FIRST CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGES IN THE DANUBE CATCHMENT,SE EUROPE - A SYNTHESIS OF THE RADIOCARBON EVIDENCE
FIRST CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGES IN THE DANUBE CATCHMENT,SE EUROPE - A SYNTHESIS OF THE RADIOCARBON EVIDENCE

Summary/Abstract: This paper reviews the available radiocarbon data from early pottery bearing sites in the Danube catchment in SE Europe. The dates suggest that the earliest use of pottery is to be set in the 61st century cal BC, with particularly convincing evidence from Divostin I, Magareći Mlin, Donja Branjevina and Lepenski Vir in Serbia. The contemporary dates from the site of Anza in Macedonia confirm there is no serious gap between the south to north as far as the introduction of pottery is concerned. It is further argued that the appearance of pottery in the Danube area must be seen as a largely local process of adoption and adaptation, while ultimately Anatolian know-how vis-à-vis pot making is not denied.

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