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Bosut Gradina ( sr, Градина на Босуту / ) is an
The Bosut culture, that was named after the Gradina site, is dated into early Iron Age and it is generally divided into three development stages. It is sometimes grouped with related
Gradina na Bosutu
(in Serbian) (spomenicisrbije.com archived copy) Archaeological Sites of Great Importance (Serbia) Neolithic Serbia Eneolithic Serbia Bronze Age Serbia Iron Age Serbia History of Syrmia Prehistory of Vojvodina Lengyel culture Paleontology in Serbia {{Serbia-stub
archeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and ...
in Serbia. It is located on the left bank of the Bosut river
The Bosut ( sr-Cyrl, Босут) is a river in the Syrmia region of eastern Croatia and northwestern Serbia, a 186 km long left tributary of the Sava river. Slow and meandering, it originates from the confluence of Biđ and Berava rivers sou ...
, located between the villages of Vašica
Vašica () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Šid municipality, in the Syrmia District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,717 people (2002 census).
Demographics
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and Batrovci
Batrovci () is a village located in the municipality of Šid, Srem District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, it has a population of 259 inhabitants. A border crossing between Serbia and Croatia is located in the village, on European route E70.
Na ...
, Šid municipality, Syrmia District, province of Vojvodina. The site contains remains from several time periods, including Neolithic, Eneolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age findings. Most remarkable findings are remains of Iron Age Bosut culture, which was named after this archaeological locality.
Archaeological findings
This site incorporating following findings: * Neolithic period: findings of Sopot-Lengyel
Lengyel (literally: " Polish, Pole", german: Lendl) is the highest inhabited village in Tolna County, Hungary. It is located between Bonyhád and Dombóvár. It was long held by the Apponyi family following its purchase by Count Antal György A ...
culture,
* Eneolithic period: findings of Boleras-Černavoda III culture,
* Bronze Age: findings of Vinkovci culture
Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surrounde ...
and Vatin culture,
* Iron Age: findings of Bosut culture and of Scordisci settlement.
Bosut culture
The Bosut culture, that was named after the Gradina site, is dated into early Iron Age and it is generally divided into three development stages. It is sometimes grouped with related Basarabi culture
The Basarabi culture was an archaeological culture in Southeastern Europe (mainly in Romania), dated between 8th - 7th centuries BC. It was named after Basarabi, a village in Dolj County, south-western Romania, nowadays an administrative componen ...
into Bosut-Basarabi complex The Bosut-Basarabi complex is a common name for two related prehistoric Iron Age cultures in Southeastern Europe:
* The Bosut culture
* The Basarabi culture
The Basarabi culture was an archaeological culture in Southeastern Europe (mainly in Rom ...
. There are different views about ethnic identity of the people of Bosut culture; according to one view, they were Triballi, while according to another view, they were Daco
The Dacians (; la, Daci ; grc-gre, Δάκοι, Δάοι, Δάκαι) were the ancient Indo-European inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, located in the area near the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea. They are often consi ...
-Getae
The Getae ( ) or Gets ( ; grc, Γέται, singular ) were a Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania. Both the singular form ''Get'' an ...
s.
History of research
Excavations on this locality were performed from 1964 to 1988.http://www.balkaninstitut.com/pdf/izdanja/balcanica/balcanica%2035/01%20Tasic.pdf Bosut Gradina was declared Archaeological Site of Great Importance in 1991, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.See also
* Archaeological Sites of Great Importance * Tourism in Serbia *Tourism in Vojvodina
The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province of Serbia, located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian Plain of Central Europe. Novi Sad is the largest city and administrative ...
References
External links
Gradina na Bosutu
(in Serbian) (spomenicisrbije.com archived copy) Archaeological Sites of Great Importance (Serbia) Neolithic Serbia Eneolithic Serbia Bronze Age Serbia Iron Age Serbia History of Syrmia Prehistory of Vojvodina Lengyel culture Paleontology in Serbia {{Serbia-stub