Open AccessVinca-Belo Brdo, a late neolithic site in Serbia consideration of the macro-botanical remains as indicators of dietary habits
Author(s) -
Dragana Filipović,
Nenad Tasić
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
balcanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0801
pISSN - 0350-7653
DOI - 10.2298/balc1243007f
Subject(s) - vinca , geography , macro , settlement (finance) , distribution (mathematics) , abundance (ecology) , range (aeronautics) , seasonality , archaeology , ecology , biology , botany , engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics , computer science , payment , programming language , aerospace engineering , world wide web
The analysis of macro-botanical remains from the late Neolithic site of Vinča-Belo Brdo has provided first information on the range of crops and wild plants present at the site, and revealed their potential role as foodstuffs. The abundance and distribution of certain plant taxa across different archaeological deposits suggests to what extent they were used within the settlement. The analyzed plant remains also offer insight into the types of food consumed by Vinča residents and serve as a basis for inferring the seasonality and method of food provision/production and activities related to plant use. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177012: Society, spiritual and material culture and communications in prehistory and early history of the Balkans