scholarly journals Beginnings of the Neolithic in Southeast Europe: the Early Neolithic sequence and absolute dates from Džuljunica-Smărdeš (Bulgaria)

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 51-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raiko Krauß ◽  
Nedko Elenski ◽  
Bernhard Weninger ◽  
Lee Clare ◽  
Canan Çakırlar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
Climate Fluctuation ◽  
Insight Into

 Investigations of a balk in the centre of the prehistoric settlement of Džuljunica-Smărdeš  comprised a sequence of archaeological deposits from the very onset of Neolithisation in South-eastern Europe throughout the end of the Early Neolithic. The arrival of Neolithic lifeways in the region coincides with the end of a period for which palaeoclimate proxies attest to considerable climate fluctuation. In connection with these investigations, the zoological finds were examined, which provide insight into the economy of this key settlement for the entire Balkan region.

THE ECONOMIC-MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF THE BLACK SEA – NORTH SEA CORRIDOR FOR ENSURING STABILITY IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-146
Author(s):  
Valentin-Costinel TOTIR ◽  
Roxana ALEXANDRU
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
North Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Black Sea Region ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: During history, the main channel of communication and cooperation between countries was through commerce and, consequently, through transport. Among all the transport ways, the maritime transport is the one that offers the best cost – benefits ratio. This article is addressed to all the people involved or interested in the economic and military fields and aims to highlight the importance of the Black Sea and North Sea connecting corridor in ensuring peace and stability in Europe in general and in South-Eastern Europe in special. To achieve this goal, we will review the historical conflicts among European countries for waterway control and make a descriptive analysis of the stability situation in the areas affected by them. Furthermore, using the hypothetical-deductive method, we will highlight the manner in which the connection of the Black Sea with the North Sea has influenced economic and military exchanges between riparian states and the impact on stability across European continent. At the end of the article, we will show how economic and military stability in south-eastern Europe is influenced and threatened by geopolitical changes in the wider Black Sea region and how this stability can be maintained and strengthened due to the great possibilities for economic cooperation among the countries of Western and South-Eastern Europe. The novelty of this approach is that it aims to analyze the importance of the Black Sea-North Sea channel in the context of fundamental changes in the politico-military situation in South-East Europe, generated by the expansion of the Russian Federation and the conflict between Turkey and Greece, NATO member countries.

scholarly journals Pigs and humans in Early Neolithic South-eastern Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna De Groene ◽  
Petar Zidarov ◽  
Nedko Elenski ◽  
Youri Van den Hurk ◽  
Thijs Van Kolfschoten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Wild Boar ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Dietary Analysis ◽  
Domestic Pigs ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Pig Management

The Bulgarian site Džuljunica-Smărdeš, dating to 6205-5529 cal. BC, is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in Europe. Both domestic cattle and caprines are present in the zooarchaeological assemblage, but Sus, in contrast, is extremely rare. It is not known if the earliest Neolithic people in Europe did rear domestic pigs, practised some form of pig management, or only hunted wild boar. This research investigates the human pig relationships, using biometry, kill-off patterns and isotopic dietary analysis. With this integrated methodological approach, it might be possible to characterize human-suid relationships in this pivotal Early Neolithic site with greater accuracy. Understanding this relationship at this site contributes to the broader debate on how Neolithisation and domesticates spread through Europe, and which bio-cultural mechanisms were responsible for differential patterns of animal exploitation.

scholarly journals Threats to Democracy

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 51-67
Author(s):  
Valentina Petrović
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Ruling Party

Right-wing populist governments in Central and South-eastern Europe are currently abusing the emergency caused by the pandemic in order to extend their power and influence over institutions through legislative changes. The governments in Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Hungary have raised fears by their measures to either establish authoritarian regimes and/or to reassert their grip on power during the Covid19 crisis. This text is intended to give an insight into the measures of the ruling right-wing populist parties (PiS in Poland, SNS in Serbia, SDS in Slovenia and Fidesz in Hungary) during the pandemic. On the one hand, the article intends to show that the individual governments have misused the crisis to bring independent and/or state media under their control, to conclude corrupt deals between the ruling party and government-related companies and to put pressure on other independent institutions.

scholarly journals Pigs and humans in Early Neolithic South-eastern Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 38-51
Author(s):  
Donna De Groene ◽  
Petar Zidarov ◽  
Nedko Elenski ◽  
Youri Van den Hurk ◽  
Thijs Van Kolfschoten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Wild Boar ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Dietary Analysis ◽  
Domestic Pigs ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Pig Management

