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Figure 5. Middle Neolithic sequence for northern Croatia (OxCal 4.3.2)

ly the younger phase. Two other sites yielded sidering their geographical and temporal close-
same or similar pottery style: Golinci – Selište ness. Dates for older phase of Ražište type are
site, a few kilometres south-east of Donji Mihol- two older dates from Ražište site itself and the
jac and Novi Perkovci – Krčavina site about 25 date from Golinci – Selište while younger phase
km to the south-east (near Đakovo). While pot- is represented by the youngest date from Ražište
tery from Golinci – Selište site exhibit certain site and two dates from Novi Perkovci – Krčavi-
features, such as zoomorphic applications, sim- na site.
ilar to the younger Ražište phase, other features,
such as low incised linear motif curving down- All these sites with their internal structure,
wards (Čataj and Janeš 2013, 175, Fig. 6), are more movable finds and radiocarbon dates compose a
similar to LBK. Pottery from Novi Perkovci – middle Neolithic sequence (Figure 5). Dates for
Krčavina site (Marković and Botić 2008) has the late Starčevo/LBK group around 5400 BC
more in common with classical Sopot and lat- and are closely followed by the oldest date from
ter Vinča cultures which is not surprising con- Ražište site. Sample for this date was submitted
as charcoal but it was latter realised that the ma-
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