Papers by Nenad Tasic
U ovom radu prikazan je programski paket ArheoPackPro!, sistem koji je nastao tokom arheoloških i... more U ovom radu prikazan je programski paket ArheoPackPro!, sistem koji je nastao tokom arheoloških iskopavanja na praistorijskom nalazištu Vinča, koji arheloškim ekipama omogućava kompletan unos i obradu podataka prikupljenih na terenu. Do sada je postojala velika praznina između novih kompjuterskih tehnologija i zastarelih metoda čuvanja i obrade materijala s arheoloških lokaliteta. Dobijeni podaci bili su kombinacija raznovrsnih elemenata, od slike i crteza, preko velike količine specifičnih numeričkih vrednosti i tekstuelnih opisa. S mogućnostima koje pružaju današnji kompjuterski sistemi, ArheoPackPro! bi trebalo da zameni proces unosa i obrade ovakve dokumentacije, a samim tim ubrza rad na terenu, proširi i poveća kvalitet dobijene dokumentacije, kao i da uvede do sada nedostupne metode za obradu ovako unetog terenskog materijala. ArheoPackPro! je programski paket baziran na modularnom sistemu i pristupu. Ovo znači da svaki element sistema komunicira i razmenjuje podatke s ostalim...
Balcanica, 2012
The analysis of macro-botanical remains from the late Neolithic site of Vinča-Belo Brdo has provi... more The analysis of macro-botanical remains from the late Neolithic site of Vinča-Belo Brdo has provided first information on the range of crops and wild plants present at the site, and revealed their potential role as foodstuffs. The abundance and distribution of certain plant taxa across different archaeological deposits suggests to what extent they were used within the settlement. The analysed plant remains also offer insight into the types of food consumed by Vinča residents and serve as a basis for inferring the seasonality and method of food provision/production and activities related to plant use.
by Alan Outram, Mélanie Roffet-Salque, Pascale Gerbault, Simona Mileto, Jessica Smyth, Lucija Soberl, Alfonso Alday, lotfi belhouchet, Mihael Budja, Gabriel Cooney, Miriam Cubas, Mariana Diniz, Cristina Fabbri, Jesus Gonzalez Urquijo, Daniela Hofmann, Isabel A . Hohle, James Mallory, Slavisa Peric, Olga S (Perić) Bajčev, Anne-Marie Pétrequin, Peter Stadler, Dushka Urem-Kotsou, Nenad Tasic, Sabine Wolfram, Jasna Vukovic, Pierre Pétrequin, Simone Mulazzani, Friedrich Lueth, Martin Mc Gonigle, Alasdair Whittle, and Lydia Zapata The pressures on honeybee (Apis mellifera) populations, resulting from threats by modern pesticid... more The pressures on honeybee (Apis mellifera) populations, resulting from threats by modern pesticides, parasites, predators and diseases, have raised awareness of the economic importance and critical role this insect plays in agricultural societies across the globe. However, the association of humans with A. mellifera predates post-industrial-revolution agriculture, as evidenced by the widespread presence of ancient Egyptian bee iconography dating to the Old Kingdom (approximately 2400 BC). There are also indications of Stone Age people harvesting bee products; for example, honey hunting is
interpreted from rock art in a prehistoric Holocene context and
a beeswax find in a pre-agriculturalist site. However, when and
where the regular association of A. mellifera with agriculturalists emerged is unknown. One of the major products of A. mellifera is beeswax, which is composed of a complex suite of lipids including n-alkanes, n-alkanoic acids and fatty acyl wax esters. The composition is highly constant as it is determined genetically through the insect’s biochemistry. Thus, the chemical ‘fingerprint’ of beeswax provides a reliable basis for detecting this commodity in organic residues preserved at archaeological sites, which we now use to trace the exploitation by humans of A. mellifera temporally and spatially. Here we present secure identifications of beeswax in lipid residues preserved in pottery vessels of Neolithic Old World farmers. The geographical range of bee product exploitation is traced in Neolithic Europe, the Near East and North Africa, providing the palaeoecological range of honeybees during prehistory. Temporally, we demonstrate that bee products were
exploited continuously, and probably extensively in some regions, at least from the seventh millennium cal BC, likely fulfilling a variety of technological and cultural functions. The close association of A. mellifera with Neolithic farming communities dates to the early onset of agriculture and may provide evidence for the beginnings of a domestication process.
