Search Results - "Porčić, Marko"

A Contribution to the Study of Social Inequality in the Late Neolithic of the Central Balkans by Porčić, Marko

“…The social inequality represents one of the major problems of the contemporary world and an important anthropological subject. The transition to agriculture is…”
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The Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkans: population dynamics reconstruction based on new radiocarbon evidence by Porčić, Marko, Blagojević, Tamara, Pendić, Jugoslav, Stefanović, Sofija

“…In this paper, we test the hypothesis of the Neolithic Demographic Transition in the Central Balkan Early Neolithic (6250-5300 BC) by applying the method of…”
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Demography of the Early Neolithic Population in Central Balkans: Population Dynamics Reconstruction Using Summed Radiocarbon Probability Distributions by Blagojevic, Tamara, Porcic, Marko, Stefanovic, Sofija

“…The Central Balkans region is of great importance for understanding the spread of the Neolithic in Europe but the Early Neolithic population dynamics of the…”
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Archaeological Excavation from Epistemological Perspective by Porčić, Marko

“…Archaeological excavation as the basic form of fieldwork in archaeology is frequently perceived, especially in the Serbian archaeological community, as the…”
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Bone spoons for prehistoric babies: Detection of human teeth marks on the Neolithic artefacts from the site Grad-Starčevo (Serbia) by Jovanovic, Jelena, Zivaljevic, Ivana, Blagojevic, Tamara, Pendic, Jugoslav, Petrovic, Bojan, Stefanovic, Sofija, Porcic, Marko, Vukovic, Sonja, Dimitrijevic, Vesna, Kojic, Sanja, Penezic, Kristina, Starovic, Andrej

“…Around 8000 years ago, throughout the Neolithic world a new type of artefact appeared, small spoons masterly made from cattle bone, usually interpreted as…”
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Social complexity and inequality in the Late Neolithic of the Central Balkans: reviewing the evidence by Porčić, Marko

“…The aim of this paper is to review and critically evaluate relevant archaeological evidence regarding recent claims about the social complexity of Late…”
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Expansion of the Neolithic in Southeastern Europe: wave of advance fueled by high fertility and scalar stress by Porčić, Marko, Nikolić, Mladen, Pendić, Jugoslav, Penezić, Kristina, Blagojević, Tamara, Stefanović, Sofija

“…What was driving the migrations of the first farmers across Europe? How were demography, society, and environment interconnected to give rise to the…”
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Observations on the origin and demography of the Vinča culture by Porčić, Marko

“…The Vinča culture represents one the most important archaeological phenomena of the Neolithic and Eneolithic world in Southeastern Europe. As all other…”
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Do Archaeological Cultures Exist? by Porčić, Marko

“…Archaeological culture still persists as a basic analytical and interpretative concept in Serbian archaeology despite criticism. This paper presents a formal…”
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An exercise in archaeological demography: estimating the population size of Late Neolithic settlements in the Central Balkans by Porčić, Marko

“…This paper reflects on the methodology for estimating population size from settlement data. Archaeologists are faced with a static record of houses, which is…”
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Evaluating Social Complexity and Inequality in the Balkans Between 6500 and 4200 BC by Porčić, Marko

“…The subject of this paper is the social structure and sociocultural evolution of Balkan Neolithic and Eneolithic societies between 6500 and 4200 BC. I draw on…”
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Contextual analysis of fragmentation of the anthropomorphic figurines from the Late Neolithic site of Selevac by Porčić, Marko

“…The biographical approach to material culture and the hypothesis of deliberate fragmentation of anthropomorphic figurines are used in this paper to deduce a…”
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A tentative attempt to estimate the systemic number of the Late Neolithic Vinča culture figurines by Porčić, Marko

“…In this paper an attempt is made to estimate the number of figurines which were in "use" in households of the Late Neolithic Vinča culture. The number of…”
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Radiocarbon test for demographic events in written and oral history by Edinborough, Kevan, Porčić, Marko, Martindale, Andrew, Brown, Thomas Jay, Supernant, Kisha, Ames, Kenneth M.

“…We extend an established simulation-based method to test for significant short-duration (1–2 centuries) demographic events known from one documented historical…”
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DEPLOYING KRONFELDNER’S CONCEPT OF HUMAN NATURE IN ARCHAEOLOGY by Porcic, Marko

“…This essay represents a reflection on the role and relevance of the concept of human nature in archaeology, inspired by the ideas about human nature presented…”
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Early Neolithic population dynamics in the Eastern Balkans and the Great Hungarian Plain by Blagojević, Tamara, Porčić, Marko, Penezić, Kristina, Stefanović, Sofija

“…In this study, we reconstruct population dynamics in the Early Neolithic of the Eastern Balkans and the Great Hungarian Plain using frequency of radiocarbon…”
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Marital Residence Patterns in Late Neolithic Communities of the Vinča Culture by Porčić, Marko

“…This paper aims to reconstruct the marital residence patterns in late Neolithic communities in the central Balkans. The average size of the habitation site was…”
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Gender Anthropology of Prehistoric Populations: The Case of "Improperly" Oriented Graves at the Mokrin Necropolis by Porčić, Marko

“…This paper explores some gender anthropology issues in a prehistoric context. Specifically, the paper attempts to shed light on the question of why certain…”
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The beginning of the Neolithic in the central Balkans: Knowns and unknowns by Porčić, Marko

“…Since 2020 a wealth of new data has been generated on the beginning of the Neolithic in the central Balkans. The picture that has emerged is broadly consistent…”
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Simulating cultural transmission: preliminary results and their implications for the study of formal variability of material culture in the Central Balkan Neolithic by Porčić, Marko, Nešić, Miloš

“… In this paper, we adopt the theoretical framework of evolutionary archaeology in order to model and simulate cultural transmission between hypothetical…”
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