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Books by Ivan Vranic
Helenizacija u novom ključu, 2022
SUMMARY - Hellenisation in a new key: consumption of Greek glazed ware, entanglement, and cltural changes at Kale Krševica, 2022
Book chapters by Ivan Vranic
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, 2023
Archaeological excavations at the site Kale-Krševica (south-eastern Serbia) have, so far, reveale... more Archaeological excavations at the site Kale-Krševica (south-eastern Serbia) have, so far, revealed between 1,500 and 2,000 red-figure, black glazed and Early Hellenistic period sherds, originating mostly from the Athenian potters’ quarter of Kerameikos. These fragments, even though they represent a minority of the overall ceramic finds, have been discovered in almost all household and public contexts. Therefore, it seems that they played an important role in the everyday lives of the local population inhabiting this fortified Iron Age settlement, active from the late 5th until the early 3rd century BC. Their consistent distribution within the site is also a strong indication that the vessels were not elite or ‘prestige
goods’, as in the case of earlier Iron Age settings in the Balkans, and that they were accessible to wider echelons of society. Consequently, we believe that it is possible to better understand the social changes behind the so-called process of Hellenisation by following subtle variations in archaeological contexts showing how these imports were treated by the community at Kale-Krševica. As a theoretical base, we will use the so-called biographical approach, together with material culture studies.
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 , 2023
Archaeological Theory at the Edge(s), 2023
This chapter aims to present a short history of archaeological interest in style in ancient Greek... more This chapter aims to present a short history of archaeological interest
in style in ancient Greek black- and red-figure pottery – two distinct but related production techniques, which roughly date from the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic periods (c. 6th to early 3rd century BC) – and how this issue changed from initial culture-historical perspectives toward more recent epistemologies. A special focus is placed on consumption studies and some recent object-oriented approaches (e.g. I. Hodder’s concept of entanglement), and how these theoretical perspectives could benefit from a plethora of information about the nature of Greek ceramics and its production obtained by J. Beazley and other culturehistorical
pottery specialists.
This paper aims to show how the ‘violent nature’ of ‘paleo-Balkan tribes’ as indicated in some Gr... more This paper aims to show how the ‘violent nature’ of ‘paleo-Balkan tribes’ as indicated in some Greek and Roman texts is perceived, interpreted, and consequently constructed as supposedly independent historical evidence in different archaeological narratives on a case study of Kale-Krševica – a specific late Iron Age ‘Hellenised’ settlement in south-eastern Serbia. Hypotheses about this site’s ethnic identity, which range from local Paeonians, Thracians, Dardanians, or possibly even Greeks, are fit into the historical framework of violent Iron Age period encounters, which have some very prominent ramification on further archaeological interpretations. I will argue that theoretical aspects which are implemented favour violent scenarios in order to present an expected and supposedly coherent image of distinctive Iron Age ethnicities in a constant struggle even though it may not be the only nor the most likely context. At the same time, the implementation of the concept of ‘Hellenisation’ as a colonial perspective about local groups who quite ‘naturally’ become ‘Greek’ or ‘Greek-like’ and therefore more ‘civilised’, makes this site’s social life a good arena for pointing out the direct or implicit use of various narratives about past/present violence.
Besides many other sites in the Pčinja district, in the area of the village Levosoje, within arch... more Besides many other sites in the Pčinja district, in the area of the village Levosoje, within archaeological rescue excavation along the highway route Е-75, the site Cepotina was examined, situated at the foot of the hill Vučjak, possessing a military and police base “Jug” on its top. Smaller scale research, conducted in 2012, indicated two clearly separable layers and a possible structure dug into yellow sandy sterile soil. The later layer was characterized with scarce finds of wheel-thrown pottery, while in the earlier one, there were finds of hand-made pottery with a specific ornament made with a jagged wheel (“roulette decoration”). Finds from the structure revealed the same stylistic characteristics as the finds from the earlier layer and it was therefore presumed that they belonged to the same horizon, roughly dated into the first half of the 1st millennium B.C. This paper represents a preliminary report about the excavation and gives indications for further interpretations of the Iron Age in this area.
