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Археолошка топографија Баната 4, 2020

A large number of registered sites and extensive archaeological material collected on the territo... more A large number of registered sites and extensive archaeological material collected on the territory of the City of Pančevo, conditioned the way in which it will be presented, so this monograph is the first book in a series, which concerns archaeological material from this area. The monograph completely retains the established concept, which was formed in the previous two published monographs, for the municipalities of Novi Kneževac and Čoka, as well as in the third, for the northwestern part of the City of Kikinda.
The monograph presents more than 307 archeological sites registered in the area of five cadastral municipalities (Banatski Brestovac, Omoljica, Ivanovo, Starčevo and Vojlovica, which is also the urban settlement of Pančevo). In addition to the textual part, the sites are presented in 796 illustrations (photographs, maps, plates and tables).

by Vesna Vuckovic, Vojislav Filipovic, Roberto Risch, Jovan D . Mitrović, Vojislav Djordjević, Vajk Szeverényi, Carlos Velasco Felipe, Katarina Dmitrovic, Marija Ljustina, Carla Garrido García, Eva Celdrán Beltrán, János Dani, Gucsi László, Viktória Kiss, Petar Milojević, aleksandar bulatovic, Gabriella Kulcsar, María Inés F Fregeiro Morador, and D. Gómez-gras

Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe: the archaeological background of the CRAFTER project, 2021

Introduction The proceedings before us, comprised of seven papers, are inspired by the subjec... more Introduction

The proceedings before us, comprised of seven papers, are inspired by the subject of the almost completed CRAFTER programme Creative Europe project. The full title of the project is Crafting Europe in the Bronze Age and Today, and in brief, the idea was to draw inspiration from Europe’s Bronze Age pottery to help revive modern-day artisanship. The project targets the appreciation of Europe's cultural heritage as a shared resource and the reinforcement of a sense of belonging to a common European space. In particular, it hopes to make cultural heritage a source of inspiration for contemporary creation and innovation and strengthen the interaction between this sector and other cultural and creative sectors. The main framework of the project was the idea that four potters from Spain, Germany, Hungary, and Serbia will draw on their skills to (re)create ceramic vessels representative of some of the most outstanding Bronze Age cultures of Europe: El Argar (southeast Spain), Únětice (Central Europe), Füzesabony (eastern Hungary) and Vatin (Serbia).
The papers published within these proceedings are not strictly related to the project itself, but the problems of Bronze Age pottery in Europe in general. The problems discussed in the presented papers and the inspirations are drawn from the CRAFTER project. The original idea was to delve into the content of the pottery and define its composition and quality. These are, in fact, the elements responsible for the final appearance of the ceramic vessel and its function. Considering that out of four editors, two have presented papers within the proceedings, I have been honoured to write this short introduction on their significance and essence. The thread that connects all of the papers, although their concepts do not seem similar at the first glance, since some of the papers are dwelling on interdisciplinarity while others deal with certain chronological and cultural-historical problems, is that the primary analytical material in all of the papers is Bronze Age pottery, from beyond the Pyrenees, across Central Europe, to the Balkans, which is not unexpected considering that a Serbian institution was credited for publishing. The positive aspect is that the pottery is Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe: the archaeological background of the CRAFTER project discussed in a manner uncommon for archaeology, while on the other hand pottery studies have been more and more neglected in the past few decades, as such subjects are considered as passé in archaeology. The ever-rising number of specializations and specialists have pushed the pottery and potters into an undeserved corner, even though without such a set of analytic work the past can not be completely and adequately perceived.
The pottery is “slow-moving”. It changes, circulates, and exchanges at a slow pace and it enables the perception of the beginning, development, decadence, and the end of a certain society. The pottery has regional character and reflects the primary contacts, the esthetics of a community, and the inspiration of the artist. Certainly, this implies to prehistoric pottery and communities which do not function within centralized social systems, such as the Bronze Age beyond Mediterranean Europe, which is indeed in the focus of these proceedings. With the appearance of the potter’s wheel, the production and distribution of pottery merge with industry and economy, and at that moment a puzzle of a small man from the past loses a piece. A piece without which we are unable to perceive small communities through such an important, fruitful, and data-rich object such as pottery and which we often tend to neglect as a discipline. In order to identify the contacts, exchange, and trade or reconstruct the communication routes in past, we often reach to the so-called luxurious artifacts: metals, amber, glass, and artisan objects… Likewise, pottery could narrate a story of one meal, one house, one potter, one village, or one community in the past, which is, like it or not, a fact that will make the interdisciplinary and diverse analyses of prehistoric pottery one of the primary archaeological methods.

