Balkan archaeology in focus!
Ongoing archaeological excavations and scientific analyses of the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with local partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are brought together in this film covering about 6000 years of human history.
The visualization of the Balkan archaeological heritage puts the spotlight on a region that is in many ways fundamental to history on the European continent. Southeastern Europe is a key region for human history, where fundamental cultural, social and technological developments first appeared and had a lasting impact on Europe and its societies. Thus, the Balkan region is one of the most exciting and also challenging areas for basic archaeological research. The Austrian Academy of Sciences can look back on a long tradition of research in Southeastern Europe, which the Austrian Archaeological Institute continues in an intensive collaboration
with partners from various Balkan countries.
Five archaeological research areas are in focus
Area 1 (First Sedentary Farmers) is located in southern Serbia. The site of Svinjarička Čuka represents the Neolithic period and the oldest sedentary societies in the region. It was discovered by an Austrian-Serbian team and has been excavated since 2018 and subjected to interdisciplinary scientific research.
Area 2 (Rise of Copper Age central sites) lies in the southern Morava Valley with the site of Velika Humska Čuka representing the Copper Age and being excavated by the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade and the National Museum in Niš.
Area 3 (Bronze Age metallurgy) is situated in eastern Serbia near the modern metal industry centre of Bor and includes joint Austro-Serbian research on the Bronze Age settlements of Trnjane and Čoka Njica, as well as excavations in the recently discovered urn necropolis of Hajdučka Česma.
Area 4 (Bronze and Iron Age societies) is located in central Bosnia and has been investigated since 2019 by an Austrian-Bosnian team in Gradišće and Kopilo in the Zenica basin, where burial mounds and settlement remains from the Bronze to Iron Ages were identified.
Area 5 (Copper and Bronze Age burial mounds) is situated in north-eastern Bosnia, where Copper and Bronze Age burial mounds in Novo Selo and Muharine are being investigated in an Austrian-Bosnian collaboration.
Project: Visualizing the Unknown Balkans
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Host institution: Austrian Archaeological Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Funding: Innovation Fund “Research, Science and Society” of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; FWF NEOTECH project P32096; FWF New insights in Bronze Age metal producing societies project P32095
Project leaders: Barbara Horejs, Mario Gavranović
Cooperation partners:
Aleksandar Bulatović (Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade)
Vladimir Stevanović (National Museum Leskovac)
Aleksandar Kapuran (Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade)
Igor Jovanović (Museum of Mining and Metallurgy, Bor)
Ikbal Cogo (Zenica City Museum)
Snježana Antić (Museum of Semberija, Bijeljina)
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