Appian writes that Roman military commander Scipio Asiagenes 'crushed the power of the Scordisci,... more Appian writes that Roman military commander Scipio Asiagenes 'crushed the power of the Scordisci, and those who remained reportedly retreated to Ister and settled on the river islands' and that has often been understood as one of the decisive moments in their history. This event, dated to 84 BC, is considered by most authors as the turning point when the decline of that once powerful community began. Our knowledge about the supposed territories of the Scordisci in the 1 st century BC can now be amended following the results of recent archaeological investigations, while finds from the excavations conducted in 2013 at the site of Kale in Krševica in the South Morava valley directly bring into question the words of Appian, quoted above.
Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIII, 2021
The bone industry from the Iron Age of southeast Europe is still insufficiently explored. This pa... more The bone industry from the Iron Age of southeast Europe is still insufficiently explored. This paper presents some pre- liminary results on the osseous artifacts from the Late Iron Age site of Kale–Krševica, situated in the vicinity of the town of Vranje in southeastern Serbia. Systematic archaeological excavations revealed settlement remains, including fascinating architectural features, as well as rich portable material strongly reminiscent of settlements from ancient Macedonia and northern Greece. Excavations and finds analyses are still ongoing. In this paper, we present the osse- ous artifacts from seasons 2013–2016. Raw materials include bones, antlers, teeth, and mollusk shells. The typological repertoire includes some common, widespread artifact types, such as awls and needles, but also modified astragali, a few ornamental items, and similar items. Manufacturing debris was also noted, including sheep horncores with traces of cutting, suggesting that the keratinous horns were also used. In this paper we discuss raw material choices, aspects of production, the typological repertoire, and the place of the osseous industries from Kale–Krševica within the wider geographical and cultural context.
Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIII: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 7–10, 2017, 2021
The bone industry from the Iron Age of South-East Europe is still insufficiently explored. This p... more The bone industry from the Iron Age of South-East Europe is still insufficiently explored. This paper presents some preliminary results on the osseous artefacts from the Late Iron Age site of Kale-Krševica, situated in the vicinity of the town of Vranje in south-eastern Serbia. Systematic archaeological excavations revealed settlement remains, including fascinating architectural features, as well as rich portable material, strongly reminiscent of settlements from ancient Macedonia and northern Greece. Excavations, and finds analyses, are still ongoing. In this paper, we present the osseous artefacts from seasons 2013–2016.
Raw materials include bones, antlers, teeth and mollusk shells. The typological repertoire includes some common, widespread artefact types, such as awls and needles, but also modified astragali, a few ornamental items, etc. Manufacturing debris was also noted, including sheep horn cores with traces of cutting, suggesting that the keratinous horns were also used. In this paper we discuss raw material choices, aspects of production and the typological repertoire, plus the place of the osseous industries from Kale-Krševica within the wider geographical and cultural context.
Papers by Ivan Vranic
Antiquity Volume 93, Issue 367, 2019
Narratives of transformation in Iron Age societies on the periphery of the Greek world have posit... more Narratives of transformation in Iron Age societies on the periphery of the Greek world have positioned colonial powers as agents of change. Archaeological sites exhibiting apparent Greek or Macedonian evidence are often taken to exemplify Hellenisation, whereby ‘barbarians’ adopted ‘more advanced’ Greek practices. Such narratives, however, are imbued with assumptions of cultural superiority, failing to elucidate the complexity of past social interactions and how these manifest in the archaeological record. The barrel-vaulted reservoir at the site of Kale-Krševica in Serbia reveals that the simplistic framework of Hellenisation is insufficient to explain the construction of this unique hydraulic installation.
Antiquity
Abstract Narratives of transformation in Iron Age societies on the periphery of the Greek world h... more Abstract Narratives of transformation in Iron Age societies on the periphery of the Greek world have positioned colonial powers as agents of change. Archaeological sites exhibiting apparent Greek or Macedonian evidence are often taken to exemplify Hellenisation, whereby ‘barbarians’ adopted ‘more advanced’ Greek practices. Such narratives, however, are imbued with assumptions of cultural superiority, failing to elucidate the complexity of past social interactions and how these manifest in the archaeological record. The barrel-vaulted reservoir at the site of Kale-Krševica in Serbia reveals that the simplistic framework of Hellenisation is insufficient to explain the construction of this unique hydraulic installation.
Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology, 2016
The issues of cult, ritual, religion, and magic are important though to a large extent neglected ... more The issues of cult, ritual, religion, and magic are important though to a large extent neglected and theoretically insufficiently developed subjects in the current archaeological literature. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate, on particular examples of potentially ritual activities associated to the erection and subsequent “ritual killing” of the water supply system at the site “Kale” in the village Krševica, that this neglect is not merely the consequence of trends in choices of research topics, but that it further points to certain disadvantages of current approaches based upon the archaeology of identity and the concepts of structured or symbolic deposition.
Helenizacija u novom ključu, 2022
SUMMARY - Hellenisation in a new key: consumption of Greek glazed ware, entanglement, and cltural changes at Kale Krševica, 2022
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, 2023
Archaeological excavations at the site Kale-Krševica (south-eastern Serbia) have, so far, reveale... more Archaeological excavations at the site Kale-Krševica (south-eastern Serbia) have, so far, revealed between 1,500 and 2,000 red-figure, black glazed and Early Hellenistic period sherds, originating mostly from the Athenian potters’ quarter of Kerameikos. These fragments, even though they represent a minority of the overall ceramic finds, have been discovered in almost all household and public contexts. Therefore, it seems that they played an important role in the everyday lives of the local population inhabiting this fortified Iron Age settlement, active from the late 5th until the early 3rd century BC. Their consistent distribution within the site is also a strong indication that the vessels were not elite or ‘prestige
goods’, as in the case of earlier Iron Age settings in the Balkans, and that they were accessible to wider echelons of society. Consequently, we believe that it is possible to better understand the social changes behind the so-called process of Hellenisation by following subtle variations in archaeological contexts showing how these imports were treated by the community at Kale-Krševica. As a theoretical base, we will use the so-called biographical approach, together with material culture studies.
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 , 2023
Archaeological Theory at the Edge(s), 2023
This chapter aims to present a short history of archaeological interest in style in ancient Greek... more This chapter aims to present a short history of archaeological interest
in style in ancient Greek black- and red-figure pottery – two distinct but related production techniques, which roughly date from the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic periods (c. 6th to early 3rd century BC) – and how this issue changed from initial culture-historical perspectives toward more recent epistemologies. A special focus is placed on consumption studies and some recent object-oriented approaches (e.g. I. Hodder’s concept of entanglement), and how these theoretical perspectives could benefit from a plethora of information about the nature of Greek ceramics and its production obtained by J. Beazley and other culturehistorical
pottery specialists.
This paper aims to show how the ‘violent nature’ of ‘paleo-Balkan tribes’ as indicated in some Gr... more This paper aims to show how the ‘violent nature’ of ‘paleo-Balkan tribes’ as indicated in some Greek and Roman texts is perceived, interpreted, and consequently constructed as supposedly independent historical evidence in different archaeological narratives on a case study of Kale-Krševica – a specific late Iron Age ‘Hellenised’ settlement in south-eastern Serbia. Hypotheses about this site’s ethnic identity, which range from local Paeonians, Thracians, Dardanians, or possibly even Greeks, are fit into the historical framework of violent Iron Age period encounters, which have some very prominent ramification on further archaeological interpretations. I will argue that theoretical aspects which are implemented favour violent scenarios in order to present an expected and supposedly coherent image of distinctive Iron Age ethnicities in a constant struggle even though it may not be the only nor the most likely context. At the same time, the implementation of the concept of ‘Hellenisation’ as a colonial perspective about local groups who quite ‘naturally’ become ‘Greek’ or ‘Greek-like’ and therefore more ‘civilised’, makes this site’s social life a good arena for pointing out the direct or implicit use of various narratives about past/present violence.