Vojislav Filipović
Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade

by Vojislav Djordjević, Selena Rakocevic, Selena Vitezović, Josip Saric, Radmila Balaban, Dragan Milanovic, Adrian Ardet, Nikola Stepkovic, Ivana Pantovic, Dejan Radicevic, Dragan Jovanovic, Branko Music, Zoran Markov, Monika Milosavljevic, Albert Carmen, Biljana Markovic, Nicoleta Demian, and Zsuzsa Kopeczny

Papers by Vojislav Djordjević

The Sarmatians and the Others, 2024

This paper proposes a preliminary internal relative chronology and periodisation of a multi-layer... more This paper proposes a preliminary internal relative chronology and
periodisation of a multi-layered ancient and late ancient settlement ‘Ciglana na deliblatskom putu’ in Dolovo (Serbian part of Banat) from the 2nd–5th century, based on the results of modern systematic archaeological excavations of this site. The intention is to compare the results obtained with the data from sites that have been archaeologically investigated in the Lowland Banat (Serbia, Romania and Hungary) in order to obtain a clearer regional, chronological picture of Antiquity
and Late Antiquity in this area. The archaeological material unearthed during the excavations of the Dolovo settlement is abundant, thus, due to space limitations, only a part of the material is presented, but certain conclusions can still be drawn. It will be possible to get a better idea regarding this large settlement when the excavation is complete, and the archaeological material has been processed. The conclusions are therefore preliminary and may be different in the future. Among
other things, this paper is the first report based on the contemporary excavations of this settlement.

Analele Banatului, s.n., arheologie-istorie, XXXI, 2023

The article presents the results of the archaeological excavations of two medieval village church... more The article presents the results of the archaeological excavations of two medieval village churches and cemeteries with several stages of burials at the “Livade-Đurđevac” site near Pančevo in the southwestern part of the Serbian Banat, carried out in 2009–2013. The older church (Church 1) belongs to the 12th–13th centuries. After the demolition, a new church (Church 2) with a slightly different plan was built on its foundations, which belongs to the late medieval Gothic period (14th–15th centuries). Buryings took place around both churches during the entire
medieval period. The horizon of buryings from the 11th century, before the construction of churches, was also singled out. We connected the late medieval Church 2 with the settlement of “Sent-Đurađ”, known in the area of Kovin County in written sources from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Балканы, Подунавье и восточная Европа в римское время и Эпоху средневековья, Москва, 2022

This article attempts to develop a relative chronology and a preliminary periodization of a multi... more This article attempts to develop a relative chronology and a preliminary periodization of a multilayered antique/ late antique settlement at the „Ciglana” in Dolovo based on the materials of modern systematic archaeological excavations that have been conducted since 2013. The research revealed the remains of several settlements that discontinuously existed here from ancient times to the 12th – 13th cc. 127 closed complexes belong to the antique period. An extremely intricate horizontal stratigraphy with mutual overlapping of archaeological objects can be observed. There is distinguished a group of objects, the stratigraphic correlation of which allows to clearly distinguish three horizons of settlements within the antique and late antique periods.
The first horizon, named Dolovo 1, identified on the basis of chrono-indicating findings, was dated to the second half of the 2nd - the last third of the 3rd cc. Chronologically it coincides with the Marcomannic wars and the departure of the Romans from the province of Dacia (166/180 – 271, or the periods B2/C1 and C1 of Central European chronology). It is characterized by the material culture, based on the Dacian culture of the late La Tene era, which was affected by a strong Roman influence. Today it is considered unique and has no analogies among the materials of Serbian Banat.
The Dolovo 2 horizon was formed in the first half of the 4th c., after the earlier settlement had been abandoned; it existed until the end of the second third of the 4th c. (periods C2 and C3). Apparently, this settlement was abandoned during the wars of Emperor Constantius II against the Limigantes (359). Its material culture is characteristic of Sarmatian-Limigantian settlements, i.e. settlements of the Baranda type. The pottery traditions of the earlier period were discontinued, a new type of dwellings appeared (a semi-earth lodge with a central pillar).
The last horizon of the Late Roman settlement is Dolovo 3. Based on stratigraphy and the findings two periods can be singled out. The first phase (Dolovo 3a) dates to the last quarter of the 4th – first decades of the 5th cc. (Central European period D1). At this period the settlement was damaged in a fire. The second phase (Dolovo 3b) dates to the second quarter of the 5th century (period D2). It is the last settlement that can be correlated with the anonymous barbarians of the rhetorician Priscus of Pania, it was forever abandoned around the middle of the 5th c.. The Dolovo 3 horizon is characterized by a high proportion of moulded ceramics, the appearance of ceramics made on a slow-rotation throwing wheel, as well as a large variety of vessels made on a fast-rotation throwing wheel. New types of dwelling appeared – ground houses with deep basements.

Балканы, Подунавье и восточная Европа в римское время и Эпоху средневековья, Москва, 2022

This paper aims at specifying the existence period of the archaeological complex Livade on the ba... more This paper aims at specifying the existence period of the archaeological complex Livade on the basis of data received during the excavations in 1984 and 2008–2013, as well as comparative analysis of the material found there with some studied sites in close proximity to Livade, on the
territory of the southern part of Serbian Banat. It is essential to work out the chronological scale for antiquities of the 8th – 11th cc. on this territory.

