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PAPERS OF THE BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL SECTION

OF THE SERBIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

BIOARCHAEOLOGY
IN THE BALKANS
BALANCE AND PERSPECTIVES

Editors:
Nataa Miladinovi-Radmilovi
Selena Vitezovi

Belgrade Sremska Mitrovica

2013

RADOVI BIOARHEOLOKE SEKCIJE

SRPSKOG ARHEOLOKOG DRUTVA

BIOARHEOLOGIJA
NA BALKANU
BILANS I PERSPEKTIVE

Urednici:
Nataa Miladinovi-Radmilovi
Selena Vitezovi

Beograd Sremska Mitrovica

2013

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SADRAJ/TABLE OF CONTENTS

Nataa Miladinovi-Radmilovi, Selena Vitezovi

Bioarheoloka istraivanja na Balkanu ................................................................................................1
Bioarheologija na Balkanu Aktuelno stanje i dosadanja istraivanja

.............................3
,
.....................................13
Dragana Filipovi, ura Obradovi
Archaeobotany at Neolithic Sites in Serbia: A Critical Overview of the Methods and Results........25
Metodologija prouavanja osteolokog materijala
Nataa Miladinovi-Radmilovi
Standardizacija grobnih zapisnika incineracija i inhumacija.........................................................57
Ksenija uki
Primena imiding metoda koji se koriste u medicini u antropolokim istraivanjima.....................97
Selena Vitezovi
Analiza praistorijskih kotanih predmeta neka metodoloka razmatranja..................................107
Studije sluaja


........................................................133
Neda Dimovi
Sluaj hipoplazije hamuli ossis hamati sa srednjovekovnog nalazita
Preko Slatine u Omoljici...................................................................................................................155
,
(Gallus domesticus) ................................161

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ivotinje i materijalna kultura

Isabelle Sidra
Manufacturing bone tools: The example of Kovaevo ....................................................................173
Sofija Petkovi
Roman item made of mammoth tusk from Romuliana ...................................................................179
Gordana Jeremi
Ludigallinarii on the mosaic floor from Oescus (NW Bulgaria) .......................................................187

Bioarheologija na Balkanu: Bilans i perspektive

BIOARHEOLOKA ISTRAIVANJA NA BALKANU

Savremena arheologija ne moe se zamisliti bez

razliitih interdisciplinarnih, specijalistikih
studija. Kako se arheologija menjala, tako su se
i izdvajale nove poddiscipline, usmerene ka specifinim problemima, pa se danas govori o geoarheologiji, paleoetnobotanici, zooarheologiji
(ili arheozoologiji), (bio)fizikoj antropologiji.
Njihov obim, ciljevi i rezultati, meutim, u velikoj meri zavise od razliitih faktora, esto nearheolokih nedostatak finansijskih sredstava
ih ograniava ili usmerava na odabrana pitanja,
ali se deava i da se ovakva istraivanja, kao reprezentativna i privlana, stave u prvi plan zarad
obezbeivanja nastavka finansiranja, a da se zanemari celovito posmatranje nekog arheolokog
problema. Isto tako, preovlaujua teorijska paradigma u nekom periodu, kao i ciljevi istraivanja nekog odreenog lokaliteta u velikoj meri
mogu uticati na to da se odreene specijalistike
studije favorizuju ili ostave po strani.
Termin bioarheologija prvi je uveo u literaturu Grejem Klark (Grahame Clark) 1972. godine, da oznai prouavanje ivotinjskih kostiju iz
arheolokih slojeva. U Sjedinjenim Amerikim
Dravama, termin bioarheologija se upotrebljava prevashodno za prouavanje ljudskih skeleta.
U veini evropskih zemalja, meutim, danas se
pod ovim terminom podrazumeva analiza svih
biolokih ostataka sa arheolokih nalazita. Bioarheologija je osnov za mnoge poddiscipline u
arheologiji, kao to su prouavanje drevne DNK,
paleodemografija, paleopatologija, ali i povezuje
se sa socijalnom arheologijom (prouavanje telesnosti u arheologiji embodiment in archaeology).
Sama priroda bioarheolokih ostataka, odnosno injenica da su oni istovremeno bioloki i

