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The study presents a comprehensive examination of Neolithic material culture in Macedonia, focusing particularly on ceramic, stone, bone, antler, and shell artifacts. It elaborates on the aesthetic, functional, and symbolic significance of decorated objects and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic representations found in Neolithic communities. It argues that these artifacts reflect cognitive processes of the time and contribute to an understanding of the identity, social structures, and environmental interactions of these early societies.
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DOES ONE SIZE FIT ALL? INVERTED-RIM BOWLS FROM THE LATE NEOLITHIC SITES OF BELOVODE AND PLOČNIK
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Inverted-rim bowls show a noticeable continuity through the Vinča D phase and represent one of the most distinctive features of Late Neo- lithic ceramic assemblages in the Central Balkans. Two additional char- acteristics are their abundance and high fragmentation rates. Namely, inverted-rim bowls have the highest frequencies among morphological vessel classes in Late Neolithic assemblages, although complete examples are somewhat rare. Due to their abundance, they have been the subject of investigation and discussion by many scholars to date (Jovanović 2015; Spasić et al. 2018; Vuković 2011b; Vuković and Miloglav 2018), who, from different theoretical and methodological perspectives, have studied their charac- teristics, providing valuable insights into the understanding of the biog- raphy of these artifacts and enabling comparative research in the region. It is generally understood that inverted-rim bowls at Late Neolithic sites predominantly reflect domestic activities, since they were regularly found in the household (complete vessels), near the oven, i.e. in the context re- lated to food preparation, and that they were, therefore, probably used by household members as individual eating bowls. Nevertheless, it is impor- tant to stress that several examples found at the necropolis of Gomolava (Jovanović 2015) indicate that this type of bowl played a significant role in the funerary context as well. Using the corpus of inverted-rim bowls from the sites of Belovode and Pločnik, this paper aims to contribute to the present understanding of their function and socio-economic importance within Late Neolithic communities in the territory of the Central Balkans.
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