Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE)·Vinca Culture·🇷🇸 Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia
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About Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East in Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia is a Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) tell attributed to Vinca Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal platform 7 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 44.7644N 20.6110E controls access to Belgrade, Vinca resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tell for Belgrade, Vinca, illustrating Vinca Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
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. 5200 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE)
- Culture
- Vinca Culture
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified occupation
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 5200 BCE
Initial construction of Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East main structure
c. 1340 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East
1991–2011
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
44.7644° N · 20.6110° E · 108 m · 4 mapped features
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Main Tell Feature
hydraulicPrimary hydraulic at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
44.7636° N · 20.6118° EVinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Secondary Enclosure
necropolisAncillary necropolis at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
44.7653° N · 20.6107° EVinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Outlier Rock Art Panel
templeOutlier temple panel linked to Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East ceremonial landscape
44.7642° N · 20.6099° EVinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
chamberHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East with plastered basin
44.7637° N · 20.6093° E