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This study revisits a collection of chipped stone artefacts from Mesolithic layers of Lepenski Vir (Iron Gate, Serbia). A sub-set of 909 items of a collection excavated back in the 1960s is re-examined macro- and microscopically, which showed that the raw material is predominantly represented by chert (70.7%) and quartzite (21.5%), whereas volcanic rocks (6.2%) and other rock types (1.7%) are subordinate. Artefacts made of volcanic rocks are rare but they gave us the opportunity to unravel the geological/volcanological context of the samples and to hypothesize about the source area. Among the volcanic material we distinguish two subgroups: a) pyroclastic rocks, mainly represented by devitrified welded tuffs and pieces of pyroclastic-fall and phreatomagmatic deposits, and b) coherent volcanic rocks, mostly as hypocrystalline to vitrophyric rhyolite and dacite-rhyodacite. A detailed volcanological interpretation of these artefacts, in combination with our field observations and knowledge about the regional geology, suggests, first, that this raw material derives from a complete volcanic succession, and second, that the only candidate for the source area is the Permian volcanic complex of Sirinia in Romania. If our volcanological arguments are robust, they imply that the Lepenski Vir residents had skills to cross the Danube and collect raw material at the opposite riverbank. Given the lack of direct evidence for the river crossing, this conclusion should be taken with caution. However, our study at least argues that many similar artefact collections may be worth of re-investigating and searching for possibly ‘hidden’ petrogenetic links among the rock types found as raw material.
Kristina Šarić; Josip A. Šarić; Vladica Cvetković. Advanced petrographic study of chipped stone artefacts from Lepenski Vir (Serbia): Evidence for across-Danube communication in the Mesolithic? Quaternary Science Reviews 2020, 252, 106741 .
AMA StyleKristina Šarić, Josip A. Šarić, Vladica Cvetković. Advanced petrographic study of chipped stone artefacts from Lepenski Vir (Serbia): Evidence for across-Danube communication in the Mesolithic? Quaternary Science Reviews. 2020; 252 ():106741.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKristina Šarić; Josip A. Šarić; Vladica Cvetković. 2020. "Advanced petrographic study of chipped stone artefacts from Lepenski Vir (Serbia): Evidence for across-Danube communication in the Mesolithic?" Quaternary Science Reviews 252, no. : 106741.
This study aims at better constraining the link between magmatism and metallogeny in the south-easternmost sector of the Bor Metallogenetic Zone (BMZ), where the world-class copper and gold deposit of Čukaru Peki was recently discovered. The obtained U/Pb zircon ages confirm the earlier knowledge that the major Cu–Au porphyry and epithermal mineralization in the BMZ is genetically related to the first volcanic phase (‘Timok andesite’; 85–90 Ma). However, the data also suggest that during this phase, two subgroups of andesite porphyry were formed; they are named volcanic phase 1A (V1A) and volcanic phase 1B (V1B). The V1A andesite (89–90 Ma) is plagioclase-hornblende phyric, holocrystalline and ubiquitously hydrothermally altered and/or mineralized, whereas the V1B (85–86 Ma) is hornblende-plagioclase phyric, holo- to hypocrystalline, fresh, and non-mineralized. According to our simplified model, the contrasting productivity of the V1A and V1B is explained by fluctuations during AFC (assimilation-fractional crystallization) processes of water-rich parental magma, which have controlled the order of crystallization of hornblende and plagioclase in the V1A and V1B andesite.
Miodrag Banješević; Vladica Cvetković; Albrecht Von Quadt; Darivojka Ljubović Obradović; Nebojša Vasić; Aleksandar Pačevski; Irena Peytcheva; Von Quadt; Ljubović Obradović. New Constraints on the Main Mineralization Event Inferred from the Latest Discoveries in the Bor Metallogenetic Zone (BMZ, East Serbia). Minerals 2019, 9, 672 .
AMA StyleMiodrag Banješević, Vladica Cvetković, Albrecht Von Quadt, Darivojka Ljubović Obradović, Nebojša Vasić, Aleksandar Pačevski, Irena Peytcheva, Von Quadt, Ljubović Obradović. New Constraints on the Main Mineralization Event Inferred from the Latest Discoveries in the Bor Metallogenetic Zone (BMZ, East Serbia). Minerals. 2019; 9 (11):672.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMiodrag Banješević; Vladica Cvetković; Albrecht Von Quadt; Darivojka Ljubović Obradović; Nebojša Vasić; Aleksandar Pačevski; Irena Peytcheva; Von Quadt; Ljubović Obradović. 2019. "New Constraints on the Main Mineralization Event Inferred from the Latest Discoveries in the Bor Metallogenetic Zone (BMZ, East Serbia)." Minerals 9, no. 11: 672.
This study deals with the integrated process of conservation and restoration of architectural heritage and sustainability. The objective of the research was to define adequate methodologies for the structural restoration of historic buildings, their re-use, and sustainable refurbishment in accordance with modern requirements and conservation standards while maintaining the original visual character by using natural stone as an authentic building material. The main research method was the in-situ observation of the historic structures during the restoration and adaptive re-use, the analysis, and evaluation of the research findings regarding energy efficiency improvements and energy saving in the Haybarn complex within the monastery Hilandar, Mount Athos, Greece. Due to its cultural and natural values, Mount Athos has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The research included the damaged and abandoned agricultural structures that belong to the Haybarn complex and the analysis of the obtained results after the restoration had finished and the abandoned premises had been turned into guest rooms for the visitors of Hilandar monastery. The result section states the findings of the research arranged as recommendations for historic building restoration and re-use, emphasizing their new function in accordance with modern comfort requirements and environmental protection standards. The main contribution of this study is the analysis of the research findings and the possibilities of energy refurbishment of the restored historic buildings, through the use of natural stone as authentic local construction material, in accordance with energy efficiency measures and principles, conservation requirements and cultural heritage conservation standards.
Nenad Šekularac; Nevena Debljović Ristić; Dušan Mijović; Vladica Cvetković; Slobodan Barišić; Jelena Ivanović-Šekularac. The Use of Natural Stone as an Authentic Building Material for the Restoration of Historic Buildings in Order to Test Sustainable Refurbishment: Case Study. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4009 .
AMA StyleNenad Šekularac, Nevena Debljović Ristić, Dušan Mijović, Vladica Cvetković, Slobodan Barišić, Jelena Ivanović-Šekularac. The Use of Natural Stone as an Authentic Building Material for the Restoration of Historic Buildings in Order to Test Sustainable Refurbishment: Case Study. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (15):4009.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNenad Šekularac; Nevena Debljović Ristić; Dušan Mijović; Vladica Cvetković; Slobodan Barišić; Jelena Ivanović-Šekularac. 2019. "The Use of Natural Stone as an Authentic Building Material for the Restoration of Historic Buildings in Order to Test Sustainable Refurbishment: Case Study." Sustainability 11, no. 15: 4009.