Besides many other sites in the Pčinja district, in the area of the village Levosoje, within arch... more Besides many other sites in the Pčinja district, in the area of the village Levosoje, within archaeological rescue excavation along the highway route Е-75, the site Cepotina was examined, situated at the foot of the hill Vučjak, possessing a military and police base “Jug” on its top. Smaller scale research, conducted in 2012, indicated two clearly separable layers and a possible structure dug into yellow sandy sterile soil. The later layer was characterized with scarce finds of wheel-thrown pottery, while in the earlier one, there were finds of hand-made pottery with a specific ornament made with a jagged wheel (“roulette decoration”). Finds from the structure revealed the same stylistic characteristics as the finds from the earlier layer and it was therefore presumed that they belonged to the same horizon, roughly dated into the first half of the 1st millennium B.C. This paper represents a preliminary report about the excavation and gives indications for further interpretations of the Iron Age in this area.
Appian writes that Roman military commander Scipio Asiagenes 'crushed the power of the Scordisci,... more Appian writes that Roman military commander Scipio Asiagenes 'crushed the power of the Scordisci, and those who remained reportedly retreated to Ister and settled on the river islands' and that has often been understood as one of the decisive moments in their history. This event, dated to 84 BC, is considered by most authors as the turning point when the decline of that once powerful community began. Our knowledge about the supposed territories of the Scordisci in the 1 st century BC can now be amended following the results of recent archaeological investigations, while finds from the excavations conducted in 2013 at the site of Kale in Krševica in the South Morava valley directly bring into question the words of Appian, quoted above.
Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIII, 2021
The bone industry from the Iron Age of southeast Europe is still insufficiently explored. This pa... more The bone industry from the Iron Age of southeast Europe is still insufficiently explored. This paper presents some pre- liminary results on the osseous artifacts from the Late Iron Age site of Kale–Krševica, situated in the vicinity of the town of Vranje in southeastern Serbia. Systematic archaeological excavations revealed settlement remains, including fascinating architectural features, as well as rich portable material strongly reminiscent of settlements from ancient Macedonia and northern Greece. Excavations and finds analyses are still ongoing. In this paper, we present the osse- ous artifacts from seasons 2013–2016. Raw materials include bones, antlers, teeth, and mollusk shells. The typological repertoire includes some common, widespread artifact types, such as awls and needles, but also modified astragali, a few ornamental items, and similar items. Manufacturing debris was also noted, including sheep horncores with traces of cutting, suggesting that the keratinous horns were also used. In this paper we discuss raw material choices, aspects of production, the typological repertoire, and the place of the osseous industries from Kale–Krševica within the wider geographical and cultural context.
Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIII: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 7–10, 2017, 2021
The bone industry from the Iron Age of South-East Europe is still insufficiently explored. This p... more The bone industry from the Iron Age of South-East Europe is still insufficiently explored. This paper presents some preliminary results on the osseous artefacts from the Late Iron Age site of Kale-Krševica, situated in the vicinity of the town of Vranje in south-eastern Serbia. Systematic archaeological excavations revealed settlement remains, including fascinating architectural features, as well as rich portable material, strongly reminiscent of settlements from ancient Macedonia and northern Greece. Excavations, and finds analyses, are still ongoing. In this paper, we present the osseous artefacts from seasons 2013–2016.
Raw materials include bones, antlers, teeth and mollusk shells. The typological repertoire includes some common, widespread artefact types, such as awls and needles, but also modified astragali, a few ornamental items, etc. Manufacturing debris was also noted, including sheep horn cores with traces of cutting, suggesting that the keratinous horns were also used. In this paper we discuss raw material choices, aspects of production and the typological repertoire, plus the place of the osseous industries from Kale-Krševica within the wider geographical and cultural context.
Antiquity Volume 93, Issue 367, 2019
Narratives of transformation in Iron Age societies on the periphery of the Greek world have posit... more Narratives of transformation in Iron Age societies on the periphery of the Greek world have positioned colonial powers as agents of change. Archaeological sites exhibiting apparent Greek or Macedonian evidence are often taken to exemplify Hellenisation, whereby ‘barbarians’ adopted ‘more advanced’ Greek practices. Such narratives, however, are imbued with assumptions of cultural superiority, failing to elucidate the complexity of past social interactions and how these manifest in the archaeological record. The barrel-vaulted reservoir at the site of Kale-Krševica in Serbia reveals that the simplistic framework of Hellenisation is insufficient to explain the construction of this unique hydraulic installation.
