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Social archaeology of fortified settlement at Monkodonja (Istria) and of the burials at the entrance

Paper discusses the social differentiation in Istria in the period from Early to Middle Bronze Age. Three relevant aspects of fortified settlement of Monkodonja are discussed: the differences in structure and architecture; districts of power around the settlement; and the few elite graves with their distinguished position in the main gate of the settlement.

COBISS.SI-ID: 41434466

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White marbles in Noricum and Pannonia: an outline of the roman quarries and their products

Paper discusses the distribution of white marbles in Noricum and Pannonia in Roman period. The model of production and the long distance trading of funeral monuments in Noricum, Pannonia and Moesia is present.

COBISS.SI-ID: 41531234

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Production and consumption of late-medieval and early-modern ceramic tablewares in Slovenia

Decorative ceramic tablewares have been imported onto the territory of today Slovenia from the 14th century onwards, mostly from northeastern and central Italy (maiolica, graffita), and around 1400 also from Spain (maiolica). A constant supply of the market with imported pottery can only be documented for the late 15th century and the following period. In the mid-16th century, a local production of painted and engraved pottery was established in the regions of Carniola and Istria, inspired by Italian models in the context of the positive economic trends and increasing social differentiation.

COBISS.SI-ID: 39143778

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Early Neolithic pottery dispersals and demic diffusion in southeastern Europe

A gradual demic diffusion model from south to north and a millennium time span vector find no confirmation in the set of AMS 14C dates and associated contexts that mark pottery dispersal within Southeastern Europe. The first ‘demic event’ that was hypothesised to reshape significantly European population structure and generate a uniform process of neolithisation of southestern Europe has no confirmation in frequency of Y-chromosome subhaplogroups J2b and E3b1 distribution within modern population in Southeastern Europe.

COBISS.SI-ID: 40823650

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LIDAR as an alluvial landscapes taphonomy research tool

Paper presents the rationale, application and interpretation of LIDAR data for the understanding of development of complex and dynamic landscapes . Its precision, ability to "see" through vegetation cover and three-dimensional digital surface model, which is the result of the method, offers a great potential in the study of archaeological landscape and understanding of anthropogenic and geomorphologic processes, which shaped and reworked it.

COBISS.SI-ID: 40967522