Vinča culture

Influence of different cultures during the stone age, in Europe. Vinča is shown in light purple.

The Vinča culture was a culture that existed during the Stone Age, from around 5400 BC to 4600 BC. It was the first to develop the knowledge and skills to process copper, in the late 6th millennium BC.^[2]

The culture is named for a large site found close to modern-day Belgrade, Serbia. Other sites have also been discovered in Romania, Hungary and Bosnia.

Vinča artifacts include many ceramic figurines. Some of these have symbols on them which have been interpreted as an early form of writing. These symbols are called Vinča symbols.

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  Tărtăria amulet, showing some of the symbols found

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  Clay figurine, British Museum.

Vinča Culture Media

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  Винча — Бело брдо

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  Vinča figurine, Cleveland Museum of Art

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  Copper axe from Pločnik, Serbia, c. 5000 BC

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  One of the Tărtăria tablets with Vinča symbols, dated to 5500–5300 BC

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  The Tărtăria tablets

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  Vinča figurine, the Goddess on the Throne

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  Two-headed statuette - Neolithic period (archaeological site Gomolava, Hrtkovci, Vojvodina, Serbia)

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  Vinča figurine, British Museum

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  This is a photo of a monument in Kosovo, number:

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  Vinca pottery/ ceramics