The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: Evolution, Organisation and Consumption of Early Metal in the Balkans

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Dedication
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List of Authors
Foreword by Evgeniy N. Chernykh
Foreword by Barbara S. Ottaway
Foreword by Stephen J. Shennan
Acknowledgements
Part 1 Introduction
	The birth of archaeometallurgy in Serbia: a reflection
		Julka Kuzmanović-Cvetković
	The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: Evolution, organisation and consumption of early metal in the Balkans: an introduction to the project
		Thilo Rehren, Miljana Radivojević and Benjamin W. Roberts
	Balkan metallurgy and society, 6200–3700 BC
		Miljana Radivojević and Benjamin W. Roberts
	The Vinča culture: an overview
		Benjamin W. Roberts, Miljana Radivojević and Miroslav Marić
	Introduction to Belovode and results of archaeometallurgical research 1993–2012
		Miljana Radivojević
	Introducing Pločnik and the results of archaeometallurgical research 1996–2011
		Miljana Radivojević
	Excavation methodology for the sites of Belovode and Pločnik
		Miroslav Marić, Benjamin W. Roberts and Jugoslav Pendić
Part 2 Belovode
	Belovode landscape and settlement perspectives
		Miroslav Marić
	Belovode: geomagnetic data as a proxy for the reconstruction of house numbers, population size and the internal spatial structure
		Knut Rassmann, Roman Scholz, Patrick Mertl, Kai Radloff, Jugoslav Pendić and Aleksandar Jablanović
	Belovode: excavation results
		Miroslav Marić, Benjamin W. Roberts and Miljana Radivojević
	Belovode: technology of metal production
		Miljana Radivojević and Thilo Rehren
	Pottery from Trench 18 at Belovode
		Neda Mirković-Marić, Marija Savić and Milica Rajičić
	Chronological attribution of pottery from Trench 18 at Belovode based on correspondence analysis
		Miroslav Marić and Neda Mirković-Marić
	Belovode: technology of pottery production
		Silvia Amicone
	Figurines from Belovode
		Julka Kuzmanović-Cvetković
	Ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode
		Vidan Dimić and Dragana Antonović
	Bone industry from Belovode
		Selena Vitezović
	Chipped stone industry at Belovode
		Elmira Ibragimova
	Chemical and technological analyses of obsidian from Belovode
		Marina Milić
	Plant use at Belovode
		Dragana Filipović
	Animal remains from the site of Belovode
		Ivana Dimitrijević and David Orton
	Belovode: past, present and future
		Benjamin W. Roberts and Miljana Radivojević
Part 3 Pločnik
	Pločnik landscape and settlement perspectives
		Miroslav Marić
	Pločnik: geomagnetic prospection data as a proxy for the reconstruction of house numbers, population size and the internal spatial structure
		Knut Rassmann, Roman Scholz, Patrick Mertl, Jugoslav Pendić and Aleksandar Jablanović
	Pločnik: excavation results
		Miroslav Marić, Jugoslav Pendić, Benjamin W. Roberts and Miljana Radivojević
	Pločnik: technology of metal production
		Miljana Radivojević and Thilo Rehren
	Pottery from Trench 24 at Pločnik
		Neda Mirković-Marić, Marija Savić and Milica Rajičić
	Chronological attribution of pottery from Trench 24 at Pločnik based on correspondence analysis
		Neda Mirković-Marić and Miroslav Marić
	Pločnik: technology of pottery technology
		Silvia Amicone
	Figurines from Pločnik
		Julka Kuzmanović-Cvetković
	Ground and abrasive stone tools from Pločnik
		Vidan Dimić and Dragana Antonović
	Bone industry from Pločnik
		Selena Vitezović
	Chipped stone industry at Pločnik
		Elmira Ibragimova
	Plant use at Pločnik
		Dragana Filipović
	Animal remains from the site of Pločnik
		Jelena Bulatović and David Orton
	Pločnik: past, present and future
		Benjamin W. Roberts and Miljana Radivojević
Part 4 The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia: a view from the Balkans
	Relative and absolute chronology of Belovode and Pločnik
		Miroslav Marić, Miljana Radivojević, Benjamin W. Roberts and David C. Orton
	The social organisation of the Vinča culture settlements. New evidence from magnetic and archaeological excavation data
		Knut Rassmann, Martin Furholt, Nils Müller-Scheeßel and Johannes Müller
	Belovode and Pločnik: site visibility and remotely sensed data
		Jugoslav Pendić
	Population size and dynamics at Belovode and Pločnik
		Marko Porčić and Mladen Nikolić
	Metallurgical knowledge and networks of supply in the 5th millennium BC Balkans: Belovode and Pločnik in their regional context
		Miljana Radivojević, Thilo Rehren and Ernst Pernicka
	The pottery typology and relative chronology of Belovode and Pločnik: concluding remarks
		Neda Mirković-Marić and Miroslav Marić
	Pottery technology at the dawn of metallurgy in the Vinča culture
		Silvia Amicone, Miljana Radivojević, Patrick Quinn and Thilo Rehren
	Belovode and Pločnik figurines in their wider context
		Julka Kuzmanović-Cvetković
	Ground and abrasive stone tools from Belovode and Pločnik: concluding remarks
		Vidan Dimić and Dragana Antonović
	Bone tool technology at Belovode and Pločnik
		Selena Vitezović
	Chipped Stone industries in the Vinča culture
		Elmira Ibragimova
	Geochemical characterisation of chipped stones from Belovode and Pločnik
		Enrica Bonato, Martin Rittner and Silvia Amicone
	Belovode obsidian in a regional context
		Marina Milić
	Plant consumption at Belovode and Pločnik
		Dragana Filipović
	Evidence for animal use in the central Balkan Neolithic across the early metallurgical horizon: the animal remains from Belovode and Pločnik in context
		David Orton, Jelena Bulatović and Ivana Dimitrijević
Part 5 The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia and Beyond
	Balkan metallurgy in a Eurasian context
		Miljana Radivojević and Benjamin W. Roberts
	Where do we take global early metallurgy studies next?
		Benjamin W. Roberts, Miljana Radivojević and Thilo Rehren
	Appendices
	Bibliography
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