Naslov
Symbols of identity - Vučedol culture past and present

Autori
Serventi, Zrinka ; Kasalo, Branko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Third Annual International CCCS Conference "Identity and Culture"

Mjesto i datum
Skoplje, Makedonija, 3. - 5. 9. 2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
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Ključne riječi
Vučedol culture, Croatian War of independence, creation of identity, Vučedol dove

Sažetak
During the eneolithic period the dominant and prevailing culture in the territory of Pannonian Croatia and beyond was the Vučedol culture, named after its eponym site Vučedol near Vukovar. It had a well-developed and complex religious system based on the worship of solar deities, personified through representations of concentric circles, spiral ornaments, "solar wheels" and migratory birds. Such motives are mostly documented on various highly decorative vessels, but Vučedol culture also had a prolific production of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic statues, and among them the most famous one, at least in current history, is the so-called Vučedol dove. Furthermore, the upper social strata of the community was most likely comprised of chieftains and metalworkers who had sacred knowledge of copper smelting, and with such "secret and mysterious powers" they were in focus of religious worship. Vučedol culture was also in special focus during the Croatian War of independence, which occurred after the violent breakup of Yugoslavia and eventually led to the formation of current independent state. In such a turbulent period Vukovar, which suffered horrifying devastation, played an important symbolic role, with an entire iconography developed around it and the aforementioned Vučedol dove became the paramount symbol of resistance and suffering, which was accordingly used in propaganda and in construction of national cohesion and identity. In this paper we shall, therefore, present both the evolution and creation of cult during the prehistoric period and explore in what way were such objects, ideas and religious beliefs transformed into completely new expressions and new identities, particularly during the war and in the subsequent period of formation of the country.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest, Arheologija

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