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Radiocarbon Dating of Sopot Culture Sites (Late Neolithic) in Eastern Croatia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Bogomil Obelić*
Affiliation:
Rudjer Bošković Institute, P.O. Box 180, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia.
Marija Krznarić Škrivanko
Affiliation:
Vinkovci Municipal Museum, 32100 Vinkovci, Croatia.
Boško Marijan
Affiliation:
Županja Municipal Museum “Stjepan Gruber”, 32270 Županja, Croatia.
Ines Krajcar Bronić
Affiliation:
Rudjer Bošković Institute, P.O. Box 180, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia.
*
Corresponding author. Email: Bogomil.Obelic@irb.hr.
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The results of radiocarbon dating of several Late Neolithic archaeological sites in Slavonia, eastern Croatia, are presented. According to the archaeological findings, the sites belong to the Sopot culture. Stages I-B, II-A, II-B, and III were identified at the eponym site Sopot near Vinkovci, stages I-B and II at the site Dubovo-Košno near Županja, while findings for other investigated sites (Herrmann's Vineyard near Osijek, Mandek's Vineyard from Otok, Privlaka near Vinkovci, and Slavča near Nova Gradiška) were placed to phases II and III. 14C results place the I-B stage to the period 5480–5070 cal BC, stage II-A to 5030–4770 cal BC, stage II-B to 4800–4250 cal BC, and phase III to 4340–3790 cal BC. These dates were compared to those obtained for other Late Neolithic cultures in the Pannonian Valley. The results confirmed the Protolengyel character of Sopot culture.

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