ALEKSANDAR P. BULATOVI] Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade NEW FINDS AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE EARLY BRONZE AGE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CENTRAL BALKANS UDK: 903"637"(497) e-mail:
[email protected] DOI: 10.2298/STA1464057B Received: February 18, 2014 Original research article Accepted: July 28, 2014 Abstract. – In this paper, new sites are presented which were explored throughout the protective excavations conducted along the E 75 motorway, as well as new indicative finds from the sites in north-eastern Macedonia. These results will complete the picture of life in the Early Bronze Age communities of the territory of Southern Pomoravlje and Gornja P~inja, as well as that of their relationship with the neighbouring populations. Of particular importance are the results of the investigation of this territory’s first explored necropolis from this period, which enriched our knowledge of the spiritual life of these communities. Key words. – Early Bronze Age, Southern Pomoravlje, Gornja P~inja, Armenochori culture, Bubanj–Hum III culture. he south-eastern part of Serbia, comprising the into one monograph, as well as in a number of articles.2 basin of the upper course and middle course Shortly after that, however, during the protective explo- T of the South Morava was, for a long time, con- rations of the sites endangered by the construction of sidered to be a mainly unexplored area, at least in terms the E 75 motorway, a few very significant sites were of sites from the Early Bronze Age. A small number of discovered on the