Hiatus, lacunes et absences: identifier et interpréter les vides archéologiques. Actes du 29e Congrès préhistorique de France, 31 mai-4 juin 2021, Toulouse. Session Les espaces vides: preuves d’absences ou absences de preuves?, Société préhistorique française, Paris, 2024, pp. 105-120. , 2024
The open-air archaeological site of Konjevrate-Groblje was discovered in 1988 and subsequently pa... more The open-air archaeological site of Konjevrate-Groblje was discovered in 1988 and subsequently partly excavated in four campaigns. In preliminary reports, the site was interpreted as being a Neolithic Impressed Ware settlement. Several thousand chippedstone artifacts were initially attributed to the same Neolithic phase and interpreted as the remains of a lithic “workshop” within the village. Recently, the collected assemblage was revisited and re-examined: analyses of the pottery confirmed its Early Neolithic date, but surprisingly, most of the lithic assemblage showed characteristics of the Epigravettian industry. A new excavation campaign was conducted in 2018 to further investigate the chronological sequence of Konjevrate and determine whether an Epigravettian date could be corroborated. The results of this investigation demonstrated that the two cultural-chronological occupation episodes that were suggested for the assemblage can also be clearly distinguished stratigraphically in situ. Moreover, the excavation results, combined with the accidental and surface finds collected in the vicinity, suggested that the site’s occupation sequence spanned a part of the Upper Paleolithic, throughout the Neolithic and possibly into the early Copper Age. As such, the case of the Konjevrate-Groblje site serves as a good example of the importance of revisiting archaeological assemblages in museum collections and shows how, based on the high level of specialization of researchers’ expertise in archaeology today, revisiting old assemblages can shed new light on a site’s complexities and importance
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Settlements, Culture and Population Dynamics in Balkan Prehistory
International Conference
13-14.03.2015
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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General Editor: Vasilka Dimitrovska
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research of this site, as well as other cave sites on Kvarner islands, was initiated by Vladimir Mirosavljević in the mid-twentieth century. As the
result of his research, Vorganjska peć, alongside Jami na Sredi on the island of Cres and Vela špilja on the island of Lošinj, became a significant source of data about the Neolithic of the Kvarner region and thereby an essential part of discussions about this period on the eastern Adriatic coast. Since this research was never fully published, the site was re-excavated in order to review previously obtained data about the cave usage in prehistory. The research results provided insight into the stratigraphic sequence of intact prehistoric archaeological deposits with Early and Middle Neolithic finds. The analysis of stratification and artefacts contributes to our knowledge of complex mechanisms of neolithisation of the eastern Adriatic and confirms the undeniable informative and interpretative significance of the site in the studies of the northern Adriatic Neolithic.
Northern Dalmatia, the most fertile region of the Eastern Adriatic, hosts the most important Neolithic open-air sites. Early Neolithic is associated with the Impressed Ware culture and dates back to c. 6000–5400 cal BC. The Early Neolithic lithic assemblages are characterized by the pressure blade production techniques on high-quality Gargano cherts reflecting important socio-economic and technical mutations that are specific to the Neolithic.
Moreover, the almost exclusive reliance on these exogenous cherts emphasizes the social aspects of such networks and reinforces the idea of cultural uniformity of Dalmatian and Apulian Impressed Ware.
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ERRATUM: p. 359, fig. 3 : for "Whitte spotted flint" /Balkan flint" more accurate date is cca. 6050 cal BC instead of cca. 6200 cal BC (M.Gurova, personal communication, November 6, 2019)
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Experimental archaeology can be defined as the reconstruction of buildings, technologies, objects and environmental contexts, based on archaeological evidence, in order to investigate the materiality of people's lives in the past. This session aims to bring together different individuals working on experimental approaches to hunter-gatherers (archaeologists, anthropologists, prehistorians, ethnoarchaeologists, experimental practitioners, artisans, artists...) from different backgrounds and research traditions. We invite researchers dealing with past crafts and techniques in order to question the role of experimental archaeology in understanding the diversity of hunter-gatherer lifestyles. Topics might include past and present hunter-gatherers, Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology, lithic and osseous technology, pottery manufacture, ancient construction techniques, subsistence strategies, food techniques, production and processing, arts and ornaments, apprenticeship and technological transmissions…
Environnements, chronologies et dynamiques culturelles du
Dernier Maximum Glaciaire au début du Néolithique (ca. 23 000 à 6000 ans cal. BC)
Recent research in the Prehistory of the Balkans
Environments, Chronologies and Cultural Dynamics from the
Late Glacial Maximum to the beginning of the Neolithic (ca. 23,000 to 6000 cal BC)
Séance spécialisée de la Société préhistorique française
4-5 octobre 2021, Nanterre Université
http://haemus.org.mk
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
research of this site, as well as other cave sites on Kvarner islands, was initiated by Vladimir Mirosavljević in the mid-twentieth century. As the
result of his research, Vorganjska peć, alongside Jami na Sredi on the island of Cres and Vela špilja on the island of Lošinj, became a significant source of data about the Neolithic of the Kvarner region and thereby an essential part of discussions about this period on the eastern Adriatic coast. Since this research was never fully published, the site was re-excavated in order to review previously obtained data about the cave usage in prehistory. The research results provided insight into the stratigraphic sequence of intact prehistoric archaeological deposits with Early and Middle Neolithic finds. The analysis of stratification and artefacts contributes to our knowledge of complex mechanisms of neolithisation of the eastern Adriatic and confirms the undeniable informative and interpretative significance of the site in the studies of the northern Adriatic Neolithic.
Northern Dalmatia, the most fertile region of the Eastern Adriatic, hosts the most important Neolithic open-air sites. Early Neolithic is associated with the Impressed Ware culture and dates back to c. 6000–5400 cal BC. The Early Neolithic lithic assemblages are characterized by the pressure blade production techniques on high-quality Gargano cherts reflecting important socio-economic and technical mutations that are specific to the Neolithic.
Moreover, the almost exclusive reliance on these exogenous cherts emphasizes the social aspects of such networks and reinforces the idea of cultural uniformity of Dalmatian and Apulian Impressed Ware.
..................................................................................................................
ERRATUM: p. 359, fig. 3 : for "Whitte spotted flint" /Balkan flint" more accurate date is cca. 6050 cal BC instead of cca. 6200 cal BC (M.Gurova, personal communication, November 6, 2019)
Experimental archaeology can be defined as the reconstruction of buildings, technologies, objects and environmental contexts, based on archaeological evidence, in order to investigate the materiality of people's lives in the past. This session aims to bring together different individuals working on experimental approaches to hunter-gatherers (archaeologists, anthropologists, prehistorians, ethnoarchaeologists, experimental practitioners, artisans, artists...) from different backgrounds and research traditions. We invite researchers dealing with past crafts and techniques in order to question the role of experimental archaeology in understanding the diversity of hunter-gatherer lifestyles. Topics might include past and present hunter-gatherers, Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology, lithic and osseous technology, pottery manufacture, ancient construction techniques, subsistence strategies, food techniques, production and processing, arts and ornaments, apprenticeship and technological transmissions…
Environnements, chronologies et dynamiques culturelles du
Dernier Maximum Glaciaire au début du Néolithique (ca. 23 000 à 6000 ans cal. BC)
Recent research in the Prehistory of the Balkans
Environments, Chronologies and Cultural Dynamics from the
Late Glacial Maximum to the beginning of the Neolithic (ca. 23,000 to 6000 cal BC)
Séance spécialisée de la Société préhistorique française
4-5 octobre 2021, Nanterre Université