Bosut Gradina ( / ) is an

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 an ...

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. 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. It is a 186 km long, slow and meandering left tributary of the Sava river. The riverbed begins near the left embankment of the Sava ...

, 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 Population of ...

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 Šid ( sr-cyr, Шид, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It has a population of 12,628, while the municipality has 27,894 inhabitants (2022 census). A border crossing betw ...

municipality,

Syrmia District The Srem District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the geographical regions of Syrmia and Mačva. According to the 2022 census, the Srem District has a population of 282,547 inhabitants. The administrative center is ...

, province of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

. The site contains remains from several time periods, including

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

Eneolithic The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as st ...

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

, and

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

findings. Most remarkable findings are remains of Iron Age

Bosut culture Bosut culture ( Serbian: ''Bosutska kultura'' / Босутска култура or ''Bosutska grupa'' / Босутска група) is a name of a prehistoric Iron Age culture, which was named after the Bosut Gradina archaeological site in Serb ...

, which was named after this archaeological locality.

Archaeological findings

This site incorporating following findings: *

period: findings of

Sopot Sopot (; or ) is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomerania Province and has the City with powiat ri ...

Lengyel Lengyel (literally: " Polish, Pole", ) 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 Apponyi in 179 ...

culture, *

period: findings of Boleras-Černavoda III culture, *

: findings of Vinkovci culture and

Vatin culture The Vatin culture ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Ватинска култура, Vatinska kultura or sr-Cyrl-Latn, label=none, Ватинска група, Vatinska grupa) is a name of a prehistoric Bronze Age culture, which was named after Vatin, a village ...

, *

: findings of

and of

Scordisci The Scordisci (; ) were an Iron Age cultural group who emerged after the Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe, and who were centered in the territory of present-day Serbia, at the confluence of the Savus (Sava), Dravus (Drava), Margus (Morav ...

settlement.

Bosut culture

The

, 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 compo ...

into Bosut-Basarabi complex. There are different views about ethnic identity of the people of Bosut culture; according to one view, they were

Triballi The Triballi (, ) were an ancient people who lived in northern Bulgaria in the region of Roman Oescus up to southeastern Serbia, possibly near the territory of the Morava Valley in the late Iron Age. The Triballi lived between Thracians to the ...

, while according to another view, they were

Daco The Dacians (; ; ) 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 considered a subgroup of the Thracians. This area inclu ...

Getae The Getae or Getai ( or , also Getans) were a large nation who inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania, throughout much of Classical Antiquity. The main source of informa ...

History of research

Excavations on this locality were performed from 1964 to 1988. Bosut Gradina was declared Archaeological Site of Great Importance in 1991, and it is protected by

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References

External links

Gradina na Bosutu
(in Serbian) (spomenicisrbije.com archived copy) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosut Gradina 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

Archaeological findings

Bosut culture

History of research

See also

References

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