Instead of small nomadic groups or only seasonally sedentary ones, the Neolithic pioneers in the Balkans apparently built stable houses with facilities to store provisions and grains, she explains.
Excavations in Svinjarička Čuka, which have been ongoing since 2018, have already uncovered several phases of settlement from the Early and Middle Stone Age, attributed to the Starčevo culture.
This culture represents the oldest Neolithic communities in the Balkans and played a central role in the expansion of agriculture from Anatolia to Europe.
The long rectangular burnt house with remains of built installations for food storage and numerous storage vessels in situ. Credit: F. Ostmann / ÖAI/ÖAW
The current excavations also raise new questions: The geographic-cultural origin of these groups, and possible interaction with regional hunters and gatherers, are open questions now being further investigated, says Horejs.
To analyze the findings in detail, researchers are using microarchaeological methods, such as the study of sediments, botanical and zoological remains, and chemical analysis of the soil.
The application of microarchaeological methods, for example, provides new data on the use of these early houses or the coexistence of humans and animals, which likely developed with the Neolithic around 8,000 years ago in Europe, says the archaeologist.
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