20.500.12556/RUL-180568 Counting and comparing figurative representation density in Neolithic Central Europe and the Balkans Štetje in primerjanje pogostost figurativnega upodabljanja v neolitiku Srednje Evrope in Balkana As Neolithic figurative finds – that is to say anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines, vessels, applications and impressions – were uncovered in Europe and the Near East, it was quickly apparent that they all shared common features over several millennia and thousands of kilometres: they were made of clay, usually depicted women, and were found in settlements. This led to cross-cultural comparisons and, in turn, wide-ranging interpretations regarding the use of figurative representations during the Neolithic. However, this cross-cultural approach eventually met its limits, as regional studies highlighted differences in features and distribution among various cultural groups. Figurative finds were, in fact, not spread evenly across Europe. While some areas yielded multitudes, others yielded none. This article addresses the challenges of making cross-cultural comparisons, and underlines the need for a quantitative and contextualized approach: introducing a new relational database containing more than 2500 figurative representations from Central Europe and the Balkans, we compare find densities across cultural groups and regional clusters in order to examine the development of clay figuration in Neolithic Europe. Ko so bile v Evropi in na Bližnjem vzhodu odkrite neolitske figurativne najdbe – torej antropomorfne in zoomorfne figurice, posode, aplike in odtisi – je hitro postalo jasno, da ohranjajo skupne značilnosti skozi več tisočletij in na tisoče kilometrov daleč: izdelane so bile iz gline, običajno so prikazovale ženske in so bile najdene v naseljih. To je vodilo do medkulturnih primerjav in posledično do različnih pojasnitev uporabe figurativnih upodobitev v neolitiku. Pristop pa je sčasoma dosegel svoje meje, saj so regionalne študije pokazale razlike v značilnostih in razširjenosti med posameznimi kulturnimi skupinami. Figurativne najdbe namreč niso bile enakomerno razporejene po Evropi – nekatere regije so prinesle številne primerke, druge pa nobenega. V članku se ukvarjamo z izzivom medkulturnih primerjav in poudarjamo potrebo po kvantitativnem in kontekstualiziranem pristopu. Z uvajanjem nove relacijske baze podatkov, ki vsebuje več kot 2500 figurativnih upodobitev iz Srednje Evrope in Balkana, primerjamo pogostost najdb med kulturnimi skupinami in regionalnimi skupinami, da bi lahko preučili razvoj glinene figuralike v neolitski Evropi. Neolithic figurines Central Europe Balkans figurative representations neolitik figurine Srednja Evropa Balkan figurativne upodobitve true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Podatek o licenci CC BY-SA 4.0 je naveden na pristajalni strani članka (glej zgoraj izvorni URL). (Datum opombe: 11. 3. 2026) Članek v reviji 2026-03-11 12:43:35 2026-03-11 12:43:41 2026-03-30 09:41:09 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 70-81 Vol. 52 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 1854-2492 10.4312/dp.52.14 272595459 Bristow,+Becker,+Iversen.pdf Bristow,+Becker,+Iversen.pdf 1 0BD0827E7C6AC759FAF92DC6A92C8082 7fbdae48bd3cbde6f89aea86b80015e39f000cc634e59b7e12a99ca440f21175 a1bf238a-1d47-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=230085 https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/22012 0 47656584-1d48-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=230086 Filozofska fakulteta Documenta Praehistorica 0 0 0