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Neandertalci predstavljaju izumrlu populaciju roda Homo koja je nastanjivala prostor Europe i Bliskog istoka u periodu 250000 – 35000 godina prije sadašnjosti. Cilj ovog diplomskog rada je ponuditi pregled objavljenih osteoloških dokaza o zacjeljivanju traumatskih ozljeda i brige o bolesnim neandertalcima. Predstavljaju se osnovni principi bioarheologije, kao i metodološki okvir novog tematskog područja – bioarheologije skrbi (Tilley 2015). U skladu s metodologijom bioarheologije skrbi, predstavljen je životni kontekst neandertalaca, kao i neki recentni dokazi koji govore u prilog neandertalskom bihevioralnom modernitetu. Pregledom dostupne literature, utvrđuje se učestalost pojedinih tipova traumi ili patologija, njihova stopa smrtnosti, odnosno preživljavanja te mogući model zdravstvene skrbi. Krajnja svrha ovog diplomskog rada je razmotriti evolucijski značaj skrbi o bolesnima i ozlijeđenima u neandertalskim populacijama i njegov utjecaj na stavove struke o neandertalcima. Neandertals are an extinct population of the genus Homo which inhabited Europe and the Near East between 250 000 and 35 000 BP. This graduate thesis aims to assess the current osteological evidence of trauma management and caring for the ill Neandertals. Basic principles of Bioarchaeology are presented, as well as the methodological framework of a newly emerging field of Bioarchaeology of Care (Tilley 2015). In accordance with the Bioarchaeology of Care methodology, Neandertal lifeways context is presented, along with some recent evidence in favour of Neandertal behavioural modernity. Incidence of different types of trauma and pathologies, the associated mortality and survival rates and a possible model of healthcare practices are determined by analysing the available literature. The final aim of this thesis is to discuss the evolutionary significance of Neandertal healthcare and its implications for scientific discourse about Neanderthals.

U ovome radu iznesene su teorijske i metodološke osnove tehnologije keramike kao polja istraživanja u arheologiji. Fokus rada je na keramičkom materijalu iz razdoblja prapovijesti. Proizvodnja keramike prikazana je pomoću lanca operacija, s osvrtom na svaki pojedini korak u lancu operacija. Predstavljena je terminološka problematika prisutna na prostoru Hrvatske i šire. Izneseni su glavni aspekti tehnološkog pristupa prapovijesnoj keramici te je ponuđeno objašnjenje najvažnijih koncepta u tehnologiji prapovijesne keramike. Konačno, prikazane su najčešće primjenjivane metode tehnološke i funkcionalne analize prapovijesnog keramičkog materijala. Cilj rada je ponuditi sintezu trenutnog stanja u polju tehnologije prapovijesne keramike, identificirati potencijalne probleme tehnologije prapovijesne keramike u hrvatskog arheologiji te pridonjeti teorijskom diskurzu o tehnologiji.

Within the program, Prehistoric Pottery: Interdisciplinarity and Experiment, a series of archaeological experiments were carried out with the purpose of a more comprehensive understanding of the prehistoric pottery production mechanisms during the Copper and Bronze Age in northern Croatia. The program has educational-research and popular character and was intended primarily for the students of archaeology with the aim of studying the pottery through the prism of technology, function and social aspects. One of the aims is the reconstruction of the individual steps undertaken by a potter in the manufacture of the product, by using different variables (different raw material, various types of temper material, different building and surface treatment techniques as well as used tools and various firing techniques), and in accordance with the scientific issues. The process of designing and conducting the experiment has shown that the research questions, as well as the dynamics of deliberate and controlled experiments, had become more and more complex. It was also shown that a such effective approach is a good tool that leads us very close to the concept of choices made by the potter, which ultimately lead to the much more complex interpretations that move within technical, technological and social explications.

Within the program, Prehistoric Pottery: Interdisciplinarity and Experiment, a series of archaeological experiments were carried out with the purpose of a more comprehensive understanding of the prehistoric pottery production mechanisms during the Copper and Bronze Age in northern Croatia. The program has educational-research and popular character and was intended primarily for the students of archaeology with the aim of studying the pottery through the prism of technology, function and social aspects. One of the aims is the reconstruction of the individual steps undertaken by a potter in the manufacture of the product, by using different variables (different raw material, various types of temper material, different building and surface treatment techniques as well as used tools and various firing techniques), and in accordance with the scientific issues. The process of designing and conducting the experiment has shown that the research questions, as well as the dynamics of deliberate and controlled experiments, had become more and more complex. It was also shown that a such effective approach is a good tool that leads us very close to the concept of choices made by the potter, which ultimately lead to the much more complex interpretations that move within technical, technological and social explications.

Within the program, Prehistoric Pottery: Interdisciplinarity and Experiment, a series of archaeological experiments were carried out with the purpose of a more comprehensive understanding of the prehistoric pottery production mechanisms during the Copper and Bronze Age. The program contains an educational-research and popular part and is intended primarily for students of archaeology with the aim of studying the pottery through the prism of technological, functional and social aspects. Such complex mechanisms should be considered from the perspective of different disciplines, namely geology, ethnology, and archaeology, which form an integral part of the presented program. The focus of the educational-research part of the program is an artefact, which includes getting acquainted with ceramic techno-functional characteristics. By replicating the assumed production processes throughout the established segments of the chain operations, and using different variables (different raw material, various types of temper material, different building and surface treatment techniques as well as used tools and various firing techniques), a reference collection is established. One of the aims is to describe the methodological procedure, the documenting principle, and how to properly set up an experiment in accordance with the scientific issues. Preliminary results have indicated that a very complex set of data was collected. In a relation to the set of research questions, the answers should be considered on the basis of detailed data processing and repetition and modification of individual experiments. The process of designing and conducting the experiment has also shown that the research questions, as well as the dynamics of deliberate and controlled experiments, have become more and more complex, ultimately leading to the archaeological interpretations that move within technical, technological, and economic aspects.

U sklopu projekta Prapovijesno lončarstvo: interdisciplinarnost i eksperiment održano je popularno stručno predavanje u osnovnoj školi Mače za učenike petog razreda osnovne škole. Cilj je bio prikazati učenicima što je to arheologija, što arheološka baština i koji je njihov značaj za društvo.