Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE)·Vinca Culture·🇷🇸 Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia
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About Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace 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 necropolis 12 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 44.7642N 20.6089E 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
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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
- Excavated
c. 5200 BCE
Initial construction of Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace main structure
c. 976 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
44.7642° N · 20.6089° E · 101 m · 3 mapped features
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace — Main Tell Feature
cairnPrimary cairn at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace — platform mound with stratified deposits
44.7626° N · 20.6074° EVinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure
plazaAncillary plaza at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace — burial gallery with stratified deposits
44.7627° N · 20.6076° EVinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel
reservoirOutlier reservoir panel linked to Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape
44.7644° N · 20.6108° E