The Bulgarian site Džuljunica-Smărdeš, dating to 6205-5529 cal. BC, is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in Europe. Both domestic cattle and caprines are present in the zooarchaeological assemblage, but Sus, in contrast, is extremely rare. It is not known if the earliest Neolithic people in Europe did rear domestic pigs, practised some form of pig management, or only hunted wild boar. This research investigates the human pig relationships, using biometry, kill-off patterns and isotopic dietary analysis. With this integrated methodological approach, it might be possible to characterize human-suid relationships in this pivotal Early Neolithic site with greater accuracy. Understanding this relationship at this site contributes to the broader debate on how Neolithisation and domesticates spread through Europe, and which bio-cultural mechanisms were responsible for differential patterns of animal exploitation.

scholarly journals Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke S. van de Loosdrecht ◽  
Marcello A. Mannino ◽  
Sahra Talamo ◽  
Vanessa Villalba-Mouco ◽  
Cosimo Posth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Early Farmers ◽  
Late Mesolithic

AbstractSouthern Italy is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean due to its central position. We present a genomic transect for 19 prehistoric Sicilians that covers the Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic period. We find that the Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers (HGs) are a highly drifted sister lineage to Early Holocene western European HGs, whereas a quarter of the Late Mesolithic HGs ancestry is related to HGs from eastern Europe and the Near East. This indicates substantial gene flow from (south-)eastern Europe between the Early and Late Mesolithic. The Early Neolithic farmers are genetically most similar to those from the Balkan and Greece, and carry only a maximum of ∼7% ancestry from Sicilian Mesolithic HGs. Ancestry changes match changes in dietary profile and material culture, except for two individuals who may provide tentative initial evidence that HGs adopted elements of farming in Sicily.One-sentence summaryGenome-wide and isotopic data from prehistoric Sicilians reveal a pre-farming connection to (south-) eastern Europe, and tentative initial evidence that hunter-gatherers adopted some Neolithic aspects prior to near-total replacement by early farmers.

scholarly journals Transition towards a sustainable heating and cooling sector - case study of southeast European countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (6 Part A) ◽  
pp. 3293-3306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Rutz ◽  
Jakob Worm ◽  
Christian Doczekal ◽  
Anes Kazagic ◽  
Neven Duic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Heating Systems ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
South Eastern Europe

Many traditional heating systems which are based on fossils face challenges such as lack of investment or unfavorable price regulations, low technical performance, environmental impacts and negative consumer perceptions. The CoolHeating project which is, funded by the EU?s Horizon 2020 programme and presented in this paper promotes the implementation of small modular renewable heating and cooling grids for communities in South-Eastern Europe. Core project activities bincluded measures to stimulate the interest of communities and citizens to set-up renewable district heating systems in five target communities in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and North Macedonia up to the investment stage. Single criteria and multi-criteria assessment approaches, considering economic, environmental and social indicators of the targeted projects, have been applied in this work in order to investigate opportunities for the sustainable transition of the heating and cooling sectors of the target communities of Southeast Europe. Both approaches confirm the feasibilities of the transition from traditional to renewable energy-based heating systems for each target community in the countries of South-Eastern Europe. After simulation and replication of the results, the sustainability analysis indicatively shows that the transitions from traditional fossil-based, poor-maintained, and difficult-to-manage heating systems towards renewable district heating and cooling systems in Southeast Europe are sustainable solutions. Having in mind the modularity of such systems, those solutions can be replicated in other Southeast European cities and other countries.

Temporal rings with spiral ornamentation: the spreading area and chronology

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Yuliya Stepanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Spreading Area ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Twisted Wire

The paper considers one of the categories of medieval jewelry – temporal rings with décor made of spirally twisted wire. The study characterizes finds from Eastern Europe known to date and provides data on jewelry from Central and South-Eastern Europe. The temporal rings of different design of their ends and spiral decorations are identified. Jewelry of this type is associated with the Byzantine jewelry tradition. The finds are concentrated in Slavic sites along the Danube, in Serbia, Bulgaria and Southeast Romania. They are not numerous in Central and Eastern Europe. Their chronology, as in the Danube-Balkan region, covers the 10th–14th centuries, the largest number of finds belonging to the second half of the 11th–13th century. Rings with a spiral decor could enter Northern Rus both as a result of trade and with settlers from the southern Rus lands. A small number of finds indicate that this type of jewelry did not become the subject of mass production outside the Danube-Balkan region.

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