Brnick culture , full name - cultural group Donja Brnica / Gornja Strazhava - archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age that existed on the territory of modern Serbia in 1400-700. BC e. [1] Named for the eponymous settlements of Donja Brnica , Serb. Doњa Brњica and Gornja Stražava , Serb. Mountain Strazhava .
Content
Composition
Culture consists of several groups: [1]
- Kosovo, including Raska and Pester
- area of confluence of South and West Moravia
- Leskovac Nis
- South Morava-Pchinya-Upper Vardar
Finds
Brnicki type ceramics were discovered in Blagoevgrad, Plovdiv and in several cities of Pelagonia , on Lower Vardar, on the island of Thassos and in Thessaly . They date from the 13th and 12th centuries. BC e. [one]
Ethnicity
This culture is associated with the people of the Mez , or Misi, of Indo-European origin, from which the name of the historical region of Moesia comes from. [1] This people are referred to as Illyrians, however, they distinguish a non-Illyrian component in it. [one]
Settlements
A characteristic settlement of this culture is Hisar Hill, which consists of several cultural periods.
Traces of the Brnick culture (8th century BC) were found on a plateau that was surrounded by a deep moat and a palisade on the inside. Such fortifications are similar to those discovered during excavations of the Gradac archaeological site in Laniste in the Great Morava Basin. [2]
Later, in the 6-4 century. BC e. on Hissar there was an Iron Age settlement. In 2005, excavations revealed Greek brooches and ceramics, as well as the tombs of the triballs ( Thracian tribe) [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2006/0350-02410656073S.pdf
- ↑ Stojic 1986, 61-62. Yu
- ↑ B92 - Vesti - Praistorijska kopča