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Sisak
05-22-2013, 12:03 AM
Sopot culture near Vinkovci

(5050th to 3970th BC) residents in Sopot abstained three types of cattle -pigs, sheep and goats, and founded are the bones of dog, horse, beaver and wolves. As food used two types of wheat, barley, oats, flax and lens and elder. Residents of Sopot culture had houses above the ground.
Found numerous ritual items such as altars and idols, pots and ceramic parts and various tools such as prehistoric fish hooks, blades and other sharp objects like needles.
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Residents of Sopot culture were first who their settlements distanced with palisade walls.
Reconstructed house of Sopot:
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Members of Sopot population build houses in the hills along the banks of rivers, streams and wetlands. Sopot culture takes some achievements of Vinca culture, such as reducing the baking and biconical profiling dishes and left tradition of painting. As a distinctive cultural feature appears extremely fine black polished ceramic biconical shape. Coarse pottery is mostly unadorned, possibly with different bulges, as well as functional and decorative element. In the repertoire of polished stone tools first appear ax handle hole to put the shaft.