Kakanj culture

Kakanj culture
Geographical rangeCentral Bosnia
PeriodNeolithic Europe
Dates6795 BC – c. 4900 BC
Major sitesKakanj - Obre, Obre II, Papratnica, Plandište; Visoko - Arnautovići, Okolište; Zavidovići - Tuk
Preceded bynone (primordial culture of Europe)
Followed byButmir culture
Starčevo culture

Kakanj culture was the first Neolithic culture of Old Europe. It appeared in Central Bosnia's town of Kakanj and covered periods dated from 6795–4900 BC.[1]

The new dating made the culture's eponymous town of Kakanj the Europe's oldest continuously inhabitted settlement.

  1. ^ Vander Linden, M., Pandžić, I., Orton, D. (2022) New radiocarbon dates for the Neolithic period in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka Ispitivanja (43) 7–34 (pdf)

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