A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve, 1982/83-1. (Szeged, 1985)

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and from the late Starcevo layer of the Obre tell

82 both attest the expansion of an early metallurgical technology. Copper finds were recovered from a depth of 9.5 m (Vinca A) and 7.5 m (Vinöa B

t

) of the 10 m high settlement mound of Vinca near Belgrade during the excavations conducted at the beginning of the century by Basic;

83 these unusually early copper finds were, however, later "intentionally" disregarded by prehistoric research. Numerous copper objects have been reported from neighbouring countries which fall within the Vinca B

1

—B

2 period and are thus contemporary with the finds described in the foregoing; these are mainly ornaments and small artifacts. Several Fig. 14. Necklace from grave 136. 82 Gimbutas, M„ Old Europe с 7000—3500 В. С. The Journal of Indo-European Studies I (1973) 1—20, 83 Vasié, M., Die Hauptergebnisse der prähistorischen Ausgrabungen in Vinöa im Jahre 1908. PZ (1910) 31. 33