Antiquity
Abstract Narratives of transformation in Iron Age societies on the periphery of the Greek world h... more Abstract Narratives of transformation in Iron Age societies on the periphery of the Greek world have positioned colonial powers as agents of change. Archaeological sites exhibiting apparent Greek or Macedonian evidence are often taken to exemplify Hellenisation, whereby ‘barbarians’ adopted ‘more advanced’ Greek practices. Such narratives, however, are imbued with assumptions of cultural superiority, failing to elucidate the complexity of past social interactions and how these manifest in the archaeological record. The barrel-vaulted reservoir at the site of Kale-Krševica in Serbia reveals that the simplistic framework of Hellenisation is insufficient to explain the construction of this unique hydraulic installation.
Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology, 2016
The issues of cult, ritual, religion, and magic are important though to a large extent neglected ... more The issues of cult, ritual, religion, and magic are important though to a large extent neglected and theoretically insufficiently developed subjects in the current archaeological literature. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate, on particular examples of potentially ritual activities associated to the erection and subsequent “ritual killing” of the water supply system at the site “Kale” in the village Krševica, that this neglect is not merely the consequence of trends in choices of research topics, but that it further points to certain disadvantages of current approaches based upon the archaeology of identity and the concepts of structured or symbolic deposition.
The purpose of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, it aims to reveal and present some interpr... more The purpose of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, it aims to reveal and present some interpretative
issues in different Balkan Iron Age archaeologies that result from long-lasting use of culture-historical approach,
and on the other to suggest that future interpretations of the past need to be more reflexive. Culture-historical
archaeology is based upon a premise that individuals who are linked by production and consumption of stylistically
homogeneous material culture form a group with a feeling of collective identity, whereas recent identity studies
vigorously question this approach. Today, the idea about archaeological cultures as relatively stable and
homogeneous systems of values characterizing certain group of people is recognized as ethnocentric projections
that reflect modern national/ethnic identities and social concepts into the constructed image of the past. A following
case study of the "Illyrian argument" – a well known dispute between Yugoslav and Albanian archaeologists and
historians on "ethnogenesis" of the ancient Illyrians – shows how culture-historical archaeologies in different sociopolitical
contexts, sometimes, beside the same methodology, reach very different conclusions. As a way forward, we
suggest a reflexive approach that will be well aware of constitutive interrelations between the past as an object of
the study and the present as a context of the research
Pitanja vezana za rituale, kultove, religiju ili magiju predstavljaju važne ali u značajnoj meri ... more Pitanja vezana za rituale, kultove, religiju ili magiju predstavljaju važne ali u značajnoj meri zanemarene i teorijski nedovoljno precizno utemeljene teme u savremenim arheološkim interpretacijama. Cilj rada jeste da na konkretnim primerima potencijalno ritualnih aktivnosti vezanih za izgradnju i moguće " ritualno ubijanje " siste-ma za vodosnabdevanje na lokalitetu " Kale " u Krševici pokaže kako ovo zanemarivanje nije samo posledica aktuelnosti i trendova o odabiru istraživačkih tema, već se radi o ozbiljnijem problemu koji pokazuje određene nedostatke savremenih pristupa vezanih za arheologiju identiteta i koncepte struktuiranog ili simboličkog odbacivanja.
Starinar, 2006
Page 1. STARINAR LVI/2006. 309 Excavations on the site of Kale at Kr{evica near Bujanovac conduct... more Page 1. STARINAR LVI/2006. 309 Excavations on the site of Kale at Kr{evica near Bujanovac conducted from 20012006 have disclosed significant remains of a late Classical/ early Hellenistic settlement covering an area of about four hectares. ...
Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology
Bone artefacts are among the less thoroughly studied classes of archaeological material, especial... more Bone artefacts are among the less thoroughly studied classes of archaeological material, especially in the case of particular periods and regions. The reasons behind this are not uniform. The most obvious and general are linked to the research practices of culture-historical archaeology, often neglecting bone artefacts, considering them not sufficiently attractive or informative. The most significant shift towards recognition of a set of potential information gained from bone objects was achieved in the framework of studies of prehistoric technology during the second half of 20th century, especially in the French archaeological school. This research strategy raised a number of questions concerning the acquisition of raw material, modes of production and usage of objects, whose interpretative potential gained in power, leading to the increased attention paid to faunal remains in archaeological investigations. Yet this source of information on the actual details of relations between ...
