Dolsko – Spodnje Škovce and a new insight into the settlement, chronology, ceramic style(s), and subsistence strategies of the Late Neolithic Sava group in Slovenia

Bine Kramberger; Borut Toškan; Tjaša Tolar

doi:10.4312/dp.51.18

Authors

Bine Kramberger Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Centre for Preventive Archaeology, Ljubljana; Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Archaeology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Borut Toškan Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Archaeology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tjaša Tolar Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Archaeology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.51.18

Keywords:

Slovenia, Late Neolithic settlement, Sava group of the Lengyel Culture, radiocarbon dating, pottery analysis, archaeobotany, archaeozoology

Abstract

Radiocarbon dates, analysis of ceramic finds, animal bones, fruits/seeds and wood (charcoal) from settlement features of the Sava group of the Lengyel Culture at the site of Dolsko – Spodnje Škovce in central Slovenia are presented and discussed in this paper. The aim of the study was to place the excavated material culture in its regional and supra-regional context in order to improve the understanding of Late Neolithic settlement features, chronology, pottery style(s) and subsistence strategies in settlements throughout the area of distribution of the Sava group. This is the first synthesis of archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data from the 5^th millennium cal BC sites in Slovenia, including the evaluation and comparison of plant macro-remains and animal bones, and the first synthesis of data on technological and typological aspects of pottery production in the settlements obtained using the same analytical approach. Uncertainties regarding the chronology of different variations of a pottery style and subsistence strategies are emphasized.

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