A Group Find of Neolithic Figurines of the Vinča Culture from Stubline, Serbia

Abstract

Stubline is a Late Neolithic Vinca-culture settlement built around 4700 BCE on an elevated slope near Serbian’s capital Belgrade. Excavations there revealed an exceptionally well-preserved settlement, with more then 200 above-ground houses arranged in rows, with linear communications, open spaces, and circular ditches surrounding the settlement. As in many other Neolithic villages in the central Balkans, a ground plan of the settlement at Stubline clearly illustrates settlement growth dynamic...