Etnoantropološki problemi , 2017
Artefakti od koštanih sirovina spadaju u slabije proučene pokretne nalaze, posebno kada se radi o... more Artefakti od koštanih sirovina spadaju u slabije proučene pokretne nalaze, posebno kada se radi o određenim periodima i regionima. Uzroci koji do ovakvog stanja dovode nisu jednoobrazni. Najočigledniji i najopštiji svakako leže u istraživač-kim praksama kulturno-istorijske arheologije koja je faunalne nalaza najčešće zanemarivala, smatrajući ove predmete nedovoljno atraktivnim, kao i nedovoljno informativno vrednim. Najveći iskorak u evropskoj praistorijskoj arheologiji u pravcu sagledavanja čitavog niza potencijalnih informacija koje korišćenje predmeta od životinjskih skelet-nih elemenata pruža, ostvaren je u okviru studija praistorijske tehnologije tokom druge polovine 20. veka, posebno u okvirima francuske arheološke škole. Nastankom ove istraživačke strategije otvoren je čitav niz pitanja vezanih za pribavljanje sirovina, načine izrade i upotrebu predmeta, čija potencijalna interpretativna vrednost na taj način dobija na značaju, što je dovelo do toga da se faunalnim ostacima posvećuje veća pažnje tokom arheoloških istraživanja. Ipak, ovaj potencijalni izvor informacija o često veoma konkretnim detaljima odnosa ljudi i materijalne kulture koje tehnološka istra-živanja pružaju nije dovoljno iskorišćen. Čini se da uzroci leže u uskoj specijalizaciji istraživača i nedovoljnoj uključenosti dobijenih informacija u šire okvire interpretiranja određenih perioda, različitim tradicijama i odsustvu saradnje nacionalnih arheoloških " škola " , jezičkim barijerama i slično. Ipak, najznačajniji razlog ovakvoj situaciji može da se pronađe u neusklađenim teorijskim perspektivama i nedostatku jasno artikulisane interpretativne pozicije istraživača koji pokušavaju da primene saznanja stečena kroz studije tehnologije, tretirajući ovu strategiju kao " objektivan " " naučni metod " koji će, sam od sebe, pružiti konkretne odgovore koji će se jasno uklopiti u očekivanja domi-nantne arheološke paradigme.
U ovom radu, autori će kroz kritički pregled različitih primena studija tehnologije u arheologiji ponuditi moguće pravce bližeg uključivanja ovog pristupa u savremene teorijske tokove. Kao najočigledniji put nameće se jedna druga istraživačka strategija – studije materijalne kulture. Tako rad za cilj ima da pokuša da konkretnije uveže ove dve strategije istraživanja čije teorijske osnove danas nisu jednoobrazne ali istorijat ideja i način artikulisanja osnovnih teorijskih postavki pokazuju slične teorijske korene.
Apstrakt: Problem urbanizacije i gradova u arheološkoj literaturi najþešüe se reša-vao kroz pitan... more Apstrakt: Problem urbanizacije i gradova u arheološkoj literaturi najþešüe se reša-vao kroz pitanje nastanka država i prvih "civilizacija". Kako u starijoj, tako i savreme-noj evolucionistiþkoj literaturi, podrazumeva se da je reþ o naseljima zajednica na "ni-vou" države i potpuno razvijenog kompleksnog društva. Teorija evolucije, kao evro-centriþni pristup, prisutna je i u kulturno-istorijskoj arheologiji na Balkanu gde se ko-risti za klasifikovanje naselja kao gradova, predstavljajuüi svojevrsno vrednovanje na-sleÿa kao "boljeg" ili "naprednijeg". Ovaj rad iz dva razliþita ugla ispituje problem urbanizacije na primeru tzv. heleni-zovanih naselja gvozdenog doba Balkana. Prvi je, uz prihvatanje svih postmodernih kritika, primena savremenih evolucionistiþkih teorija gde se zakljuþuje da gvozdeno-dopske zajednice nemaju sve karakteristike kompleksnih društava, što baca odreÿenu sumnju na interpretacije naselja kao gradova. Drugi ugao, kroz pitan...