Гласник српског археолошког друштва 21, 2005

From 2002 to 2004 the National Museum at Pančevo conducted investigative excavations in the area ... more From 2002 to 2004 the National Museum at Pančevo conducted investigative excavations in the area of Staro Selo, at Idvor (figs. 1-2). Over 50 sites of archaeological interest were discovered. Staro Selo is located on a wooded island, 400 x 600 m in size and rectangular in shape, rising some 10 m above the surrounding marshland. The site is connected to the modern settlement by only a narrow isthmus. The first finds at the site date from the 1950s, when it was used for brick production, an activity which destroyed the north-western section. Since then the site has been investigated several times and multi-layered archaeological deposits discovered. In the 1990s clay pits were again dug at the site to supply the brick factory, resulting in further damage to the site.
The earliest deposits contain remains from the Starčevo culture (figs. 3-4), a midden of which was discovered, containing a large quantity of rough Starčevo pottery, among which shards decorated with barbotine and impressio ornamentation stand out, while painted pottery is extremely rare. Settlement traces discovered in the southern section date from the late Iron Age (fig. 5/1-7), with several irregularly shaped pits and holes in which a few potshards were discovered. These exhibit the characteristics of the Basarabi phase of Bosut culture. Staro Selo was inhabited again at the time of the Migration Period (fig. 5/8-10). From this period the remains from two refuse pits have been preserved, in one of which the hoard of iron items (fig. 6) was discovered, these are; an axe, a sickle, a scythe, a bit and a shield boss. A ceramic weight and fragments of a jug decorated with burnished network decoration and a modeled facetted frieze were also found. On the basis of comparison with similar finds at other sites, the items discovered place the whole cultural level to the period of the Hunnish domination of Pannonia in the first half of the 5th century.
A small number, mainly of damaged structures, date from the 10th—11th century. In dwellings of a rectangular ground plan, pottery made on a hand-turned wheel was discovered (fig. 7). This was decorated with repeated or singular horizontal lines. Two dwelling houses from 14th-15th century were discovered, (one built from ground level and the other partially underground) and a large communal oven. A contemporary cemetery was discovered in the southern part of the site, with 6 graves oriented east-west. The bodies were laid to rest on their backs with hands folded over the breast or stomach. In one grave a silver Hungarian coin, minted between 1427 and 1430 was discovered. See 14th—15th century finds on figs. 8-9.
Best preserved are the settlements from the 17th and 18th century with approximately 15 structures of differing purpose (pit dwellings, storage and refuse pits) in which a large quantity of moveable archaeological material was discovered (figs. 10-13). This included several types of pottery vessel from different schools of manufacture (Hungarian, Austrian, Turkish, Serbian and Haban pottery), decorative silver and bronze hairpins, and silver and bronze coins, on the basis of which the development of the settlement at Staro Selo can be separated into two phases, in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is from this period that the first written record of Idvor dates. In 1663, the inhabitants donated money and foodstuffs to the Peć Patriarchy.

Лесная и лесостепная зоны восточной Европы в эпохи римских влияний и великого переселения народов, Тула, 2010

Cercetări Arheologice, 2012

Археолошка топографија Баната 4, 2020

АРХЕОЛОШКА ТОПОГРАФИЈА БАНАТА 4, Град Панчево I, ур. Јелена Ђорђевић, Војислав Ђорђевић, Панчево ... more АРХЕОЛОШКА ТОПОГРАФИЈА БАНАТА 4, Град Панчево I, ур. Јелена Ђорђевић, Војислав Ђорђевић, Панчево 2020.

БАЛКАН, ПОДУНАВЉЕ И ИСТОЧНА ЕВРОПА У РИМСКО ДОБА И У РАНОМ СРЕДЊЕМ ВЕКУ, Материјали I српско-руске археолошке конференције "Судбине народа Источне и Јужне Европе - поглед кроз векове" (20-26. маја 2014. г. Нови Сад, Београд), ур. Игор Олегович Гавритухин, Станко Трифуновић, Нови Сад 2019, с. 349-381, 2019

