Late medieval horizon at the Najeva ciglana locality in Pančevo, Позносредњовековни хоризонт на локалитету Најева циглана у Панчеву

Glasnik Srpskog arheološkog društva, 2012

Балканы, Подунавье и восточная Европа в римское время и Эпоху средневековья, Москва, 2022

This article attempts to develop a relative chronology and a preliminary periodization of a multilayered antique/ late antique settlement at the „Ciglana” in Dolovo based on the materials of modern systematic archaeological excavations that have been conducted since 2013. The research revealed the remains of several settlements that discontinuously existed here from ancient times to the 12th – 13th cc. 127 closed complexes belong to the antique period. An extremely intricate horizontal stratigraphy with mutual overlapping of archaeological objects can be observed. There is distinguished a group of objects, the stratigraphic correlation of which allows to clearly distinguish three horizons of settlements within the antique and late antique periods. The first horizon, named Dolovo 1, identified on the basis of chrono-indicating findings, was dated to the second half of the 2nd - the last third of the 3rd cc. Chronologically it coincides with the Marcomannic wars and the departure of the Romans from the province of Dacia (166/180 – 271, or the periods B2/C1 and C1 of Central European chronology). It is characterized by the material culture, based on the Dacian culture of the late La Tene era, which was affected by a strong Roman influence. Today it is considered unique and has no analogies among the materials of Serbian Banat. The Dolovo 2 horizon was formed in the first half of the 4th c., after the earlier settlement had been abandoned; it existed until the end of the second third of the 4th c. (periods C2 and C3). Apparently, this settlement was abandoned during the wars of Emperor Constantius II against the Limigantes (359). Its material culture is characteristic of Sarmatian-Limigantian settlements, i.e. settlements of the Baranda type. The pottery traditions of the earlier period were discontinued, a new type of dwellings appeared (a semi-earth lodge with a central pillar). The last horizon of the Late Roman settlement is Dolovo 3. Based on stratigraphy and the findings two periods can be singled out. The first phase (Dolovo 3a) dates to the last quarter of the 4th – first decades of the 5th cc. (Central European period D1). At this period the settlement was damaged in a fire. The second phase (Dolovo 3b) dates to the second quarter of the 5th century (period D2). It is the last settlement that can be correlated with the anonymous barbarians of the rhetorician Priscus of Pania, it was forever abandoned around the middle of the 5th c.. The Dolovo 3 horizon is characterized by a high proportion of moulded ceramics, the appearance of ceramics made on a slow-rotation throwing wheel, as well as a large variety of vessels made on a fast-rotation throwing wheel. New types of dwelling appeared – ground houses with deep basements.

Балканы, Подунавье и восточная Европа в римское время и Эпоху средневековья, Москва, 2022

This paper aims at specifying the existence period of the archaeological complex Livade on the basis of data received during the excavations in 1984 and 2008–2013, as well as comparative analysis of the material found there with some studied sites in close proximity to Livade, on the territory of the southern part of Serbian Banat. It is essential to work out the chronological scale for antiquities of the 8th – 11th cc. on this territory.

Glasnik muzeja Banata 19, 2017

Here are represented some random findings from the archaeological collection of the National Museum in Pančevo, which were found at the location of the „Donjovaroška ciglana“ in Pančevo and which belong to the time span from the beginning of Migration Period until the advance of the Avars to the Carpathian Basin in 568 AD. The particular attention was paid to the finding of the grave from this period, which was discovered during the excavation of the site in 2003. The location of the „Donjovaroška ciglana“ covers the western periphery of the town Pančevo named Topola, about 500 m west from the main road Pančevo-the southern zone-Starčevo. In the period before the Second World War, five artificially deformed skulls were found at this site, which are characteristic for the Migration Period. The earliest epoch of the Migration Period, which could be synchronized with the phase D1 of Central European periodization (360/370–400/410), belong the chance finding of a single-handle jug. Before the Second World War from this site, the bronze and bone buckles came to the National Museum of Pančevo, probably from some of the destroyed graves. These findings already belong to the „posthun“ horizon, which could be synchronized with the period D3 of central European chronology (450–480/490). During the archaeological excavations on the site „Donjovaroška ciglana“ in Pančevo in 2003, a isolated grave of a woman with an artificially deformed skull, about 30 years old, was found. It was found at the depth of 1.14 m, oriented west-east direction with a deviation towards the north. On the left side of the skull, a bronze earring was found, with a full massive poliedar pendant and a twisted link, and the same earring was found during the cleaning of the skull. The time of the burial of this deceased should be placed in the second half or in the last quarter of the 5th century, that is, in the framework of the developed central European phase D3, certainly after 454 AD. According to the presented findings, at the site „Donjovaroška ciglana“ in Pančevo, we can count on the existence of two horizons within the epoch of the Migration Period. The former would belong to the earliest period of this era, from the last quarter of 4th to the first half of the 5th century. The second, somewhat younger horizon, would belong to the time following the crumbling of the Huns tribal alliance after 454, or the second half of the 5th century.

Митолошки зборник 28, 2013, - 1) стр. 43-88; - 2) стр. 125-142.

Зборник Музеја примењене уметности 17, 2021

Миша Ракоција, Урбана топографија средњовековног Ниша из записа путописа и старих карата, Ниш и Византија XIV, Ниш 2016, 37-78. Miša Rakocija, Urban topography of medieval Niš from the notes, travelogues and old maps, Niš and Byzantium XIV, Niš 2016, 37-78.

English Summary of the Exhibition Catalogue, dedicated mainly to Early Byzantine finds, not excluding Prehistoric, Roman and Early Medieval.

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Arheoloski Informator Vol. 4, 2020