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Етнички идентитет у археолошким школама на Балкану традиционално је третиран као стабилна и монол... more Етнички идентитет у археолошким школама на Балкану традиционално је третиран као стабилна и монолитна категорија препознатљива у материјалној култури. Питање „етногенезе“ палеобалканских „народа“ представља доминантну тему и основни предмет истраживања у културноисторијској археологији за коју се данас сматра да је формулисана као последица модерног европског национализма. Овај рад из конструктивистичког угла преиспитује интерпретације етницитета у гвозденом добу на примеру тзв. раноантичких насеља − веома сличних утврђења лоцираних на пространој територији континенталног дела Балкана, данас у оквиру различитих модерних држава. Насеља се оквирно датују од В до ИИИ века пре пре н. е. и традиционално тумаче као финална фаза етногенезе палеобалканских заједница за које се претпоставља да у том периоду живе у „племенским државама“, чије становништво је окарактерисано као „народ“ или чак „нација“. Јасно препознавање етничких карактеристика, анахронизми и директно пресликавање модерних со...
by Miroslav Razum, Ivica Pleština, Gábor Kalla, Marius Bâsceanu, Neda Mirković-Marić, Martina Celhar, Sonja Kacar, Ina Miloglav, Nedko Elenski, Alexandra Comsa, Zrinka Premužić, Carmen Cuenca-García, Ivan Vranic, Damjan Donev, Vasilka Dimitrovska, Lujana Paraman, Petya Georgieva, Tzvetana Popova, Lilian Dogiama, Dragan Jovanovic, Seta Štuhec, Ana Đuričić, Catherine COMMENGE, Lidija Kovacheva, Jan Zachar, Snježana Vrdoljak ex Karavanić, Katalin Sebők, Marta Rakvin, Alexandra Anders, Roxana Munteanu, Iharka Szücs-Csillik, Gianluca Cantoro, Nataša Miladinović-Radmilović, Maja Kuzmanovic, Marina Vladimirova, and Jovan D . Mitrović
Settlements, Culture and Population Dynamics in Balkan Prehistory - ABSTRACTS OF THE ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS, Mar 9, 2015
HAEMUS - Center for Scientific Research and Promotion of Culture http://haemus.org.mk Settlemen... more HAEMUS - Center for Scientific Research and Promotion of Culture
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Settlements, Culture and Population Dynamics in Balkan Prehistory
International Conference
13-14.03.2015
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
ABSTRACTS OF THE ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
General Editor: Vasilka Dimitrovska
Cover Design: Vasilka Dimitrovska, Elka Anastasova
Design: Elka Anastasova
Editing and English proofreading: Mark Branov
XIIIth International Meeting of ASWA (Archaeozoology of South West Asia). Nicosia, Cyprus, 7-9th June 2017, 2017
The bone industry from the Iron Age is still insufficiently explored topic in the region of South... more The bone industry from the Iron Age is still insufficiently explored topic in the region of South-East Europe. In this paper will be presented some preliminary results on the osseous artefacts from the Late Iron Age site of Kale-Krševica, situated in the vicinity of the town of Vranje in the south-eastern Serbia. Systematic archaeological excavations revealed the settlement remains, including fascinating architectural features, as well as rich portable material, shoving strong resemblance with settlements from ancient Macedonia and northern Greece. The bone tools include some widespread common artefact types, such as awls, needles, but also ground astragals and other artefact types. Also manufacture debris was noted, including sheep horn cores with traces of cutting, suggesting that the horns were also used. In this paper we will discuss raw material choices, aspects of production and the typological repertoire, in particular, we will explore possible similarities and differences with the osseous artefacts from the south, in order to explore whether the ’Hellenization process’ is noticeable within the Kale’s bone industries.
by Arheološki Institut / Institute of Archaeology, Nadezda Gavrilovic, Dragana Vulović, Nemanja Mrđić, Vidan Dimic, Selena Vitezović, Angelina Raičković Savić, Ljubomir Jevtović, aleksandar bulatovic, Ivan Vranic, Ilija Dankovic, Ivana Kosanović, Milica Marjanović, Saša Redžić, Milica Tapavicki Ilic, and Dragana Gavrilović