Glasnik muzeja Banata 19, 2017

Here are represented some random findings from the archaeological collection of the National Muse... more Here are represented some random findings from the archaeological collection of the
National Museum in Pančevo, which were found at the location of the „Donjovaroška
ciglana“ in Pančevo and which belong to the time span from the beginning of Migration
Period until the advance of the Avars to the Carpathian Basin in 568 AD. The particular
attention was paid to the finding of the grave from this period, which was discovered
during the excavation of the site in 2003.
The location of the „Donjovaroška ciglana“ covers the western periphery of the town
Pančevo named Topola, about 500 m west from the main road Pančevo-the southern
zone-Starčevo. In the period before the Second World War, five artificially deformed skulls
were found at this site, which are characteristic for the Migration Period. The earliest
epoch of the Migration Period, which could be synchronized with the phase D1 of Central
European periodization (360/370–400/410), belong the chance finding of a single-handle
jug. Before the Second World War from this site, the bronze and bone buckles came to the
National Museum of Pančevo, probably from some of the destroyed graves. These findings
already belong to the „posthun“ horizon, which could be synchronized with the period D3
of central European chronology (450–480/490).
During the archaeological excavations on the site „Donjovaroška ciglana“ in Pančevo
in 2003, a isolated grave of a woman with an artificially deformed skull, about 30 years
old, was found. It was found at the depth of 1.14 m, oriented west-east direction with a
deviation towards the north. On the left side of the skull, a bronze earring was found,
with a full massive poliedar pendant and a twisted link, and the same earring was found
during the cleaning of the skull. The time of the burial of this deceased should be placed
in the second half or in the last quarter of the 5th century, that is, in the framework of the
developed central European phase D3, certainly after 454 AD.
According to the presented findings, at the site „Donjovaroška ciglana“ in Pančevo,
we can count on the existence of two horizons within the epoch of the Migration Period.
The former would belong to the earliest period of this era, from the last quarter of 4th to
the first half of the 5th century. The second, somewhat younger horizon, would belong to
the time following the crumbling of the Huns tribal alliance after 454, or the second half
of the 5th century.

Glasnik muzeja Banata 17, 2015

Glasnik muzeja Banata 16, 2014

Protective archaeological excavations have been conducted in the south-east part of King Peter I ... more Protective archaeological excavations have been conducted in the south-east part of
King Peter I square in Pančevo, during reconstructive works on the heating pipeline in
2013. The research focused on the parts of the foundation wall built out of large ashlar
stones, large and small cut and broken rubble, with the part of the wall facing south built
in horizontally-laid terracotta bricks. A tombstone was built into the foundations of the
wall, with a motif of a three-pointed cross. South-facing part of the foundations displayed
a thick layer of construction rubble, unobserved on the northern side.
The analysis of the stratigraphic situation visible on the western profile of the dig and
the comparison of the archaeological data with the available historical and cartographic
documents on Pančevo in XVIII century – most notably Stockhausen’s map of the city from
1761, have provided a chronological and functional context of the uncovered foundations.
The protective archaeological excavations from 2013 have confirmed a segment of
the southern rampart of the pentagon-shaped fort of Pančevo, dating between 1721 and
1739, in the vicinity of the interconnection with the south-east bastion. The building of
the old cavalry barracks, built in 1742, was located in the area of the inner part of King
Peter I square. The barracks were torn down in 1788 and were never reconstructed in the
same place. Instead, a completely new building – today the building of PIK ‘Tamiš’ – was
erected during the regulation of the area surrounding the Main Square. Parts of King
Peter I square (the south and south-sast borders) and the directions of the surrounding
communications (Masarikova, Branka Radičevića and Svetozara Miletića Streets) were
definitely established based on and across the routes of the ramparts of the youngest fort
of Pančevo.

Glasnik muzeja Banata 9-10, 2000

proceedings of the regional conference Research, Preservation and Presentation of Banat Heritage: Current State and Long Term Strategy, 2012

The site of Livade is located in the vicinity of the village of Starčevo, about 6 km east from Pa... more The site of Livade is located in the vicinity of the village of Starčevo, about 6 km east from Pančevo and
at the same distance northeast from Starčevo. It spreads along the road Pančevo–Kovin, at a distance of several
hundred meters from the left bank of the river Nadel. Rescue archaeological excavations, carried out in 1984, revealed
a part of a necropolis dating from 8th–9th century. A Medieval settlement was discovered during the ground
survey in 1971 and 2007. Trench type excavations, which confirmed the existence of a settlement, were carried out
as soon as in the year 2008. On that occasion, there were found remains of settlement structures and two inhabitance
phases were defined, the earlier phase dating from 7th–8th century and the later one from 9th–10th century. In
2009, excavations were carried out on the right side of the road Pančevo-Kovin and there was excavated a part of a
Medieval necropolis on the tumulus, dating from 12th–13th century. It is supposed that there existed a church from
the same period. Systematic excavations of this settlement started during the campaign in 2010.

Glasnik Srpskog arheološkog društva, 2012

Rad Muzeja Vojvodine, 2012

Археолошка топографија Баната 4, 2020

A large number of registered sites and extensive archaeological material collected on the territo... more A large number of registered sites and extensive archaeological material collected on the territory of the City of Pančevo, conditioned the way in which it will be presented, so this monograph is the first book in a series, which concerns archaeological material from this area. The monograph completely retains the established concept, which was formed in the previous two published monographs, for the municipalities of Novi Kneževac and Čoka, as well as in the third, for the northwestern part of the City of Kikinda.
The monograph presents more than 307 archeological sites registered in the area of five cadastral municipalities (Banatski Brestovac, Omoljica, Ivanovo, Starčevo and Vojlovica, which is also the urban settlement of Pančevo). In addition to the textual part, the sites are presented in 796 illustrations (photographs, maps, plates and tables).

