Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension
Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE)·Butmir Culture·🇧🇦 Sarajevo, Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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About Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension
Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension in Sarajevo, Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Butmir Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal platform 5 × 3 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 43.8967N 18.3446E controls access to Sarajevo, Ilidza resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient-village for Sarajevo, Ilidza, illustrating Butmir Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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. 5100 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE)
- Culture
- Butmir Culture
- Purpose
- Settlement with domestic structures and ancillary ritual space
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 5100 BCE
Initial construction of Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1052 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
43.8967° N · 18.3446° E · 478 m · 3 mapped features
Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension — Main Ancient-Village Feature
moundPrimary mound at Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension — platform mound with stratified deposits
43.8965° N · 18.3458° EButmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
dromosAncillary dromos at Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension — platform mound with stratified deposits
43.8965° N · 18.3430° EButmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
structureOutlier structure panel linked to Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
43.8985° N · 18.3444° E