Authors: Roffet-Salque, M., Regert, M., Evershed, R. P., Outram, A. K., Cramp, L. J. E., Decavallas, O., Dunne, J., Gerbault, P., Mileto, S., Mirabaud, S., Pääkkönen, M., Smyth, J., Šoberl, L., Whelton, H. L., Alday-Ruiz, A., Asplund, H., Bartkowiak, M., Bayer-Niemeier, E., Belhouchet, L., Bernardini, F., Budja, M., Cooney, G., Cubas, M., Danaher, E. M., Diniz, M., Domboróczki, L., Fabbri, C., González-Urquijo, J. E., Guilaine, J., Hachi, S., Hartwell, B. N., Hofmann, D., Hohle, I., Ibáñez, J. J., Karul, N., Kherbouche, F., Kiely, J., Kotsakis, K., Lueth, F., Mallory, J. P., Manen, C., Marciniak, A., Maurice-Chabard, B., Mc Gonigle, M. A., Mulazzani, S., Özdoğan, M., Perić, O. S., Perić, S. R., Petrasch, J., Pétrequin, A.-M., Pétrequin, P., Poensgen, U., Pollard, C. J., Poplin, F., Radi, G., Stadler, P., Stäuble, H., Tasić, N., Urem-Kotsou, D., Vuković, J. B., Walsh, F., Whittle, A., Wolfram, S., Zapata-Peña, L. and Zoughlami, J.
Bayesian statistical frameworks have been used to calculate explicit, quantified estimates for si... more Bayesian statistical frameworks have been used to calculate explicit, quantified estimates for site chronologies, and have been especially useful for resolving the complex probability distributions of calibrated radiocarbon dates to the level of individual prehistoric lifetimes and generations. Here the technique is applied to the Neolithic tell of Vinča-Belo Brdo in order to answer long-standing questions about the timing and circumstances of its demise. Modelled date estimates place the end of the site in the second half of the forty-sixth century cal BC. Two successive horizons of closely spaced houses each suffered extensive burning; the interval between them was placed at a maximum of 25 years, with the last house probably used for less than 15 years. The evidence suggests that these house burnings were deliberate, and opens new considerations for the causes of the end of the tell-based system in south-east Europe.
The paper presents figurines from excavations at Vin≠a 1998-200 dated to the very end of the Late... more The paper presents figurines from excavations at Vin≠a 1998-200 dated to the very end of the Late Neolithic. Along with a presentation and analysis of these objects, the paper addresses questions of the development of sculpture in Vin≠a, and matters of symbolism in the Late Vin≠a period. Some interesting contexts with an abundance of anthropomorphic figurines are presented and discussed. IZVLE∞EK -KEY WORDS -
Istraživanja na nalazištu Vinča-Belo brdo obnovljena su u jesen 1998. godine upravo na devedeseto... more Istraživanja na nalazištu Vinča-Belo brdo obnovljena su u jesen 1998. godine upravo na devedesetogodišnjicu od prvih istraživanja Prof. Miloja Vasića. Njegova iskopavanja su decenijama predstavljala sam vrh arheološke metodologije. Arheološka dokumentacija pomenutih iskopavanja, koju je Prof. Miloje Vasić ostavio za sobom, i danas je jedan od najvažnijih izvora za proučavanje vinčanske kulture. Četiri knjige Praistorijska Vinča, iako po pitanju hronologije dobrim delom prevaziđene, još uvek su uzor za objavljivanje rezultata arheoloških iskopavanja. Ovakav povod i delo, koje je za sobom ostavio Prof. Vasić, obavezivale su i potonje istraživače da pokušaju da eponimnom nalazištu vinčanske kulture vrate mesto koje mu svakako pripada.
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Exhibition catalogue by Nenad Tasic
Exhibition in the Gallery of Science and Technology in Belgrade, 2011
Conferences by Nenad Tasic
Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg:
The interdisciplinary nature of the conference is aimed to gathe... more Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg:
The interdisciplinary nature of the conference is aimed to gather state-of-the-art researches of various disciplines to contribute to the topic with their scientific work within the field, to discuss the archaeological data from the current fieldwork and, finally, to challenge the present state of the knowledge with the most recent results and interpretations.
