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Late neolithic pottery standardization
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This paper defines the notion of standardization, presents the methodological approach to analysis, points to the problems and limitation arising in examination of materials from archaeological excavations, and presents the results of the analysis of coefficients of variation of metric parameters of the Late Neolithic vessels recovered at the sites of Vinča and Motel Slatina. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177012: Society, the spiritual and material culture and communications in prehistory and early history of the Balkans]
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Le site laténien de Dautovac - Korićani et les fibules ornées de "boucles" ou de "huit" - "à brandebourgs"
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(francuski) Lors de sondages sur le site de Dautovac, près de Kragujevac, on a mis au jour un matériel archéologique appartenant à un habitat ouvert de la période de La Tène, daté de la fin du II ème et du Ier siècle av. n. è. Une fibule en fil de La Tène moyenne, avec enroulement décoratif, livrée par ce site est ici l'occasion de procéder à une brève analysede l'origine et de la diffusion des fibules de ce type spécifique du III ème/II ème siècle av. n. è.
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Lead seals with tetrarchic busts from the imperial palace in Sirmium
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In the course of archaeological excavations of the north section of the imperial palace in Sirmium (locality 85), conducted in 2015, as many as 39 lead seals were found to the south of column IV of the polygonal structure encountered in 2014. Nine specimens of imperial seals with a representation of four busts, i.e. images of the tetrarchs, are particularly interesting in this group. These seals appear in three iconographic variants (a-c) depending on whether the four busts are positioned in two rows or in a single row and whether they are of identical size. The discovery of imperial lead seals with the busts of tetrarchs bears witness to the importance of Sirmium at the time of the tetrarchy, not only as an army base for Diocletian’s wars against the Sarmatians, but also as a commercial centre where the deliveries of various products also arrived. They were, among other things, intended for building and decorating the polygonal structure used for celebrating the imperial cult.[Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177007: Romanization, urbanization and transformation of urban centres of civil, military and residential character in Roman provinces on territory of Serbia]
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Leda and the Swan
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A fragmented marble sculpture was found during the construction works on the canalisation collector in Skelani (Municipium Malvesatium). The sculpture presents a life-size bird’s torso with his right webbed foot placed on a female’s left thigh, part of a folded cloth and a child-like hand placed on the lower part of the bird’s torso. It was identified as a mythological scene favoured in antiquity, of Leda and Zeus in the guise of the swan, at the moment of Zeus’ seduction of Leda. This sculptural fragment holds even greater significance in the comprehension of Roman provincial art, since to date, it represents a unique example of this iconographic type, not only in sculpture, but in any other work of art in the territory of the Central Balkans. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177007: Romanization, urbanization and transformation of urban centres of civilian and military character in the Roman provinces in the territory of Serbia]
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Lepenski Vir chronology and stratigraphy revisited
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This article offers a new look at the stratigraphy and chronology of Mesolithic and Neolithic deposits at Lepenski Vir, particularly based on newly available Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dating and aDNA genomic evidence. It focuses on a detailed analysis of several key contexts for which new radiocarbon dates are available while at the same time reviewing taphonomic and age-offset problems when dating human remains and other materials affected by the aquatic reservoir effect in the Danube Gorges area. The robust chronological evidence as well as available stratigraphic data overwhelmingly show that the start of the main and iconic phase of the occupation of this site, represented by the architecture of trapezoidal buildings and sculpted sandstone boulders, should unequivocally be dated to the period of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the last two centuries of the seventh millennium cal BC. At this time, local forager populations of distinct hunter-gatherer genetic ancestry came into contact and mixed with incoming Neolithic, farming populations of north-western Anatolian genetic ancestry, based on the available genomic data but also supported by studies of material culture traditions. The article deals directly with the recent criticism of this chrono-stratigraphic model for Lepenski Vir.
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Limes and cross
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The article considers the ways in which the implementation of Justinian’s ecclesial enactments in the Balkans may have influenced the military and political developments on the Lower Danube frontier of the Empire. The specific circumstances in which Justinian’s fortification and building program came into being, as well as the sharp decline of the rural population in the Balkans, may explain the striking absence of major monastic sites in the area. Despite the growing power of bishops, there were no missions across the frontier. It is suggested that Christian artifacts and practices were known to barbarians north of the Danube, but on the northern frontier of the empire, no political gains were expected to result from missions of evangelization.
