Starčevo-Grad
Старчево — Град · Starcevo · Starčevo site · Grad
Early Neolithic Starčevo-Körös-Criș·Starčevo (SE Neolithic)·🇷🇸 Vojvodina, South Banat, Serbia
About
About Starčevo-Grad
Type-site of the Starčevo culture (6200–5400 BCE), the first Neolithic farmers to colonize Southeast Europe from Anatolia, bridging Anatolian Neolithic to Vinča and Linearbandkeramik. Tell Grad on Danube terrace with pit-houses, white-painted pottery, anthropomorphic figurines, and obsidian blade trade. Layered with later Vinča horizon.
Why it mattersSE Europe Neolithization gateway; Starčevo→LBK spread.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Rapid Danube colonization tempo
- 02Interaction with Lepenski Vir foragers
Theories
- 01Maritime-Anatolian plus land spread
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.6200–5400 BCE
- Period
- Early Neolithic Starčevo-Körös-Criș
- Culture
- Starčevo (SE Neolithic)
- Builders
- Anatolian-derived Neolithic colonists
- Purpose
- Danube pioneer farming village
- Abandoned
- c.5400 BCE (Vinča supplant)
- Rediscovered
- 1928 Grbić; 1931–32 Arandjelović
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1932
Grad tell excavation
c.6000 BCE
White-painted pottery peak
On the ground
Structures & features
44.8120° N · 20.7100° E · 78 m · 3 mapped features
Pit-house cluster (Grad pits)
houseStarčevo semi-subterranean pit-houses
44.8122° N · 20.7102° EPainted pottery kiln
kilnWhite-painted ware kiln
44.8119° N · 20.7098° EObsidian blade cache
cacheCarpathian obsidian workshop
44.8120° N · 20.7100° E
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