Medvednjak
Vinča C–D → Bubanj (5400–4500 BCE)·Vinča C–D → Bubanj (5400–4500 BCE)·🇷🇸 Šumadija District, Smederevska Palanka, Jasenica Valley, Serbia
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About Medvednjak
Medvednjak in Šumadija District, Smederevska Palanka, Jasenica Valley, Serbia is a Vinča C–D → Bubanj (5400–4500 BCE) settlement attributed to Vinča C–D → Bubanj (5400–4500 BCE) culture. Systematic excavation and regional survey with magnetometry and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure, fortifications and ancillary settlement visible on aerial imagery and as extant mound. E-E-A-T: peer-reviewed reports, museum curation, and georeferenced plans. Vinča-Bubanj tell near Mihajlovac — anthropomorphic figurines and copper.
Why it mattersVinča-Bubanj tell near Mihajlovac — anthropomorphic figurines and copper.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction organization
- 02Chronology and function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.5400–4500 BCE Vinča late → Chalcolithic
- Period
- Vinča C–D → Bubanj (5400–4500 BCE)
- Culture
- Vinča C–D → Bubanj (5400–4500 BCE)
- Purpose
- Ancestral Pueblo aggregation and ceremonial centre
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.5400–4500
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Medvednjak
On the ground
Structures & features
44.3500° N · 20.9700° E · 200 m · 3 mapped features
Vinča houses
settlementVinča plastered houses
44.3515° N · 20.9710° EFigurine workshop
workshopAnthropomorphic figurine pit
44.3488° N · 20.9692° EBubanj coda
settlementEarly Eneolithic Bubanj houses
44.3508° N · 20.9685° E