14C dating of early Neolithic settlement Galovo near Slavonski Brod in Northern Croatia
✍ Scribed by I. Krajcar Bronić; K. Minichreiter
- Book ID
- 103856577
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Volume
- 580
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
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✦ Synopsis
In Northern Croatia, more than hundred settlements are known from the period of the Starcˇevo culture, the first Neolithic period in south-east (SE) Europe. Here we present the 14 C dating of nine charcoal samples from the Neolithic settlement Galovo in Slavonski Brod. According to archaeological findings, it belongs to the early phase (Linear A) of the Starcˇevo culture and has a special ritual-burial area separated by two wooden fences from its residential part. The vertical stratigraphy revealed two phases of the settlement construction in period 6070-5630 cal BC. In the younger phase (5380-4960 cal BC) the settlement expanded and the burial area became smaller. Combination of archaeological findings and 14 C dates thus allowed a reconstruction of the 1000-year-long existence of this settlement that existed simultaneously with the nearby settlement Zadubravlje-Duzˇine, dated earlier to 6000-5000 cal BC. These are the first absolute dates of the beginning of neolithization in Northern Croatia.