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Listing settlements and distances
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Our contribution is focused on the analysis and interpretation of several pieces of historical data regarding the Emona-Singidunum road along the Drava River, from three important ancient documents: Itinerarium Burdigalense sive Hierosolymitanum, Tabula Peutingeriana and Itinerarium Antonini. The key question of this study is: can the Bordeaux itinerary bring more light to the question of the sources of these ancient documents? If so, which method should be used to prove this? Therefore, we decided to compare data from the Peutinger map and the Antonine itinerary with those contained in the Bordeaux itinerary, by discussing a sector of the Aquileia-Viminacium road, more precisely, the route between Emona and Siscia. The objective was to see if there are resemblances or differences between these documents. After this comparative analysis of the three ancient sources, we reached some general conclusions and observations concerning these documents. The most important observation is that the structure of the Bordeaux itinerary along the Emona-Singidunum route reveals a careful planning of the main Roman road infrastructure during the 4th century A.D. (corresponding to the reorganisation of the official state transport, cursus publicus) and before this time. Why did the pilgrim choose the Emona-Poetovio-Sirmium-Singidunum road (along the Drava River), which measures 398 miles, instead of the Emona-Siscia-Sirmium-Singidunum road, along the Sava River, which is shorter (approximately 340 miles)? We suppose the answer is based on the full understanding of the infrastructure along the Drava River. This road could provide better travelling conditions for those officials who travelled using cursus publicus. However, we think the answer is based on another important issue. Using the official transportation system, the pilgrim chose the ‘official’ road.
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Lower paleolithic site Kremenac near the village Rujnik (Serbia)
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The site Kremenac has been known for decades as a location where large quantity of raw material for production of the chipped stone artifacts had been found. Only the excavations in 1995 and 1996 defined to a certain extent the artifacts, which indicated by their morphology the Lower Paleolithic date of this site. Because of the impossibility to study for the time being the material from the excavations this work deals with the surface chance finds, which are typologically and even more morphologically distinctive and on the basis of which it is possible to indicate the exceptional early date and importance of this site. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177020: Archaeology of Serbia: Cultural identity, integrational factors, technological processes and role of Central Balkan in evolution of European prehistory]
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Lucius Septimius Petronianus and Tiberius Claudius Proculus Cornelianus
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This article discusses the careers of Lucius Septimius Petronianus and Tiberius Claudius Proculus Cornelianus, who successively held the post of procurator of the mining districts situated in the valley of the lower Drina river during the second half of the 2nd century A.D. It aims to point out a connection between both procurators and Gnaeus Iulius Verus, a famous senator and general originating from the Roman colony of Aequum, in Dalmatia and one of Marcus Aurelius’ amici in the early years of the latter’s reign. The presence of the protégés of Gnaeus Iulius Verus in the richest mining region of Illyricum is indicative of two things: the emperor’s willingness to entrust these mines to the protégés of his closest associate at a time when this region was under constant threat from barbarian attacks, and also the possible intention of Gnaeus Iulius Verus to protect his own investment in mining.
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L’ipotesi sulla progettazione dello spazio della chiesa Đurđevi Stupovi
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(italijanski) Quest’articolo tratta l’analisi del progetto della chiesa monastica dedicata a S. Giorgio (1170/71), situata nei pressi di Novi Pazar, fondazione del gran giuppano Stefan Nemanja. Il metodo dell’ autore richiedeva un cambio dei canoni di lettura di quelli applicati a S. Nicola a Toplica, la fondazione precedente della stessa committenza, per poter comprendere l’organizzazione della pianta di S. Giorgio, progettazione del suo spazio interno, modellazione del suo volume e realizzazione da parte dallo stesso costruttore. Secondo l’autore l’interno della chiesa sia stato congeniato attraverso le due assialità - longitudinale e trasversale configurando una nuova concezione dello spazio, cui contribuisce, anche notevole altezza. La pianta della chiesa presenta una superficie quadrata in cui centro è posizionata l’aula centrale, coperta da cupola. L’aula centrale è il luogo che ammetteva due diverse assialità (per questo volutamente rettangolare in pianta), e aveva perseguito senso della verticalità che ha dato movimento all’intera volumetria centrale offrendo luogo alla terza asse, quella verticale. Le simili misure di queste tre assi (13.8 m, 14.24 m, 14.3 m) hanno fatto pensare all’autore che la genesi progettuale sottostante sia una forma cubica, la cui base sono tre assi avvalorati dalle prospettive conseguenti: una parte dall’ingresso ad ovest toccando il culmine dell’abside centrale; questo asse è tagliato ortogonalmente dal secondo che unisce i due portali laterali; il terzo asse parte dal centro geometrico d’incontro delle prospettive a terra salendo al sommo della cupola. L’analisi ha mostrato anche l’ingresso principale era il luogo delle generatrici visive: una ortogonale (l’ase longitudinale) e due oblique (che si creano lungo i fuochi dell’elisse centrale che immettevano nelle abside laterali).
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