Ranutovac, an Early Bronze Age Necropolis in southeastern Serbia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781407356907)

This volume presents the finds from an Early Bronze Age necropolis in the Juzna Morava Basin in the heart of the Balkans holding exclusively incinerated deceased. A total of 21 deceased were registered in the same number of graves, distributed in three segments. The remains of the deceased, along with grave goods, were covered by a small circular stone construction (c. 1 m) and then with a bigger circular stone structure between 1.5 and 3 m. The grave goods comprised fragmented or completely preserved vessels of which ember containers were the most specific. Besides a traditional archaeological approach to the topic, such as studies of necropolis architecture, burial rites, grave goods, and absolute dates, the book contains two analytical reports which approach the topic from a multidisciplinary perpspective. The first one (Filipovic, Filatova) analyses the remains of wood from the pyre and the second one (Gajic et al.) deals with the physical-chemical composition of pottery from the necropolis.