Neither “Celtic” nor “Dacian”: The Site of Židovar at the Edges of La Tène, Carpathian and Roman Worlds

The paper reviews long-standing interpretation of the late Iron Age site of Židovar as “Celtic”, “Dacian” and “Celto-Dacian”. Arguing that this standpoint is derived from biased culture-historical ethno-determinism, the evidence is reconsidered from excavation journals of Branko Gavela and published...

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Autores principales:	Vladimir D. Mihajlović, Marko A. Janković
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Publicado:	University of Belgrade 2021
Materias:	Židovar late Iron Age Roman period connectivity cultural localization “Celts” Anthropology GN1-890
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:05ad25594acf4e86a661facc6a01427d2021-11-17T19:15:44ZNeither “Celtic” nor “Dacian”: The Site of Židovar at the Edges of La Tène, Carpathian and Roman Worlds10.21301/eap.v16i3.80353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/05ad25594acf4e86a661facc6a01427d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/202https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801The paper reviews long-standing interpretation of the late Iron Age site of Židovar as “Celtic”, “Dacian” and “Celto-Dacian”. Arguing that this standpoint is derived from biased culture-historical ethno-determinism, the evidence is reconsidered from excavation journals of Branko Gavela and published research on Židovar. Evidential basis is discussed, such as sratigraphic difficulties and chronology, as well as some common misconceptions of the site’s characteristics. Deadlocks are emphasized regarding the conclusions on its ethnic belonging. The paper calls for a new approach that goes beyond ethno-cultural determinism and urges the employment of “relational locality”. This perspective considers the site and its immediate surroundings as the first order community, i.e. the spatio-social focal point entangled in diverse, multidirectional and supra-regional relational networks. This would mean that the community of Židovar actively mediated different templates coming from the “globalized” koines of La Tène Pannonian, Danubian-Carpathian and Roman worlds, and bricolaged them in distinctive local ways. Vladimir D. MihajlovićMarko A. JankovićUniversity of BelgradearticleŽidovarlate Iron AgeRoman periodconnectivitycultural localization“Celts”AnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 16, Iss 3 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Židovar late Iron Age Roman period connectivity cultural localization “Celts” Anthropology GN1-890 Vladimir D. Mihajlović Marko A. Janković Neither “Celtic” nor “Dacian”: The Site of Židovar at the Edges of La Tène, Carpathian and Roman Worlds
description	The paper reviews long-standing interpretation of the late Iron Age site of Židovar as “Celtic”, “Dacian” and “Celto-Dacian”. Arguing that this standpoint is derived from biased culture-historical ethno-determinism, the evidence is reconsidered from excavation journals of Branko Gavela and published research on Židovar. Evidential basis is discussed, such as sratigraphic difficulties and chronology, as well as some common misconceptions of the site’s characteristics. Deadlocks are emphasized regarding the conclusions on its ethnic belonging. The paper calls for a new approach that goes beyond ethno-cultural determinism and urges the employment of “relational locality”. This perspective considers the site and its immediate surroundings as the first order community, i.e. the spatio-social focal point entangled in diverse, multidirectional and supra-regional relational networks. This would mean that the community of Židovar actively mediated different templates coming from the “globalized” koines of La Tène Pannonian, Danubian-Carpathian and Roman worlds, and bricolaged them in distinctive local ways.
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title	Neither “Celtic” nor “Dacian”: The Site of Židovar at the Edges of La Tène, Carpathian and Roman Worlds
title_short	Neither “Celtic” nor “Dacian”: The Site of Židovar at the Edges of La Tène, Carpathian and Roman Worlds
title_full	Neither “Celtic” nor “Dacian”: The Site of Židovar at the Edges of La Tène, Carpathian and Roman Worlds
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title_sort	neither “celtic” nor “dacian”: the site of židovar at the edges of la tène, carpathian and roman worlds
publisher	University of Belgrade
publishDate	2021
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Neither “Celtic” nor “Dacian”: The Site of Židovar at the Edges of La Tène, Carpathian and Roman Worlds

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