Gomolava (Hrtkovci)
Gomolava · Hrtkovci tell · Gomilava · Starčevo type
Neolithic through Medieval (c.6000 BCE–15th c. CE); Starčevo, Vinča, Vučedol, Vatin–Belegiš, La Tène, Roman–Medieval·Starčevo–Koros → Vinča → Kostolac–Vučedol → Vatin–Belegiš (Bronze) → Hallstatt–La Tène Scordisci·🇷🇸 Vojvodina Province, Srem District, Sava River terrace, Serbia
About
About Gomolava (Hrtkovci)
5000-year Srem tell (c.6000 BCE–15th c. CE) on Sava terrace with Vinča–Starčevo down to La Tène and medieval: 10 m stratified sequence with Starčevo–Koros, Vinča, Kostolac, Vučedol, Early Bronze Vatin–Belegiš, Iron Hallstatt and Roman–Medieval. Famous Middle Neolithic Vinča cemetery and Copper Age ritual pits with bucranium; La Tène Scordisci fort and Medieval village. Excavated by Milutin Garašanin & Bogdan Brukner (1953–) and Tasić Gomolava Project. Vinča horizon carbon-14 anchors Pannonian Neolithic. Buried Vinča burnt house horizon under Vučedol fill.
Why it mattersOnly 6000-year continuous stratigraphy in Pannonia linking Neolithic Vinča to La Tène; anchor for Vinča C14 and Bronze Iron continuity.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why tell persists when other Vinča villages shift to flat — flood security?
- 02Scordisci destruction layer — Roman invasion or internal?
Theories
- 01Garašanin continuity hybrid vs Tasić migration replacement debate
- 02Tasić Gomolava metallurgy as Central Balkan innovation nucleus
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.6000 BCE Starčevo hut hamlet; Vinča 5300 BCE tell village; Vučedol 3000 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic through Medieval (c.6000 BCE–15th c. CE); Starčevo, Vinča, Vučedol, Vatin–Belegiš, La Tène, Roman–Medieval
- Culture
- Starčevo–Koros → Vinča → Kostolac–Vučedol → Vatin–Belegiš (Bronze) → Hallstatt–La Tène Scordisci
- Builders
- Starčevo–Koros → Vinča → Kostolac–Vučedol → Vatin–Belegiš (Bronze) → Hallstatt–La Tène Scordisci builders
- Purpose
- Sava terrace multi-millennial village-fort controlling Srem plain–Balkan corridor
- Abandoned
- Continuous to Medieval village abandonment 1526 Ottoman conquest
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1953–present M. Garašanin, A. Benac, B. Brukner & N. Tasić (Belgrade Institute) & Vojvodina Museum
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
2000
Initial work at Gomolava (Hrtkovci)
2015
Stratigraphy and geophysics synthesis for Gomolava (Hrtkovci)
On the ground
Structures & features
44.8890° N · 19.7630° E · 82 m · 3 mapped features
Vinča horizon (Level Va)
settlementVinča houses with bucranium pits
44.8892° N · 19.7632° EVučedol layer (IIIa)
settlementCopper Age settlement with pits
44.8888° N · 19.7628° ELa Tène Scordisci fort
fortificationIron Age hillfort on tell crown
44.8890° N · 19.7630° E