Dating the Early Neolithic in Pelagonia: Closing a chronological gap in Balkan prehistory

Goce Naumov; Agathe Reingruber

doi:10.4312/dp.51.22

Authors

Goce Naumov Einstein Center – Chronoi, Berlin, Germany
Agathe Reingruber Free University of Berlin, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.51.22

Keywords:

Early Neolithic, Pelagonia, geographical region of Macedonia, absolute chronology, Neolithization process

Abstract

Since Gordon V. Childe first discussed the diffusion of culture from the Near East into Europe 100 years ago, various models for the advance of the Neolithic way of life have been proposed. Chronology has played an important role in this, but not all regions were included in the narratives due to a lack of data. Recent investigations in the border area between North Macedonia and Greece, namely in Pelagonia, have provided reliable new radiocarbon sequences, in total 42 new radiocarbon dates, that will contribute to the discussion on the Neolithic chronology of the Balkans.

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