Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.35.4
Ljubljana and Cetina: Pottery Styles of the Third Millennium BC in the Eastern Adriatic
Stašo Forenbaher
orcid.org/0000-0002-9119-4183
; Institute of Anthropology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This contribution provides a new synthetic overview of the eastern Adriatic pottery styles of the third millennium BC, based on 146 sites from which characteristic pottery has been published. Parting with the traditional concepts of archaeological cultures and periods, it first seeks clear definitions of Ljubljana-Adriatic and Cetina pottery styles. It follows with a critical reexamination of the evidence that, up to the present, has been used for the dating of those styles: stratigraphic information from stratified sites and the association of characteristic pottery with objects made of metal. This is followed by a pioneering attempt to date the same styles by using the available radiocarbon dates. In conclusion, Ljubljana-Adriatic and Cetina styles are placed in their wider spatial and temporal context.
Keywords
pottery styles; Adriatic; Ljubljana; Cetina; Eneolithic; Bronze Age; third millennium BC
Hrčak ID:
212021
URI
Publication date:
10.12.2018.
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