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According to Marija Gimbutas, the Vinča culture was part of Old Europe – a relatively homogeneous, peaceful and matrifocal culture that occupied Europe during the Neolithic. According to this hypothesis its period of decline was followed by an invasion of warlike, horse-riding Proto-Indo-European tribes from the Pontic–Caspian steppe . [ 40 ]
A modern drawing of a clay vessel unearthed in Vinča, found at a depth of 8.5 m (28 ft). The Vinča symbols [a] are a set of undeciphered symbols found on artifacts from the Neolithic Vinča culture and other "Old European" cultures of Central and Southeast Europe.
This flourishing culture was the largest known in Europe at that time, extending along the Danube into the Balkans and Central Europe. Thousands of clay statuettes have been discovered in the region's Vinca settlements suggestive of the intense magic-religious practices within the Vinca culture.
Lepenski Vir is a mesolithic archaeological site of the Iron Gates culture, near Donji Milanovac, dating to 7000 BC with the peak of culture in 5300–4800 BC. Numerous piscine sculptures and peculiar architecture are testimony to a rich social and religious life led by the inhabitants and the high cultural level of these early Europeans.
The Vinča houses at Pločnik had stoves and special holes specifically for rubbish, and the dead were buried in cemeteries. People slept on woollen mats and fur and made clothes of wool, flax and leather.
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Map of the Vinča culture according to Chapman, John (1981) The Vinča culture of south-east Europe: Studies in chronology, economy and society (2 vols), BAR International Series, 117, Oxford: B.A.R, p. 189 ISBN: 0-86054-139-8. Date: 16 September 2010, 16:27 (UTC) Source: Own work. This file was derived from: Blank Map of Europe -w boundaries.svg
Vidovdanka is a Late Mesolithic anthropomorphic figurine made of terracotta regarded as symbol of the Vinča culture, which flourished in prehistoric Serbia in 5500 BC. It was excavated at 6.2 metres (20 ft) deep in Vinča, Serbia on the day of Vidovdan (hence the name) in 1930. It stands 30.7 centimetres (12.1 in) tall.