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Published February 26, 2018 | Version v1
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Onsite Bioarchaeological Knowledge of the Neolithic settlements in the Balkans: The case of Vrbjanska Čuka, a tell-site in Pelagonia, Republic of Macedonia

  • 1. Laboratory for Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Česke Budejovice, Czech Republic; Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, South Bohemia, Česke Budejovice, Czech Republic
  • 2. Center for Prehistoric Research/ Goce Delčev University, Republic of Macedonia
  • 3. Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, South Bohemia, Česke Budejovice, Czech Republic
  • 4. Laboratory for Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Česke Budejovice, Czech Republic
  • 5. BioSense Institute, University of Novi Sad
  • 6. BioSense Institute, University of Novi Sad; Laboratory for Bioarchaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

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The first part of this contribution comprises of an outline of bioarchaeological studies connected with the Neolithic settlements in the Balkans. A substantial proliferation of environmental studies is recorded in the last decade concerning archaeobotanical and archaeozoological evidence. Main attention is paid to archaeobotanical and archaeozoological studies which consider settlements and their bioarchaeological context. The second part is focused on the Neolithic tell-site of Vrbjanska Čuka in Pelagonia, Republic of Macedonia, where authors have been performing bioarchaeological research since 2016. In this paper, we present the results of the analyses of botanical macroremains and microremains (starch, phytoliths) and faunal remains collected in season 2016 in the broader context of the Neolithic Balkans in order to estimate the bioarchaeological potential of the site.

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BIRTH – Births, mothers and babies: prehistoric fertility in the Balkans between 10000 – 5000 BC 640557
European Commission