Lolita's library with a critical view: Prehistory by Nenad Tasic
The article overviews some botanical samples from renewed excavations at Vinca. Wild pears seem t... more The article overviews some botanical samples from renewed excavations at Vinca. Wild pears seem to be popular at this site. The article is interesting for study of the traditional medicine in prehistory.
Outreach by Nenad Tasic
Poster presentations by Nenad Tasic
18th UISPP World Congress, 2018
The archaeological site of Vinča in southeast Europe (Serbia) was occupied for much of the region... more The archaeological site of Vinča in southeast Europe (Serbia) was occupied for much of the regional Neolithic period -from c. 5600 to 4500 cal BC. From about 5200 cal BC, a settlement associated with the regional Vinča culture phenomenon was established here and its life continued uninterrupted for nearly a millennium. Since the beginning of the 20th century, several excavation campaigns took place at Vinča, revealing a long history of Early-Late Neolithic occupation of the settlement, as well as traces of intermittent activities/use of the site in later epochs, up to the Late Middle Ages. A number of successive occupation levels were identified, composed of large, dense agglomerations of buildings that formed a c. 10 m-high artificial mound of more than 10 ha in extent. What are the factors that may have contributed to, or challenged, the longevity of the Neolithic settlement? There may have been many, and this paper proposes the geographic location, environmental setting and likely profusion of natural resources as some of the major prerequisites for the survival and continuity of the Neolithic community that resided at Vinča. The Neolithic environment of Vinča and its affordances have been largely overlooked in previous research on the site. We combine several forms of evidence (artefactual, geological, hydrological, palaeobotanical, faunal) and use them to identify natural resources available in the settlement's surroundings, as well as those found in more distant areas. By using the on-and off-site data, we evaluate the economic potential of the different environmental zones around Neolithic Vinča, especially the surrounding landscapes created by the Danube and its tributaries. We also consider the position of Vinča within the network of short-and long-distance trade/exchange connections, attested by finds of raw materials and finished products from as far as the Carpathians (e.g. obsidian) and the Mediterranean (e.g. spondylus and glycymeris shells). We conclude that the environment would have played a key role in the settlement's continuity and stability. * Speaker
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Papers by Nenad Tasic
interpreted from rock art in a prehistoric Holocene context and
a beeswax find in a pre-agriculturalist site. However, when and
where the regular association of A. mellifera with agriculturalists emerged is unknown. One of the major products of A. mellifera is beeswax, which is composed of a complex suite of lipids including n-alkanes, n-alkanoic acids and fatty acyl wax esters. The composition is highly constant as it is determined genetically through the insect’s biochemistry. Thus, the chemical ‘fingerprint’ of beeswax provides a reliable basis for detecting this commodity in organic residues preserved at archaeological sites, which we now use to trace the exploitation by humans of A. mellifera temporally and spatially. Here we present secure identifications of beeswax in lipid residues preserved in pottery vessels of Neolithic Old World farmers. The geographical range of bee product exploitation is traced in Neolithic Europe, the Near East and North Africa, providing the palaeoecological range of honeybees during prehistory. Temporally, we demonstrate that bee products were
exploited continuously, and probably extensively in some regions, at least from the seventh millennium cal BC, likely fulfilling a variety of technological and cultural functions. The close association of A. mellifera with Neolithic farming communities dates to the early onset of agriculture and may provide evidence for the beginnings of a domestication process.