arheoloki, tanije da pripadaju sferama prirodnog i kulturnog, jeste ono to im, s jedne strane,
daje izuzetno velike interpretativne mogunosti, ali ih s druge strane i oteava, jer su za puno
iskoriavanje potencijala koji pruaju potrebni strunjaci koji u svom radu mogu obuhvatiti
oba naina posmatranja, tojest, koji nee zanemariti jedan aspekat na utrb drugog. Upravo iz
tih razloga, neophodno je neprekidno preispitivanje i unapreivanje i metodologije i teorijskih
okvira.
Stepen istraenosti pojedinih od ovih oblasti
dosta varira, u zavisnosti od tematske oblasti, geografskog regiona i hronolokog perioda. Zajedniko, meutim, i antropologiji, i paleoetnobotanici, i zooarheologiji u arheologiji Balkana, jeste
nedovoljna sistematinost u dosadanjim radovima, tanije, istraivanja su esto bila uslovljena
odreenim (povoljnim) prilikama, i retko predstavljaju rezultat planiranog, ciljanog projekta.
Situacija se u poslednje vreme menja nabolje,
najvie zahvaljujui prepoznavanju potrebe za
ovakvim studijama kada su u pitanju veliki nauni projekti, ali i zahvaljujui individualnim naporima koje su pojedini istraivai uloili. Umesto
dosadanje prakse predstavljanja rezultata ovih
istraivanja u vidu malog dodatka na kraju vee
publikacije, sve je vei broj radova u kojima su
bioarheoloka prouavanja glavna tema.
Bolje povezivanje razliitih strunjaka i stavljanje rezultata njihovog rada u iri arheoloki
kontekst, jesu, meutim, neophodni za bolje interpretacije arheolokih problema.
Ideja za pripremu ovog zbornika radova proistekla je iz prvog simpozijuma koji je organizovala Sekcija za bioarheologiju Srpskog arheolo-

NATAA MILADINOVI-RADMILOVI i SELENA VITEZOVI

kog drutva na XXXV godinjem skupu Drutva,

odranom u Valjevu. Sekcija je nastala iz potrebe
da se rezultati rada bioarheolokih istraivanja
predstave iroj arheolokoj javnosti, kao i da se
pokrene diskusija o metodolokim i drugim problemima sa kojima se razliiti strunjaci susreu
u radu. Pored toga, cilj je bio ne samo da se predstave interdisciplinarni radovi, ve da se zaista
pokrenu multidisciplinarna istraivanja.
Publikovanje rezultata ovakvih studija ponekad je oteano upravo zbog njihove specifine
prirode, kada se trae radovi koji pokrivaju iru
italaku publiku, ili pruaju odgovore na pitanja
ireg znaaja. To je bio dodatni razlog za pokretanje ovakve publikacije. U ovom zborniku, nadamo se, prvom u nizu, uglavnom su radovi koji
analiziraju dosadanja istraivanja i pokazuju
sadanje stanje, kao i oni koji se bave metodolokim problemima. Predstavljeno je, meutim, i
nekoliko studija sluaja, a posebni odeljak predstavljaju radovi na temu ivotinja i materijalne
kulture. Naslov Bilans i perspektive ukratko
sumira osnovne teme dotaknute u ovom zborniku.
Prvi rad u zborniku jeste tekst P. Radovia,
koji se bavi osetljivim, ali veoma znaajnim pitanjem, koje vapi za to hitnijim reenjem problemom zakonske regulative uvanja antropolokih ostataka i njihovim adekvatnim tretmanom
i smetajem u nadlenim ustanovama.
Istorijat istraivanja, odnosno bilans dosadanjih i perspektive za budua istraivanja, teme

