Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.40.1.3
Paulje, mound XI (mound K): new absolute dates and provenience of the earliest amber finds in Serbia
Mateusz Cwaliński
orcid.org/0000-0001-5931-7932
; Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Vojislav Filipović
orcid.org/0000-0002-1634-8955
; Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia
Aleksandar Bulatović
; Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia
Sarjit Kaur
; Amber Research Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, USA
Edith Stout
; Amber Research Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, USA
Rada Gligorić
; Jadar Museum, Loznica, Serbia
Abstract
This paper presents three new absolute dates for the central grave of mound XI (K) at the Paulje necropolis in the lower Drina valley. Also, we present the results of FTIR spectroscopy for the amber finds from the 4 mounds in the necropolis, including mound XI (K). In general the results confirm the earlier assumed chronology of the site - the 14C AMS dates fit the timeframe – the central grave fits ideally the previous timeframe for the Brezjak culture, i.e. the 15th and 14th century BC, and all of the amber samples are definitely of Baltic origin. These two facts clearly suggest that the amber finds from the lower Drina could mark one of the earliest appearances of Baltic amber in the Central Balkans.
This work was supported by the National Science Centre (NCN) of Poland under grant no. 2015/17/N/HS3/00052 Circum-Adriatic branch of the amber route in the Bronze Age, and by the Vassar College Research Committee with the 2017 Emily Abbey Fund for Amber Trade in the Balkans and Apennine Peninsula in the Bronze Age.
This research was supported by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Grant IDEJE No 7750074, Interactions-Transmission-Transformation: Long-distance connections in Copper and Bronze Age of the Central Balkans – The FLOW.
Keywords
Late Bronze Age; Drina valley; amber; absolute dates; central grave; mound necropolis; FTIR spectroscopy
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307058
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Publication date:
1.8.2023.
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