Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE)·Vinca Culture·🇷🇸 Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia
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About Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier in Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia is a Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) tell attributed to Vinca Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal chamber 10 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 44.7522N 20.6091E controls access to Belgrade, Vinca resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tell for Belgrade, Vinca, illustrating Vinca Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 5200 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE)
- Culture
- Vinca Culture
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified occupation
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 5200 BCE
Initial construction of Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 679 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
44.7522° N · 20.6091° E · 100 m · 4 mapped features
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier — Main Tell Feature
chamberPrimary chamber at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
44.7529° N · 20.6105° EVinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
cairnAncillary cairn at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
44.7504° N · 20.6096° EVinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
plazaOutlier plaza panel linked to Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
44.7541° N · 20.6082° EVinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
reservoirHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier with plastered basin
44.7506° N · 20.6084° E