans" in Papers in Honour of Rastko Vasić 80th Birthday (2019):165-176, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_432 .