Lepenski Vir

Lepenski Vir is an important archaeological site of the Lepenski Vir culture [1]. The latest radiocarbon and AMS data suggests that the chronology of Lepenski Vir spans between 9500/7200 and 5500 BC, divided into Early–Middle Mesolithic, Late Mesolithic, Transition and Neolithic [1]. Lepenski Vir is located on the right bank of the Danube in eastern Serbia, within the Iron Gates gorge [1]. Found artifacts include tools made from stone and bone, the remains of houses, and numerous sacral objects including unique piscine (fish) with human-like face stone sculptures [1]. The layout of the houses, which are on an inclined promontory that opens to the river, is terrace-like and spread in a fan-shaped arrangement, allowing access to the river by people from houses further from the bank [1]. Some of the dead were buried in the houses under the exceptionally preserved floors [1]. All the sculptures were carved from round sandstone cobbles found on the river banks [1].