by Vesna Vuckovic, Vojislav Filipovic, Roberto Risch, Jovan D . Mitrović, Vojislav Djordjević, Vajk Szeverényi, Carlos Velasco Felipe, Katarina Dmitrovic, Marija Ljustina, Carla Garrido García, Eva Celdrán Beltrán, János Dani, Gucsi László, Viktória Kiss, Petar Milojević, aleksandar bulatovic, Gabriella Kulcsar, María Inés F Fregeiro Morador, and D. Gómez-gras

Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe: the archaeological background of the CRAFTER project, 2021

Introduction The proceedings before us, comprised of seven papers, are inspired by the subjec... more Introduction

The proceedings before us, comprised of seven papers, are inspired by the subject of the almost completed CRAFTER programme Creative Europe project. The full title of the project is Crafting Europe in the Bronze Age and Today, and in brief, the idea was to draw inspiration from Europe’s Bronze Age pottery to help revive modern-day artisanship. The project targets the appreciation of Europe's cultural heritage as a shared resource and the reinforcement of a sense of belonging to a common European space. In particular, it hopes to make cultural heritage a source of inspiration for contemporary creation and innovation and strengthen the interaction between this sector and other cultural and creative sectors. The main framework of the project was the idea that four potters from Spain, Germany, Hungary, and Serbia will draw on their skills to (re)create ceramic vessels representative of some of the most outstanding Bronze Age cultures of Europe: El Argar (southeast Spain), Únětice (Central Europe), Füzesabony (eastern Hungary) and Vatin (Serbia).
The papers published within these proceedings are not strictly related to the project itself, but the problems of Bronze Age pottery in Europe in general. The problems discussed in the presented papers and the inspirations are drawn from the CRAFTER project. The original idea was to delve into the content of the pottery and define its composition and quality. These are, in fact, the elements responsible for the final appearance of the ceramic vessel and its function. Considering that out of four editors, two have presented papers within the proceedings, I have been honoured to write this short introduction on their significance and essence. The thread that connects all of the papers, although their concepts do not seem similar at the first glance, since some of the papers are dwelling on interdisciplinarity while others deal with certain chronological and cultural-historical problems, is that the primary analytical material in all of the papers is Bronze Age pottery, from beyond the Pyrenees, across Central Europe, to the Balkans, which is not unexpected considering that a Serbian institution was credited for publishing. The positive aspect is that the pottery is Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe: the archaeological background of the CRAFTER project discussed in a manner uncommon for archaeology, while on the other hand pottery studies have been more and more neglected in the past few decades, as such subjects are considered as passé in archaeology. The ever-rising number of specializations and specialists have pushed the pottery and potters into an undeserved corner, even though without such a set of analytic work the past can not be completely and adequately perceived.
The pottery is “slow-moving”. It changes, circulates, and exchanges at a slow pace and it enables the perception of the beginning, development, decadence, and the end of a certain society. The pottery has regional character and reflects the primary contacts, the esthetics of a community, and the inspiration of the artist. Certainly, this implies to prehistoric pottery and communities which do not function within centralized social systems, such as the Bronze Age beyond Mediterranean Europe, which is indeed in the focus of these proceedings. With the appearance of the potter’s wheel, the production and distribution of pottery merge with industry and economy, and at that moment a puzzle of a small man from the past loses a piece. A piece without which we are unable to perceive small communities through such an important, fruitful, and data-rich object such as pottery and which we often tend to neglect as a discipline. In order to identify the contacts, exchange, and trade or reconstruct the communication routes in past, we often reach to the so-called luxurious artifacts: metals, amber, glass, and artisan objects… Likewise, pottery could narrate a story of one meal, one house, one potter, one village, or one community in the past, which is, like it or not, a fact that will make the interdisciplinary and diverse analyses of prehistoric pottery one of the primary archaeological methods.

Vojislav Filipović
Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade

by Vojislav Djordjević, Selena Rakocevic, Selena Vitezović, Josip Saric, Radmila Balaban, Dragan Milanovic, Adrian Ardet, Nikola Stepkovic, Ivana Pantovic, Dejan Radicevic, Dragan Jovanovic, Branko Music, Zoran Markov, Monika Milosavljevic, Albert Carmen, Biljana Markovic, Nicoleta Demian, and Zsuzsa Kopeczny

The Sarmatians and the Others, 2024

This paper proposes a preliminary internal relative chronology and periodisation of a multi-layer... more This paper proposes a preliminary internal relative chronology and
periodisation of a multi-layered ancient and late ancient settlement ‘Ciglana na deliblatskom putu’ in Dolovo (Serbian part of Banat) from the 2nd–5th century, based on the results of modern systematic archaeological excavations of this site. The intention is to compare the results obtained with the data from sites that have been archaeologically investigated in the Lowland Banat (Serbia, Romania and Hungary) in order to obtain a clearer regional, chronological picture of Antiquity
and Late Antiquity in this area. The archaeological material unearthed during the excavations of the Dolovo settlement is abundant, thus, due to space limitations, only a part of the material is presented, but certain conclusions can still be drawn. It will be possible to get a better idea regarding this large settlement when the excavation is complete, and the archaeological material has been processed. The conclusions are therefore preliminary and may be different in the future. Among
other things, this paper is the first report based on the contemporary excavations of this settlement.

