Abstract
In order to examine the hypothesis of our knowledge on the Vinča chipped stone industry which was spreading on the territory of Serbia during the Late Neolithic until the Chalcolithic (the end of the 6th and the beginning of the 5th millennia BCE) and the previously noticed changes within it, we started from the question about the process of chipped stone tool production and the life cycle of artefacts. A series of preparatory activities in making replicas of flint sickles and the realization of a harvesting process contributed to gaining better knowledge on sequences of stone production technology, from the supply strategy to the production and utilization of artefacts. The main goal of the experiment was to obtain authentic traces of use on the working edges and creation of the first visual comparative database with examples from the region.Preliminary results essentially influenced our determination of the methods applied for reduction sequences during the Vinča culture. A significant result was achieved with the first quantifications of raw materials for making tools, such as a sickle and needs during one season, as well as with the precise definition of areas of sown land necessary for maintenance of an average Vinča family.
Highlights
The period from the end of the 6th and the beginning of the 5th millennia BCE belonged to the bearers of the Vinča culture in the territory of modern Serbia (Figure 1)
Based on the morphology and location of sickle gloss on the blades from Belo Brdo and similar manifestations from the territory of Bulgaria and Southwest Asia, we selected a model of sickle from the site of Tell Halula, from the middle of the 8th millennium BCE (Borell & Molist 2007: Figs. 5 & 6)
According to its macroscopic characteristics, it is similar to the main raw material used in the Late Neolithic settlement Vinča D, in households dated ca 4500 (Tasić et al 2015)
Summary
The period from the end of the 6th and the beginning of the 5th millennia BCE belonged to the bearers of the Vinča culture in the territory of modern Serbia (Figure 1). Besides a large number of established practices, from the emergence of tell settlements and flat supersites to hamlets in mountain scenery (Borić 2015), from the explosion of stone artefact production to metallurgical installations, this culture is important, above all, for studying formative processes in the emergence of new societies and relations among them (Porčić 2012; Tripković 2013; Bogosavljević Petrović 2015: 407-520). In absolute dates, this period has a time span of ca. In addition to preparation of a reference photo collection of microscopically recorded traces on chipped stone tools, it implied devising special archaeological experiments, making replicas of typologically different tools, simulation of use and recording traces of use as a complementary data source
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