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Lepenski Vir (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепенски Вир, "Lepena Whirlpool"), located in Serbia, is an important archaeological site of the Lepenski Vir culture (also called as Lepenski Vir-Schela Cladovei culture [2]).
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.
Buildings in Lepenski Vir, one of the largest Mesolithic towns in the Iron Gates, were of a trapezoidal shape and had floors of plaster, [10] which were also seen in other Mesolithic towns such as Schela Cladovei and Vlasac. [12] The houses discovered at these sites were generally small pit houses.
The important prehistoric archaeological site Lepenski Vir is also in this area. [17] The Deliblato Sands Special Natural Reserve: Banat: 2002 viii, ix, x (natural) A large sandy area, the remains of an ancient desert originating from the withdrawal of the Pannonian Sea. The area is mostly covered by vegetation, introduced in a planned manner ...
Even more significant are the Iron Gates Mesolithic (c. 13,000 to 5,000 BP) sites – in particular, the gorge of Gospodjin Vir, which contains the major archaeological site of Lepenski Vir (unearthed in the 1960s). Lepenski Vir is often regarded as the most important Mesolithic site in south-east Europe.
Lepenski Vir is an important Mesolithic archaeological site located 15 kilometers from Donji Milanovac. The latest radiocarbon and AMS data suggests that the chronology of Lepenski Vir is compressed between 9500/7200-6000 BC. [5] There is some disagreement about the early start of the settlement and culture of Lepenskir Vir.
The next expansion is located in eastern Serbia (Lepenski Vir) ca. 6100 BCE and since ca. 6000 BCE another cluster of settlements appears in northern Serbia. This general route of expansion suggests a wave of expansion model along river routes like the Morava Valley , but it is not a strictly defined model as not all northern sites are of a ...
English: Museum Lepenski Vir, sculpture Undine, quartz sandstone, 6300 - 5900 BCE Српски / srpski: Muzej Lepenski Vir, skulptura Vodena vila, kvarcni peščar, 6300 - 5900. pre n.e. Date