Analele Banatului, s.n., arheologie-istorie, XXXI, 2023

The article presents the results of the archaeological excavations of two medieval village church... more The article presents the results of the archaeological excavations of two medieval village churches and cemeteries with several stages of burials at the “Livade-Đurđevac” site near Pančevo in the southwestern part of the Serbian Banat, carried out in 2009–2013. The older church (Church 1) belongs to the 12th–13th centuries. After the demolition, a new church (Church 2) with a slightly different plan was built on its foundations, which belongs to the late medieval Gothic period (14th–15th centuries). Buryings took place around both churches during the entire
medieval period. The horizon of buryings from the 11th century, before the construction of churches, was also singled out. We connected the late medieval Church 2 with the settlement of “Sent-Đurađ”, known in the area of Kovin County in written sources from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Балканы, Подунавье и восточная Европа в римское время и Эпоху средневековья, Москва, 2022

This article attempts to develop a relative chronology and a preliminary periodization of a multi... more This article attempts to develop a relative chronology and a preliminary periodization of a multilayered antique/ late antique settlement at the „Ciglana” in Dolovo based on the materials of modern systematic archaeological excavations that have been conducted since 2013. The research revealed the remains of several settlements that discontinuously existed here from ancient times to the 12th – 13th cc. 127 closed complexes belong to the antique period. An extremely intricate horizontal stratigraphy with mutual overlapping of archaeological objects can be observed. There is distinguished a group of objects, the stratigraphic correlation of which allows to clearly distinguish three horizons of settlements within the antique and late antique periods.
The first horizon, named Dolovo 1, identified on the basis of chrono-indicating findings, was dated to the second half of the 2nd - the last third of the 3rd cc. Chronologically it coincides with the Marcomannic wars and the departure of the Romans from the province of Dacia (166/180 – 271, or the periods B2/C1 and C1 of Central European chronology). It is characterized by the material culture, based on the Dacian culture of the late La Tene era, which was affected by a strong Roman influence. Today it is considered unique and has no analogies among the materials of Serbian Banat.
The Dolovo 2 horizon was formed in the first half of the 4th c., after the earlier settlement had been abandoned; it existed until the end of the second third of the 4th c. (periods C2 and C3). Apparently, this settlement was abandoned during the wars of Emperor Constantius II against the Limigantes (359). Its material culture is characteristic of Sarmatian-Limigantian settlements, i.e. settlements of the Baranda type. The pottery traditions of the earlier period were discontinued, a new type of dwellings appeared (a semi-earth lodge with a central pillar).
The last horizon of the Late Roman settlement is Dolovo 3. Based on stratigraphy and the findings two periods can be singled out. The first phase (Dolovo 3a) dates to the last quarter of the 4th – first decades of the 5th cc. (Central European period D1). At this period the settlement was damaged in a fire. The second phase (Dolovo 3b) dates to the second quarter of the 5th century (period D2). It is the last settlement that can be correlated with the anonymous barbarians of the rhetorician Priscus of Pania, it was forever abandoned around the middle of the 5th c.. The Dolovo 3 horizon is characterized by a high proportion of moulded ceramics, the appearance of ceramics made on a slow-rotation throwing wheel, as well as a large variety of vessels made on a fast-rotation throwing wheel. New types of dwelling appeared – ground houses with deep basements.

Балканы, Подунавье и восточная Европа в римское время и Эпоху средневековья, Москва, 2022

This paper aims at specifying the existence period of the archaeological complex Livade on the ba... more This paper aims at specifying the existence period of the archaeological complex Livade on the basis of data received during the excavations in 1984 and 2008–2013, as well as comparative analysis of the material found there with some studied sites in close proximity to Livade, on the
territory of the southern part of Serbian Banat. It is essential to work out the chronological scale for antiquities of the 8th – 11th cc. on this territory.

