Original scientific paper

The cultural attribution and dating of the cult vessel from Szelevény - Vadas

Tünde Horváth ; Research Center for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology
Jacqueline Balen orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-184X ; Arheološki muzej u Zagrebu

Abstract

In this paper, a new, more acceptable dating in the Late Copper Age/Early Bronze Age period for the rectangular vessel decorated with ritual scenes from Szelevény is proposed. New dating is based on matching finds recovered from the Kostolac layer of the Gomolava tell settlement and the open settlement at Ðakovo–Franjevac. This date is supported by the tempering agent and the decoration made using the Furchenstich technique, as well as by the vessel’s design and rectangular form. Instead of offering yet another interpretation of the ritual scene, this study focuses on the depiction of the environment shaped by communities, a new element of the Late Copper Age world reflected by a number of similar, contemporary finds.

Keywords

Rectangular vessel versus wagon model; Kostolac culture versus pottery style; post-Baden versus conventional Late Copper Age

Hrčak ID:

94542

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/94542

Publication date:

31.12.2012.

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