Dakovic, Gligor
(2023)
Long-term Social Processes and Demographic Dynamics of the Early Bronze Age (2800–1700 BC) in the Northern Banat Region of Serbia.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This doctoral dissertation examines long term social and economic transitions in the Northern Banat Region of present-day Serbia during the Bronze Age (2800–1700 BC). At this time, it appears that egalitarian communities gave way to completely new forms of hierarchical social organization by the early second millennium BC. These developments have been characterized through conventional social typologies based on the discovery of well-furnished graves in which unequal access to prestige goods is apparent. Bronze Age cemeteries have drawn the most interest with much less comparable research being undertaken on regional settlement patterning, household organization, and scale and location of craft production activities. Dissertation field research was undertaken in the Banat region of Northern Serbia, located in the Carpathian Basin of Europe, and was funded by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (# 1834491) in cooperation of the Intermunicipal Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments of Subotica and the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia. Research was comprised of the development of methods using a regional scale pedestrian survey of 200 square kilometers, surface collection of artifacts and statistical analysis, targeted near surface geophysical surveys and spatial analysis of topographic, environmental and survey data. Assessment of the data collected revealed exceptionally significant regional scale changes regarding demographic densities, socio-economic practices, and settlement patterns with regional integration and population centralization on a supra-local level during Early and Middle Bronze Age Early (2200-1500BCE). Results also indicate the presence of economic intensification and interdependence with considerable potential for long distance trade and exchange. Subsequently the Late Bronze Age period (1500-800BCE) bring about a significant depopulation of the region and disintegrations of the previously established socio-political systems.
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Unpublished |
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| ETD Committee: |
| Title | Member | Email Address | Pitt Username | ORCID |
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| Committee Chair | Hanks, Bryan | bkh5@pitt.edu | bkh5 | | | Committee Member | Bermann, Marc | | | | | Committee Member | Drennan, Robert | | | | | Committee Member | O'Shea, john | | | |
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| Date: |
25 January 2023 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
21 March 2022 |
| Approval Date: |
25 January 2023 |
| Submission Date: |
26 November 2022 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
209 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Anthropology |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Bronze age, social complexity |
| Date Deposited: |
25 Jan 2023 15:04 |
| Last Modified: |
25 Jan 2023 15:04 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/43848 |
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