Гласник српског археолошког друштва 21, 2005

From 2002 to 2004 the National Museum at Pančevo conducted investigative excavations in the area ... more From 2002 to 2004 the National Museum at Pančevo conducted investigative excavations in the area of Staro Selo, at Idvor (figs. 1-2). Over 50 sites of archaeological interest were discovered. Staro Selo is located on a wooded island, 400 x 600 m in size and rectangular in shape, rising some 10 m above the surrounding marshland. The site is connected to the modern settlement by only a narrow isthmus. The first finds at the site date from the 1950s, when it was used for brick production, an activity which destroyed the north-western section. Since then the site has been investigated several times and multi-layered archaeological deposits discovered. In the 1990s clay pits were again dug at the site to supply the brick factory, resulting in further damage to the site.
The earliest deposits contain remains from the Starčevo culture (figs. 3-4), a midden of which was discovered, containing a large quantity of rough Starčevo pottery, among which shards decorated with barbotine and impressio ornamentation stand out, while painted pottery is extremely rare. Settlement traces discovered in the southern section date from the late Iron Age (fig. 5/1-7), with several irregularly shaped pits and holes in which a few potshards were discovered. These exhibit the characteristics of the Basarabi phase of Bosut culture. Staro Selo was inhabited again at the time of the Migration Period (fig. 5/8-10). From this period the remains from two refuse pits have been preserved, in one of which the hoard of iron items (fig. 6) was discovered, these are; an axe, a sickle, a scythe, a bit and a shield boss. A ceramic weight and fragments of a jug decorated with burnished network decoration and a modeled facetted frieze were also found. On the basis of comparison with similar finds at other sites, the items discovered place the whole cultural level to the period of the Hunnish domination of Pannonia in the first half of the 5th century.
A small number, mainly of damaged structures, date from the 10th—11th century. In dwellings of a rectangular ground plan, pottery made on a hand-turned wheel was discovered (fig. 7). This was decorated with repeated or singular horizontal lines. Two dwelling houses from 14th-15th century were discovered, (one built from ground level and the other partially underground) and a large communal oven. A contemporary cemetery was discovered in the southern part of the site, with 6 graves oriented east-west. The bodies were laid to rest on their backs with hands folded over the breast or stomach. In one grave a silver Hungarian coin, minted between 1427 and 1430 was discovered. See 14th—15th century finds on figs. 8-9.
Best preserved are the settlements from the 17th and 18th century with approximately 15 structures of differing purpose (pit dwellings, storage and refuse pits) in which a large quantity of moveable archaeological material was discovered (figs. 10-13). This included several types of pottery vessel from different schools of manufacture (Hungarian, Austrian, Turkish, Serbian and Haban pottery), decorative silver and bronze hairpins, and silver and bronze coins, on the basis of which the development of the settlement at Staro Selo can be separated into two phases, in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is from this period that the first written record of Idvor dates. In 1663, the inhabitants donated money and foodstuffs to the Peć Patriarchy.

Лесная и лесостепная зоны восточной Европы в эпохи римских влияний и великого переселения народов, Тула, 2010

Cercetări Arheologice, 2012

Археолошка топографија Баната 4, 2020

АРХЕОЛОШКА ТОПОГРАФИЈА БАНАТА 4, Град Панчево I, ур. Јелена Ђорђевић, Војислав Ђорђевић, Панчево ... more АРХЕОЛОШКА ТОПОГРАФИЈА БАНАТА 4, Град Панчево I, ур. Јелена Ђорђевић, Војислав Ђорђевић, Панчево 2020.

БАЛКАН, ПОДУНАВЉЕ И ИСТОЧНА ЕВРОПА У РИМСКО ДОБА И У РАНОМ СРЕДЊЕМ ВЕКУ, Материјали I српско-руске археолошке конференције "Судбине народа Источне и Јужне Европе - поглед кроз векове" (20-26. маја 2014. г. Нови Сад, Београд), ур. Игор Олегович Гавритухин, Станко Трифуновић, Нови Сад 2019, с. 349-381, 2019

Glasnik muzeja Banata 19, 2017

Here are represented some random findings from the archaeological collection of the National Muse... more Here are represented some random findings from the archaeological collection of the
National Museum in Pančevo, which were found at the location of the „Donjovaroška
ciglana“ in Pančevo and which belong to the time span from the beginning of Migration
Period until the advance of the Avars to the Carpathian Basin in 568 AD. The particular
attention was paid to the finding of the grave from this period, which was discovered
during the excavation of the site in 2003.
The location of the „Donjovaroška ciglana“ covers the western periphery of the town
Pančevo named Topola, about 500 m west from the main road Pančevo-the southern
zone-Starčevo. In the period before the Second World War, five artificially deformed skulls
were found at this site, which are characteristic for the Migration Period. The earliest
epoch of the Migration Period, which could be synchronized with the phase D1 of Central
European periodization (360/370–400/410), belong the chance finding of a single-handle
jug. Before the Second World War from this site, the bronze and bone buckles came to the
National Museum of Pančevo, probably from some of the destroyed graves. These findings
already belong to the „posthun“ horizon, which could be synchronized with the period D3
of central European chronology (450–480/490).
During the archaeological excavations on the site „Donjovaroška ciglana“ in Pančevo
in 2003, a isolated grave of a woman with an artificially deformed skull, about 30 years
old, was found. It was found at the depth of 1.14 m, oriented west-east direction with a
deviation towards the north. On the left side of the skull, a bronze earring was found,
with a full massive poliedar pendant and a twisted link, and the same earring was found
during the cleaning of the skull. The time of the burial of this deceased should be placed
in the second half or in the last quarter of the 5th century, that is, in the framework of the
developed central European phase D3, certainly after 454 AD.
According to the presented findings, at the site „Donjovaroška ciglana“ in Pančevo,
we can count on the existence of two horizons within the epoch of the Migration Period.
The former would belong to the earliest period of this era, from the last quarter of 4th to
the first half of the 5th century. The second, somewhat younger horizon, would belong to
the time following the crumbling of the Huns tribal alliance after 454, or the second half
of the 5th century.