su radova Ivane Stojanovi i Jelene Bulatovi

(zooarheologija), i Dragane Filipovi i ure Obradovi (arheobotanika).
Metodologija obrade osteolokog materijala tema je radova N. Miladinovi-Radmilovi
(standardizacija antropoloke dokumentacije
za arheologe i antropologe), K. uki (primena
imiding metoda) i S. Vitezovi (obrada artefakata od kotanih sirovina), u kojima se i predlau metodoloki okviri uoblieni na osnovu iskustva autorki.
Naredni blok predstavljaju studije sluaja,
preteno koncentrisani na antropoloke ostatke
(P. Radovi, N. Dimovi), a posebno se izdvaja
studija J. Jovanovi i J. Bulatovi u kojoj su dati
uporedni rezultati analiza antropolokih i zoolokih ostataka sa nekropole u Remezijani.
Konano, zbornik zakljuuju radovi koji se ba
ve ivotinjama i materijalnom kulturom: S. Petkovi i I. Sidra su predstavile odabrane kotane predmete iz rimskog, odnosno praistorijskog
perioda, dok je tema rada G. Jeremi predstava
ivotinja na rimskim mozaicima.
I, na kraju, ali ne najmanje vano, htele bismo da se zahvalimo svim kolegama koji su podrali na rad, naroito kolegama iz Arheolokog
instituta, kao i lanovima Srpskog arheolokog
drutva koji su nas podrali i koji su pratili naa
izlaganja na skupu u Valjevu.
NATAA MILADINOVI-RADMILOVI,
SELENA VITEZOVI

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Abstract: Animal remains were found in graves at cemeteries from the Roman period across Europe. Although
so far several Roman necropolis on the territory of Upper Moesia were investigated, little attention was paid to
animal remains that were placed next to the deceased. From site Gladno Polje at Remesiana, 51 graves from the
period of late antiquity were investigated, in which 28 children and 37 adult individuals were buried. Animal remains were found in 13 graves, majority of them were from domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus). The objective
of this study was to determine whether the presence of animal remains in certain graves was connected to sex
and age of the individuals buried in the necropolis. Results indicate that the animal remains are found in certain
graves at necropolis Gladno Polje regardless of sex and age od the deceased.
Keywords: Remesiana, Gladno polje, Late Antiquity, necropolis, inhumated graves, animal remains, Gallus domesticus.

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Summary
DOMESTIC CHICKEN (GALLUS DOMESTICUS) IN FUNERARY RITUAL AT REMESIANA
JELENA JOVANOVI and JELENA BULATOVI

During the rescue archaeological excavation in

2011, at the site Gladno Polje in Bela Palanka
(Remesiana), late antique necropolis was discovered. There were 51 inhumated graves (28 children and 37 adult individuals) dated to the first
half of the IV century A.D. The objective of this
study was to determine whether the presence of
animal remains in certain graves was connected to sex and age distribution of the individuals
buried in the necropolis. Animal remains were
found in 13 graves, majority of them were of domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus) (Table 1).
In general, there are two possible reasons
for including the remains of chicken and other
animals in grave: they were either intended as

food for the deceased on his or her journey to

the underworld or they were intended as an offering to the gods to ensure safe arrival in the
afterlife (Lauwerier 2002). Animal remains were
frequently placed in graves in the territories of
the Roman Empire. A pig or joint of pork was
the most usual accompaniment of a burial; the
chicken was the second most frequent, followed
by joints of cattle, sheep and goat (Lauwerier
1993; Serjeantson 2009). The relative frequency
of these species correlate with the meat listed
in the recipe book of the Roman writer Apicius.
The recipes were for luxurious food rather than
everyday meals, which implied that the food accompanying the dead represented meals that we

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re out of ordinary (Lauwerier 1993; Serjeantson

2009).
The studies of animal remains found in graves on the territory of Serbia, the former part of
the Roman province Upper Moesia (Moesia Superior) are not numerous. Existing knowledge is
based on the studies of cemeteries Vie grobalja
in Viminacium (, 1990) and
Livade in Sremska Mitrovica ( 1995), as
well as the tomb outside the fortified imperial
palace in Gamzigrad (Dimitijevi and Medovi
2007).
Anthropological analysis showed that natural biological population was buried in the
necropolis Gladno polje in Remesiana. Inhabitans of ancient Remesiana provided their deceased besides personal items, also with food,
and animal remains found in about one-quarter
of graves, speak in favor of. Chicken meat was

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the most frequent food accompanied the dead

at this necropolis. The presence of animal bones in the graves at Gladno polje was not caused
by sex or age of the deceased. There also was
not any regularity in the spatial distribution of
these graves in the necropolis. A similar situation was observed at the biritual necropolis Vie
grobalja in Viminacium, but also in general it
was typical for the other Roman cemeteries across Europe.
In order to gain a better insight into the funerary rites, especially those connected with food
offerings, as well as animals involved in funeral
customs, it is necessary to study their remains.
Certainly, the future research should pay more
attention to cooperation between archaeologists,
physical anthropologists and archaeozoologists,
and this will contribute to the development of
funerary archaeology in Serbia.

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