Naslov
Western Syrmia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (17th-12th c. BC)

Autori
Ložnjak Dizdar, Daria ; Mihelić, Sanjin

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

Skup
19th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists

Mjesto i datum
Pilsen, Češka Republika, 04.09.2013. - 08.09.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Western Syrmia; Bronze Age; settlements; communication; Danube

Sažetak
The area of Western Syrmia was densely populated in the Middle Bronze Age and at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age. A number of settlements are known in the stretch between Vukovar and Ilok and there are also a number of presumed contemporary settlements in the same area. Moreover, the two southernmost hoards of the Koszider horizon were discovered there. This area is further interesting due to certain perceived regularities used by Bronze Age communities in selecting positions for settlements, some of which are of the tell type, whereas others were clearly smaller and of shorter duration. The finds of the Szeremle group and the Vatin culture, as well as, a little later, the newly formed Belegiš I culture, bear witness to intensive communications taking place in this area at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, positioning the area at the border of sorts between the Southern Pannonian circle and the cultural groups of Transdanubia of the time, which in a way explains the presence of the southernmost Middle Bronze Age hoards of Lovas and Vukovar. Western Syrmia provides an interesting example of how the Danube, as a Central European communication route, conditioned the formation of central settlements on loess plateaus and how larger settlements were distributed in the hinterland as part of a regional communication network.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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