Naslov
GLOBOTRUNCANA AS ANCIENT PATHS ILLUMINATORS

Autori
Šošić Klindžić, Rajna

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

Izvornik
24th EAA Annual Meeting (Barcelona, 2018) – Abstract Book / Kleinová, Kateřina - Barcelona : EAA, 2018, 102-102

ISBN
978-80-907270-3-8

Skup
24th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists

Mjesto i datum
Barcelona, Španjolska, 05.09.2018. - 08.09.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
Neolithic, Croatia, siliceous rocks, mobility

Sažetak
Early Neolithic in the present day Eastern Croatia is characterized by the predominance of one type of siliceous rock as the raw material for stone tool production. This particular raw material use in everyday life was limited to area between Sava, Drava and Dan-ube rivers in space. It also had limited time span as it was used only during the Starčevo culture. With its end, this raw material was no longer used for tool production. Later Neolithic communities used more opportunistic ways of raw material procurement – they were using radiolarite pebbles easily obtained from the Sava and Drava river beds. This particular raw material was often mistaken for radiolarite because of its macroscopic characteristics and similarity to radiolarites that are abundant in the surrounding Dinaric Ophiolite Zone (DOZ). However, petrological analysis revealed presence of Upper Cretaceous foraminifera globotruncana. Petrolog-ical and subsequent geochemical analysis proved that early Neolithic population between Sava and Drava rivers exploited and used silicified limestones of Upper Cretaceous age from NW part of Sava-Vardar zone. The outcrops belong to the greater masses of Upper Cretaceous carbonate rocks which are tectonically in discordant position to the DOZ. Outcrops are located 30-50 km south from the river Sava where sites with biggest lithic assemblages are situated. Samples from 8 archaeological sites were analyzed and compared to the samples from outcrops. All of the samples were Upper Cretaceous silicified limestones. These results showed that geochemical, as well as petrologic data are very important for understanding the processes of decision making, raw material procurement, production, use and distribution of stone tools by prehistoric population. Further on, it revealed to us the elaborate and complex use of environment and a preference for a particular type of raw material regardless of its accessibility.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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