Europe’s First Civilization: the Vinča Culture

💥 — Download War Thunder for FREE and get your bonus! Over 8,000 years ago, the first farmers of Europe moved into the fertile lands of the central Balkans. These people would develop complex societies and advanced technologies, as well as sophisticated artistic and ritual practices expressed in part through astonishing ceramic figurines. They were cattle herding crop growing farmers who lived in large settlements and they also developed the first metal working in Europe. They may also have been warriors, waging war with stone maces and copper axes on their enemies. And they may have developed the earliest writing anywhere in the world. This is the incredible story of Europe’s first civilisation - the Vinča Culture. *If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel* Become a YouTube Channel Member: Support me on Patreon: All my books on Amazon: *My Links* Website Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: *Sources* The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe: Neolithic Violence in a European Perspective: The First Farmers of Europe: An Evolutionary Perspective: Enclosing the Neolithic World: A Vinča Culture Enclosed and Fortified Settlement in the Balkans - Dušan Borić et al Osseous Raw Materials in the Vinča Culture - Selena Vitezović Copper Artefacts and Their Social Role in the Vinča Culture - Radmila Balaban Malachite finds in Vinča culture: evidence of early copper metallurgy in Serbia - Dragana Antonović The Late Neolithic settlement mound Borđoš near Novi Bečej - Alexander Medovic A Group Find of Neolithic Figurines of the Vinča Culture from Stubline, Serbia - Miloš Spasić Group Portrait of the Early Agricultural Era - Ilia Palaguta Fortifications and Enclosures in European Prehistory - William Arthur Parkinson Warfare in Neolithic Thessaly: A Case Study - Curtis N. Runnels et al Warfare in the European Neolithic - Jonas Christensen Arrangement of Vinca culture figurines - Adam Crnobrnja Group identities in the Central Balkan Late Neolithic - Adam Crnobrnja Vinca Culture Settlement at Crkvine In Stubline: Household Organization and Urbanization In the Late Vinca Culture Period - Adam Crnobrnja & Marko A. Janković The social organisation of the Vinča culture settlements - Rassmann et al The Lives of Houses: Duration, Context, and History at Neolithic Uivar, Romania - Florin Draşovean et al Are there cities and fairs in the Neolithic? - G. & C-M. Lazarovici The End of the Vinča World - Dušan Borić Vinca Symbols: Old European Script: The above links include affiliate links which means we will earn a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel. *Thank you* Old European Culture: *Video Chapters* 00:00 The Vinča Culture 01:10 Sponsorship 02:31 the First Farmers 03:51 Early Vinča and Vinča-Belo Brdo 06:26 Vinča houses and settlements 08:38 Vinča burials and DNA 10:06 Vinča figurines 12:48 Vinča metallurgy 14:24 Vinča symbols - the first writing? 15:57 Vinča fortifications and warfare 18:29 Vinča warrior figurines 21:23 the Vinča legacy