Authors: Roffet-Salque, M., Regert, M., Evershed, R. P., Outram, A. K., Cramp, L. J. E., Decavallas, O., Dunne, J., Gerbault, P., Mileto, S., Mirabaud, S., Pääkkönen, M., Smyth, J., Šoberl, L., Whelton, H. L., Alday-Ruiz, A., Asplund, H., Bartkowiak, M., Bayer-Niemeier, E., Belhouchet, L., Bernardini, F., Budja, M., Cooney, G., Cubas, M., Danaher, E. M., Diniz, M., Domboróczki, L., Fabbri, C., González-Urquijo, J. E., Guilaine, J., Hachi, S., Hartwell, B. N., Hofmann, D., Hohle, I., Ibáñez, J. J., Karul, N., Kherbouche, F., Kiely, J., Kotsakis, K., Lueth, F., Mallory, J. P., Manen, C., Marciniak, A., Maurice-Chabard, B., Mc Gonigle, M. A., Mulazzani, S., Özdoğan, M., Perić, O. S., Perić, S. R., Petrasch, J., Pétrequin, A.-M., Pétrequin, P., Poensgen, U., Pollard, C. J., Poplin, F., Radi, G., Stadler, P., Stäuble, H., Tasić, N., Urem-Kotsou, D., Vuković, J. B., Walsh, F., Whittle, A., Wolfram, S., Zapata-Peña, L. and Zoughlami, J.
Exhibition catalogue by Nenad Tasic
Conferences by Nenad Tasic
The interdisciplinary nature of the conference is aimed to gather state-of-the-art researches of various disciplines to contribute to the topic with their scientific work within the field, to discuss the archaeological data from the current fieldwork and, finally, to challenge the present state of the knowledge with the most recent results and interpretations.
Lolita's library with a critical view: Prehistory by Nenad Tasic
Outreach by Nenad Tasic
Poster presentations by Nenad Tasic
interpreted from rock art in a prehistoric Holocene context and
a beeswax find in a pre-agriculturalist site. However, when and
where the regular association of A. mellifera with agriculturalists emerged is unknown. One of the major products of A. mellifera is beeswax, which is composed of a complex suite of lipids including n-alkanes, n-alkanoic acids and fatty acyl wax esters. The composition is highly constant as it is determined genetically through the insect’s biochemistry. Thus, the chemical ‘fingerprint’ of beeswax provides a reliable basis for detecting this commodity in organic residues preserved at archaeological sites, which we now use to trace the exploitation by humans of A. mellifera temporally and spatially. Here we present secure identifications of beeswax in lipid residues preserved in pottery vessels of Neolithic Old World farmers. The geographical range of bee product exploitation is traced in Neolithic Europe, the Near East and North Africa, providing the palaeoecological range of honeybees during prehistory. Temporally, we demonstrate that bee products were
exploited continuously, and probably extensively in some regions, at least from the seventh millennium cal BC, likely fulfilling a variety of technological and cultural functions. The close association of A. mellifera with Neolithic farming communities dates to the early onset of agriculture and may provide evidence for the beginnings of a domestication process.
Authors: Roffet-Salque, M., Regert, M., Evershed, R. P., Outram, A. K., Cramp, L. J. E., Decavallas, O., Dunne, J., Gerbault, P., Mileto, S., Mirabaud, S., Pääkkönen, M., Smyth, J., Šoberl, L., Whelton, H. L., Alday-Ruiz, A., Asplund, H., Bartkowiak, M., Bayer-Niemeier, E., Belhouchet, L., Bernardini, F., Budja, M., Cooney, G., Cubas, M., Danaher, E. M., Diniz, M., Domboróczki, L., Fabbri, C., González-Urquijo, J. E., Guilaine, J., Hachi, S., Hartwell, B. N., Hofmann, D., Hohle, I., Ibáñez, J. J., Karul, N., Kherbouche, F., Kiely, J., Kotsakis, K., Lueth, F., Mallory, J. P., Manen, C., Marciniak, A., Maurice-Chabard, B., Mc Gonigle, M. A., Mulazzani, S., Özdoğan, M., Perić, O. S., Perić, S. R., Petrasch, J., Pétrequin, A.-M., Pétrequin, P., Poensgen, U., Pollard, C. J., Poplin, F., Radi, G., Stadler, P., Stäuble, H., Tasić, N., Urem-Kotsou, D., Vuković, J. B., Walsh, F., Whittle, A., Wolfram, S., Zapata-Peña, L. and Zoughlami, J.
The interdisciplinary nature of the conference is aimed to gather state-of-the-art researches of various disciplines to contribute to the topic with their scientific work within the field, to discuss the archaeological data from the current fieldwork and, finally, to challenge the present state of the knowledge with the most recent results and interpretations.