Darko Stojanovski
@darkostojanovski.bsky.social
diggin' Prehistory @oeai.bsky.social
Not a big fan of jewelry myself, unless the jewelry tells a deeper story. The later is the case with the ceramic bracelets found at Neolithic sites allover the Balkans. We focus on those found at the sites that me (Amzabegovo) and Barbara @barbarahorejs.bsky.social (Svinjaricka Cuka) investigate.
New “Balkan Fashion” Developing Through the Neolithization Process: The Ceramic Annulets of Amzabegovo and Svinjarička Čuka
We are presenting a first overview of the ceramic annulets found in Neolithic contexts in the Balkan Peninsula, which we are interpreting as bracelets with a very specific short-term use and function....
www.degruyterbrill.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Not a big fan of jewelry myself, unless the jewelry tells a deeper story. The later is the case with the ceramic bracelets found at Neolithic sites allover the Balkans. We focus on those found at the sites that me (Amzabegovo) and Barbara @barbarahorejs.bsky.social (Svinjaricka Cuka) investigate.
This lady from Amzabegovo needs a hug. The "last minute find" award of the 2025 campaign.
August 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This lady from Amzabegovo needs a hug. The "last minute find" award of the 2025 campaign.
Reposted by Darko Stojanovski
We had a great time at the #ENE conference with intensive days of discussing the Neolithic in Europe. Special thanks 🙏 to Zadar University & and Museum, our Vienna group enjoyed it very much 🩷 @oeai.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We had a great time at the #ENE conference with intensive days of discussing the Neolithic in Europe. Special thanks 🙏 to Zadar University & and Museum, our Vienna group enjoyed it very much 🩷 @oeai.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social
New paper on MP stone tool PDA, solving some long-standing issues with the site formation history doi.org/10.1016/j.qe...
Redirecting
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May 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New paper on MP stone tool PDA, solving some long-standing issues with the site formation history doi.org/10.1016/j.qe...
Reposted by Darko Stojanovski
We are happy to share our pre-print on dating bone using a novel non-destructive protocol we developed. The paper is on the Biorxiv here (Luftensteiner et al. 2025):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Non-destructive radiocarbon dating of bone
Since the 1950s, radiocarbon measurements have anchored archaeological chronologies dating back to 50,000 years, with bone collagen being a commonly dated material. Despite advances in collagen extrac...
www.biorxiv.org
March 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We are happy to share our pre-print on dating bone using a novel non-destructive protocol we developed. The paper is on the Biorxiv here (Luftensteiner et al. 2025):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
An interesting read on the early Slavic expansion in Central Europe. Muesli and granola are not modern inventions.
Chemical and isotopic analyses confirm dietary change marks the Early Medieval Slavic expansion into Central and Eastern Europe
During the first millennium AD, the much-discussed Migration Period marked a major episode of demographic and consequent economic, social and politica…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
An interesting read on the early Slavic expansion in Central Europe. Muesli and granola are not modern inventions.
Reposted by Darko Stojanovski
14C data from #BronzeAge urn cemeteries etc in eastern Serbia challenge the traditional chronology of the region. @mariogavranovic.bsky.social et al from @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social and A. Kapuran from Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade in Radiocarbon
🔓 doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
🔓 doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
March 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
14C data from #BronzeAge urn cemeteries etc in eastern Serbia challenge the traditional chronology of the region. @mariogavranovic.bsky.social et al from @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social and A. Kapuran from Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade in Radiocarbon
🔓 doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
🔓 doi.org/10.1017/RDC....
ÖAI @oeai.bsky.social is at Amzabegovo, Macedonia. Together with our friends at the Sveti Nikole museum, we are doing some syrveying and scanning. Field season is on!
March 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
ÖAI @oeai.bsky.social is at Amzabegovo, Macedonia. Together with our friends at the Sveti Nikole museum, we are doing some syrveying and scanning. Field season is on!
We are hosting Andrej Maczkowski on the 19 March at the @oeai.bsky.social in Vienna. He will tell us more about the crazy solar excursions in the past (aka Miyake events), their effect on Earth and how we can use that for a more precise dating. All are welcome to join us, live or via Zoom.
Cosmic rays illuminate the past: calendar-year dating of the Neolithic in the Balkans
Hybridlecture | Vienna
www.oeaw.ac.at
February 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We are hosting Andrej Maczkowski on the 19 March at the @oeai.bsky.social in Vienna. He will tell us more about the crazy solar excursions in the past (aka Miyake events), their effect on Earth and how we can use that for a more precise dating. All are welcome to join us, live or via Zoom.