Glasnik muzeja Banata 17, 2015

Glasnik muzeja Banata 16, 2014

Protective archaeological excavations have been conducted in the south-east part of King Peter I ... more Protective archaeological excavations have been conducted in the south-east part of
King Peter I square in Pančevo, during reconstructive works on the heating pipeline in
2013. The research focused on the parts of the foundation wall built out of large ashlar
stones, large and small cut and broken rubble, with the part of the wall facing south built
in horizontally-laid terracotta bricks. A tombstone was built into the foundations of the
wall, with a motif of a three-pointed cross. South-facing part of the foundations displayed
a thick layer of construction rubble, unobserved on the northern side.
The analysis of the stratigraphic situation visible on the western profile of the dig and
the comparison of the archaeological data with the available historical and cartographic
documents on Pančevo in XVIII century – most notably Stockhausen’s map of the city from
1761, have provided a chronological and functional context of the uncovered foundations.
The protective archaeological excavations from 2013 have confirmed a segment of
the southern rampart of the pentagon-shaped fort of Pančevo, dating between 1721 and
1739, in the vicinity of the interconnection with the south-east bastion. The building of
the old cavalry barracks, built in 1742, was located in the area of the inner part of King
Peter I square. The barracks were torn down in 1788 and were never reconstructed in the
same place. Instead, a completely new building – today the building of PIK ‘Tamiš’ – was
erected during the regulation of the area surrounding the Main Square. Parts of King
Peter I square (the south and south-sast borders) and the directions of the surrounding
communications (Masarikova, Branka Radičevića and Svetozara Miletića Streets) were
definitely established based on and across the routes of the ramparts of the youngest fort
of Pančevo.

Glasnik muzeja Banata 9-10, 2000

proceedings of the regional conference Research, Preservation and Presentation of Banat Heritage: Current State and Long Term Strategy, 2012

The site of Livade is located in the vicinity of the village of Starčevo, about 6 km east from Pa... more The site of Livade is located in the vicinity of the village of Starčevo, about 6 km east from Pančevo and
at the same distance northeast from Starčevo. It spreads along the road Pančevo–Kovin, at a distance of several
hundred meters from the left bank of the river Nadel. Rescue archaeological excavations, carried out in 1984, revealed
a part of a necropolis dating from 8th–9th century. A Medieval settlement was discovered during the ground
survey in 1971 and 2007. Trench type excavations, which confirmed the existence of a settlement, were carried out
as soon as in the year 2008. On that occasion, there were found remains of settlement structures and two inhabitance
phases were defined, the earlier phase dating from 7th–8th century and the later one from 9th–10th century. In
2009, excavations were carried out on the right side of the road Pančevo-Kovin and there was excavated a part of a
Medieval necropolis on the tumulus, dating from 12th–13th century. It is supposed that there existed a church from
the same period. Systematic excavations of this settlement started during the campaign in 2010.

Glasnik Srpskog arheološkog društva, 2012

Rad Muzeja Vojvodine, 2012

Cercetări Arheologice , 2011

Glasnik Srpskog arheološkog društva, 2007

Glasnik Srpskog arheološkog društva, 2006

Каталог изложбе. Народни музеј Панчево., 2007

ЛИВАДЕ код Панчева, 2018

ЛИВАДЕ код Панчева, средњовеквона црква и некропола на енеолитској хумци, резултати археолошких и... more ЛИВАДЕ код Панчева, средњовеквона црква и некропола на енеолитској хумци, резултати археолошких истраживања 2009-2014, друго издање, Панчево 2018 / LIVADE near Pančevo, Medieval church and necropolis on the Eneolithic mound, Results of archaeological research 2009-2014, second edition, Pančevo 2018.

Vučković, V.; Vojislav Filipović, V.; Stojanović, B.; Risch, R. 2021, Crafting pottery in Bronze Age Europe: the archaeological background of the CRAFTER projectPublisher: Regional museum of Paraćin (Serbia), pp. 71-99., 2021

Vatin pottery is a symbol of Vatin society (2000 – 1500 cal BCE), which can be regarded as a high... more Vatin pottery is a symbol of Vatin society (2000 – 1500 cal BCE), which can be regarded as a highly rated work of art due to its quality, shapes and decorations. So far, it was mainly approached by archaeology from a chronological and cultural perspective, while an examination of a technology is still missing. In this study, the first results of a petrographical analysis of the clays used by Vatin potters are presented. Five pots from the settlements of Zlatica, near the modern village of Omoljica, and another five from Najeva Ciglana, near the town of Pančevo, both located on the northern side of the Danube, near Belgrade, have been studied in terms of temper and clay composition. The petrographic analyses show that clays were prepared in slightly different ways in each settlement, but that all shapes, including coarse as well as fi ne ware vessels, were manufactured with fine-grained non-carbonate clays of local origin.

Jesenji sastanak srednjovekovne sekcije SAD, 2023