Vinca in the Archaeological Record: A Landscape Perspective

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Vinca in the Archaeological Record A Landscape
Perspective

Photo by John Matsunaga
Section 114 Forest Swartout Ben Doyle
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What is a landscape approach?

• Inherently interdisciplinary, a landscape
  approach emphasizes the dynamic interplay of
  people and their natural environments.

Photo by John Matsunaga
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Agriculture
Photo by John Matsunaga
Chapman, John. 1990. The Neolithic in the
Morava-Danube Confluence Area A Regional
Assessment of Settlement Pattern. In Ruth
Tringham and Dusan Krstic (ed.), Selevac A
Neolithic Village in Yugoslavia, Monumenta
Archaeologica 15, pp. 13-43. Los Angeles UCLA
Institute of Archaeology.Pp. 20, Fig.2.6.
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SelevacA Vinca Settlement over Time
Horticultural Model
Agricultural Model
Chapman, John. 1990. The Neolithic in the
Morava-Danube Confluence Area A Regional
Assessment of Settlement Pattern. In Ruth
Tringham and Dusan Krstic (ed.), Selevac A
Neolithic Village in Yugoslavia, Monumenta
Archaeologica 15, pp. 13-43. Los Angeles UCLA
Institute of Archaeology.Pp. ,37 Fig.2.22.
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GATHERING
Wild apples
Photos above and left taken from
www.saveur.com
Peas
Grapes
Lentils
Additional food items include Millet, Wild
Oats, Strawberries, Cherries, and Linseed
Bitter Vetch
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HUNTING
Catfish
Aurochs
FISHING
Red Deer
http//www.tabou.be/totem33.php
Carp
Also brown hare, wild cat, badger, pheasant,
mussels, crawfish
Wild Boars and Pigs
http//www.lovniturizam.cg.yu/english/srbija.htm
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References Cited
Anschuetz, Kurt, Richard Wilshusen, and Cherie
Scheick. 2001. An Archaeology of Landscapes
Perspectives and Directions. Journal of
Archaeological Research 9(2)
157-211. Chapman, John. 1981. The Vinca
Culture of South-East Europe Studies in
Chronology, Economy and Society. Oxford BAR
International Series 117. ___________. 1990.
The Neolithic in the Morava-Danube Confluence
Area A Regional Assessment of Settlement
Pattern. In Ruth Tringham and Dusan Krstic
(ed.), Selevac A Neolithic Village in
Yugoslavia, Monumenta Archaeologica 15, pp.
13-43. Los Angeles UCLA Institute of
Archaeology. ___________. 2000. Fragmentation
in Archaeology People, Places and Broken
Objects in the Prehistory of South-eastern
Europe. London Routledge. Image
Credits Slides 1-3) All photos taken by John
Matsunaga. 3 and 4) See Chapman, 1990. Slide
5) Saveur Online www.saveur.com and BioImages
www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P165133.HTM. Slide 6) )
Hunting Tourism http//www.lovniturizam.cg.yu/eng
lish/srbija.htm and http//www.tabou.be/totem33.p
hp.