Reposted by Darko Stojanovski
Join us at our cross-cultural EAA session 'Taming the Balkans' organised by our Macedonian-Serbian-Bulgarian-Austrian team 😎 Deadline 10.2.2025!
www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025
@darkostojanovski.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social
www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025
@darkostojanovski.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Join us at our cross-cultural EAA session 'Taming the Balkans' organised by our Macedonian-Serbian-Bulgarian-Austrian team 😎 Deadline 10.2.2025!
www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025
@darkostojanovski.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social
www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025
@darkostojanovski.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social
A bit of warmth, amongst all the madness left and right.
‘DJ Ahmet’ Review: Wondrous North Macedonian Drama Mixes Upbeat Music, Punchy Humor and Pathos
An unforgettable ensemble, laugh-out-loud comedy and heartsore drama make writer-director Georgi M. Unkovski’s winning feature feel like a revelation.
variety.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A bit of warmth, amongst all the madness left and right.
Reposted by Darko Stojanovski
We’re thrilled to continue the impressive legacy of the Neolithic Seminars with the 27th Neolithic Seminar!
This year’s theme, “Neolithic Ontologies”, delves into the radical alterity of Eurasian Neolithic societies.
Join us on November 7–8, 2025! Stay tuned for more details. #Neolithic
This year’s theme, “Neolithic Ontologies”, delves into the radical alterity of Eurasian Neolithic societies.
Join us on November 7–8, 2025! Stay tuned for more details. #Neolithic
January 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We’re thrilled to continue the impressive legacy of the Neolithic Seminars with the 27th Neolithic Seminar!
This year’s theme, “Neolithic Ontologies”, delves into the radical alterity of Eurasian Neolithic societies.
Join us on November 7–8, 2025! Stay tuned for more details. #Neolithic
This year’s theme, “Neolithic Ontologies”, delves into the radical alterity of Eurasian Neolithic societies.
Join us on November 7–8, 2025! Stay tuned for more details. #Neolithic
Reposted by Darko Stojanovski
🌞Deadline extended - February 1st, 2025
We’re inviting contributions to the 2nd Conference on the Emergence of the Neolithic in Europe (ENE2025), happening in beautiful Zadar, Croatia, from May 22–25, 2025 🌞
conference.unizd.hr/ene2025/call...
We’re inviting contributions to the 2nd Conference on the Emergence of the Neolithic in Europe (ENE2025), happening in beautiful Zadar, Croatia, from May 22–25, 2025 🌞
conference.unizd.hr/ene2025/call...
January 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🌞Deadline extended - February 1st, 2025
We’re inviting contributions to the 2nd Conference on the Emergence of the Neolithic in Europe (ENE2025), happening in beautiful Zadar, Croatia, from May 22–25, 2025 🌞
conference.unizd.hr/ene2025/call...
We’re inviting contributions to the 2nd Conference on the Emergence of the Neolithic in Europe (ENE2025), happening in beautiful Zadar, Croatia, from May 22–25, 2025 🌞
conference.unizd.hr/ene2025/call...
My friend Giulia Marciani and colleagues are dismantling the Uluzzian/Chatelperronian conundrum. Check it out!
The Uluzzian and Châtelperronian: No Technological Affinity in a Shared Chronological Framework - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
The Châtelperronian and Uluzzian techno-complexes are identified in western Europe in the same stratigraphic position, between the late Middle Palaeolithic and other Upper Palaeolithic assemblages. Bo...
link.springer.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
My friend Giulia Marciani and colleagues are dismantling the Uluzzian/Chatelperronian conundrum. Check it out!
Together with Slavisa Peric, Krum Bacvarov and @barbarahorejs.bsky.social we are organizing a session at the EAA in Belgrade. Anyone dealing with the complex mechanisms behind the first settlements between the Aegean and the Danube is welcome to join us. Deadline: 6 February. www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025
January 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Together with Slavisa Peric, Krum Bacvarov and @barbarahorejs.bsky.social we are organizing a session at the EAA in Belgrade. Anyone dealing with the complex mechanisms behind the first settlements between the Aegean and the Danube is welcome to join us. Deadline: 6 February. www.e-a-a.org/eaa2025