Above-ground Structures in the Settlements of the Starčevo Culture

Pregledom nadzemnih objekata pri sadašnjem stanju istraživanja u naseljima unutar središnjeg područja rasprostranjenosti starčevačke kulture vidljivo je da su nadzemni objekti započeti izgradnjom u vremenu završetka stupnja monokrom i početku stupnja linear A. Otkriće nadzemnog objekta u starčevačkom naselju na Galovu u Slavonskom Brodu, koje pripada vremenu stupnja linear A, potvrđuje da je istočni dio Hrvatske bio integralni dio središnjeg prostora starčevačke kulture, na kojem su podizana naselja u svim njezinim razvojnim stupnjevima (osim monokroma). Datiranje 14C dokazuje da se starčevačka kultura istodobno razvijala u istočnoj Hrvatskoj, Vojvodini i Srbiji i da se svakako izvornom području razvitka starčevačke kulture treba pribrojiti srednji tok rijeke Save u središnjoj i istočnoj Slavoniji.A survey of above-ground structures in the settlements within the central distribution area of the Starčevo culture at the present state of research reveals that this type of structure started to be built at the end of the Monochrome phase and the beginning of the Linear A phase. The discovery of an above-ground structure from the Linear A phase in the Starčevo settlement at Galovo in Slavonski Brod is more proof that eastern Croatia formed part of the central distribution area of the Starčevo culture, where settlements were built through all its developmental phases (with the exception of the Monochrome phase). The 14C dates have provided evidence that the development of the Starčevo culture in eastern Croatia, Vojvodina and Serbia was synchronous, and that the middle course of the Sava river in central and eastern Slavonia should definitely be considered part of the original area of development of the Starčevo culture