A Vinča potscape: formal chronological models for the use and development of Vinča ceramics in south-east Europe

Authors

  • Alasdair Whittle Cardiff University
  • Alex Bayliss English Heritage
  • Alistair Barclay Wessex Archaeology
  • Bisserka Gaydasrka Cardiff University
  • Eszter Bánffy Römisch-Germanische Kommission
  • Dušan Borić Cardiff University
  • Florin Draşovean Draşovean The National Museum of Banat
  • János Jakucs Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Miroslav Marić The Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • David Orton University of York
  • Ivana Pantović The City Museum of Vršac
  • Wolfram Schier Free University of Berlin
  • Nenad Tasić Belgrade University
  • Marc Vander Linden University College, London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.43.1

Keywords:

Neolithic, Vinča ceramics, Bayesian chronological modelling, radiocarbon dating, network

Abstract

Recent work at Vinča-Belo Brdo has combined a total of more than 200 radiocarbon dates with an array of other information to construct much more precise narratives for the structural history of the site and the cultural materials recovered from it. In this paper, we present the results of a recent attempt to construct formal models for the chronology of the wider Vinča potscape, so that we can place our now detailed understanding of changes at Belo Brdo within their contemporary contexts. We present our methodology for assessing the potential of the existing corpus of more than 600 radiocarbon dates for refining the chronology of the five phases of Vinča ceramics proposed by Milojčić across their spatial ranges, including a total of 490 of them in a series of Bayesian chronological models. Then we outline our main results for the development of Vinča pottery. Finally, we discuss some of the major implications for our understanding of the source, character and tempo of material change.

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Author Biographies

Alasdair Whittle, Cardiff University

Professor; Department of Archaeology and Conservation

Alex Bayliss, English Heritage

Professor

Alistair Barclay, Wessex Archaeology

PhD

Bisserka Gaydasrka, Cardiff University

PhD, Department of Archaeology and Conservation

Eszter Bánffy, Römisch-Germanische Kommission

Professor

Dušan Borić, Cardiff University

PhD, Department of Archaeology and Conservation

Florin Draşovean Draşovean, The National Museum of Banat

PhD

János Jakucs, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

PhD candidate, Institute of Archaeology

Miroslav Marić, The Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

PhD

David Orton, University of York

PhD, BioArCh, Department of Archaeology

Ivana Pantović, The City Museum of Vršac

PhD

Wolfram Schier, Free University of Berlin

Professor, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology

Nenad Tasić, Belgrade University

Professor, Faculty of Philosophy

Marc Vander Linden, University College, London

PhD, Institute of Archaelogy

Published

30.12.2016

How to Cite

Whittle, A., Bayliss, A., Barclay, A., Gaydasrka, B., Bánffy, E., Borić, D., Draşovean, F. D., Jakucs, J., Marić, M., Orton, D., Pantović, I., Schier, W., Tasić, N., & Vander Linden, M. (2016). A Vinča potscape: formal chronological models for the use and development of Vinča ceramics in south-east Europe. Documenta Praehistorica, 43, 1–60. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.43.1

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