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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.
The figurines found not only represent deities but many show the daily life of the inhabitants while crude pottery finds appear to have been made by children. Women are depicted in short tops and skirt wearing jewellery. [ 1 ]
Vinča-Belo Brdo (Serbian: Винча-Бело брдо) is an archaeological site in Vinča, a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia.The tell of Belo Brdo ('White Hill') is almost entirely made up of the remains of human settlement, and was occupied several times from the Early Neolithic (c. 5700 BCE) through to the Middle Ages.
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 researches in this settlement were developed during the time frame of 1955–1961. The researchers confirmed the presence of two Neolithic settlements (Vinca culture), set apart from one another by approximately 200 meters. In the earlier date settlement or Fafos I, were discovered dwellings of half-buried shelter huts, whereas, in the ...
Neolithic clay amulet (retouched), part of the Tărtăria tablets set, supposedly dated to c. 5500–2750 BC and associated with the Turdaș-Vinča culture.. The Tărtăria tablets (Romanian pronunciation: [tərtəˈri.a]) are three tablets, reportedly discovered in 1961 at a Neolithic site in the village of Tărtăria in Săliștea commune (about 30 km (19 mi) from Alba Iulia), from Transylvania.
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