Belo Brdo — Vinča Type Site
Vinča-Belo Brdo · Belo Brdo Tell
Late Neolithic·Vinča·🇷🇸 Belgrade, Grocka, Serbia
About
About Belo Brdo — Vinča Type Site
Eponymous tell of Vinča culture (c. 5700–4500 BCE) on Danube bank, 10 m high stratified mound with 9 m cultural deposit, pit houses, kilns and famous Vinča figurines, script-like signs and early copper. Excavated 1908–present.
Why it mattersType-site of Vinča culture, defining Late Neolithic of southeast Europe.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Vinča signs proto-writing?
- 02Tell formation mechanism
Theories
- 01Danube trade centre with script
- 02Chiefdom on river route
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 5700 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic
- Culture
- Vinča
- Purpose
- Riverine tell settlement and cultural centre
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 5700 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Belo Brdo — Vinča Type Site
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Belo Brdo — Vinča Type Site
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Belo Brdo — Vinča Type Site
On the ground
Structures & features
44.7600° N · 20.6200° E · 115 m · 3 mapped features
Stratified Tell Section (9 m)
tell section9 m cultural stratigraphy with Vinča A-D phases exposed on Danube cliff
44.7601° N · 20.6201° EFigurine Workshop Area
workshopHouse floor with 30+ Vinča figurines and bone tools
44.7599° N · 20.6201° ECopper Find Horizon (5.0 m)
occupation layerEarly copper chisel horizon 5 m depth c. 5000 BCE
44.7602° N · 20.6199° E