First farmers and herders in Leskovac region

Overview

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This research area focuses on the Early Neolithic period around Leskovac in southern Serbia. The region is geographically connecting the Mediterranean world (via Vardar-Axios Valley) and the Balkans (South Morava valley) and therefore of central importance for the process of the Neolithisation in Southeastern and Central Europe.

Project objectives

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• Visualization of Early Neolithic environment and human impact on the basis of paleo-environmental prospection and geophysical and geomorphological prospection results
• Online platform with first results from surveys and excavation