Naslov
Global Villge at the Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age –Alilovci (Croatia) - Case Study

Autori
Mavrović Mokos, Janja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
26th EAA Virtual Annual Meeting

Mjesto i datum
Online; konferencija, 24.08.2020. - 30.08.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Middle Bronze Age, Tumulus Culture, Carpathian Basin

Sažetak
For the first time, the research of this site has provided a detailed and stratigraphically reliable insight into the appearance of residential structures at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age in Croatia. Alilovci are situated in the Požega Valley, which is located on a favourable communication route and sheltered by mountains from all sides. Despite its compactness, this mountainous area is strategically open to a very important communication route – the Sava River, which played a significant role throughout prehistory. This made Alilovci a safe place to live during the Middle Bronze Age as it was in the hinterland, surrounded by mountains, and provided a relatively quick exit to the Sava River, alongside which ran a prehistoric trade route. In this way Alilovci were connected to the whole Carpathian Basin. Those connections are visible on several levels. Some types of pots and bowls have almost identical counterparts that can be found at well-known sites in Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. In addition, decorating with plastic applications with a triangular cross section that have been found on several pots can be linked to the impulses associated with the area of the Tumulus culture. This relative chronological situation has been confirmed by radiocarbon dating, which has provided series of dates between 1650-1500 BC and 1500-1300 BC. Except ceramic material, belonging to Litzen pottery, two more finds of great significance have also been discovered in the stratigraphically reliable context – a Brotlaibidol and an amber bead. These two finds are unique, since they are the only two such items discovered in mainland Croatia. All this supports the fact that the Middle Bronze Age was a dynamic period during which the transfer of ideas and goods took place quickly across the entire territory of the Carpathian Basin, which turned it into a global village!

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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