New contributions for the early iron age stratigraphy at the site of Hisar in Leskovac (Sector I)

Abstract

Archaeological research at the site of Hisar in Leskovac began more than a decade ago and has initiated numerous papers on the relationship between the Mediana and Brnjica cultural groups and cultures that marked the transition from the Bronze to the Early Iron Age in the Central Balkans. This paper seeks to highlight and correct some of the key mistakes which have emerged in the stratigraphic interpretation of this multi-horizon site, and in such a way contribute to the better understanding of cultural movements at the transition from the 2nd to the 1st millennium BC. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177020: The article rusults from the project: Archaeology of Serbia: Cultural identity, integrational factors, technological processes and the role of the Central Balkans in the development of European prehistory]

Keywords

• Bronze Age
• transition from Bronze to Iron Age
• Early Iron Age
• black metallurgy
• Turović pin