Radivojevic, M;
Rehren, T;
Pernicka, E;
(2021)
Metallurgical knowledge and networks of supply in the 5th millennium BC Balkans: Belovode and Pločnik in their regional context.
In: Radivojevic, M and Roberts, BW and Maric, M and Kuzmanovic-Cvetkovic, J and Rehren, T, (eds.)
The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: Evolution, Organisation and Consumption of Early Metal in the Balkans.
(pp. 484-525).
Archaeopress: Oxford, UK.
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Abstract
The recent set of excavations (campaigns 2012 and 2013) at the sites of Belovode and Pločnik (see Chapters 11 and 26) have shown the use of copper minerals and metallurgical activities to be highly consistent with results from previous analytical research (Radivojević 2007, 2012, 2013, 2015; Radivojević et al. 2010a; Radivojević and Rehren 2016). Specific aspects to emerge so far include: persistent selection of black and green manganese-rich copper ores for metal extraction; similar engineering parameters involved in the early copper smelting technology; field evidence from Belovode supporting the presence of pottery- lined hole-in-the-ground installations; consistent metal making and working technology remains at both sites; and direct absolute dating evidence that leaves no doubt for c. 5000 BC as the beginning of copper metallurgy in the Balkans. In this chapter we will synthesise the evidence for this c. 7,000 years old copper production technology within the Vinča culture, in its local and regional perspective, including data and debates on the provenance of copper ores.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Metallurgical knowledge and networks of supply in the 5th millennium BC Balkans: Belovode and Pločnik in their regional context |
| ISBN-13: | 978180327042 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.32028/9781803270425 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803270425 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10134137 |
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