Papers by Uglješa Vojvodić
Using Landscape in the Middle Ages in the Light of Interdisciplinary Research, 2021
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Ruralia XIII: Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside, Piers Dixon & Claudia Theune (eds), Sidestone Press, Leiden, pp. 69-80 , 2021
Extensive animal husbandry was one of the main economic branches in the medieval Serbian state. I... more Extensive animal husbandry was one of the main economic branches in the medieval Serbian state. Its development was enhanced by the favourable geographic and climate characteristics of the region. An important role was also played by the availability of common pastures to all social groups up to the mid-14th century. These circumstances influenced the development of transhumant movements of livestock breeders – vlachs (as a social category) – from summer mountain pastures and winter abodes in river valleys and the Adriatic coast, where a favourable Mediterranean climate was predominant. Certain changes occurred in the 13th and first half of the 14th century, when Serbian rulers removed high-altitude pastures (planine) from the body of common lands collectively owned by villages and incorporated them into the monastery estates of their endowments. In addition to high-altitude pastures (planine), the monasteries were also given groups of vlachs, who thereby became tied to a certain territory. This was certainly a contributing factor in the founding of semi-sedentary livestock-breeding settlements at the foot of the designated pastures. A part of the population remained in these settlements over the summer and gradually took up agriculture. Although the question of vlachs and vlach settlements (katuni) has been thoroughly examined in Yugoslavian historiography and ethnography, unfortunately no relevant efforts have been made so far to discover the remains of winter and summer settlements used for animal husbandry and subject them to archaeological research. Over the last two years, smaller-scale archaeological surveys in the area of the Pešter and Sjenica Plateaus and the northwestern slopes of the Prokletije Mountains have been done. This research has shown in the example of the Pešter village of Gračane that archaeological methods can be used to determine the cattle-herding character of a medieval rural settlement. On the other hand, the survey of the slopes of Prokletije Mountains has supplemented previous knowledge of the organisation of summer pastures at high altitudes. Specifically, it has discovered the existence of clear boundaries between summer settlements as well as the parcelisation of space within a single katun between the constituent families.
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Istorijski časopis, 2020
The paper aims to determine the area of the Ras district at the time of the Nemanjićs, local magn... more The paper aims to determine the area of the Ras district at the time of the Nemanjićs, local magnate Vuk Branković and the Ottoman Turks. The medieval settlements of the Ras district, mainly those belonging to the Banjska monastery or in their vicinity, are already known to historiography. This paper, however, offers some new solutions for ubication. Based on Ottoman defters from the 15th and 16th centuries, the borders of the vilayet, i.e. nahiye of Ras which correspond to the situation in the field from the first half of the 15th century have been determined. The area of the Ras nahiye had around 100 villages at the time.
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Ниш и Византија 18 / Niš and Byzantium 18, 2020, 2020
The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Ras is one of the oldest ecclesiastic monuments... more The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Ras is one of the oldest ecclesiastic monuments in Serbia, and as such continually attracts the attention of researchers. At a certain point, based on the results of all investigations, several stages of construction of the temple of the St. Apostles in Ras had been identified. It seems that the ktetors of the first rotunda in Ras should be sought precisely among the members of the Serbian elite, more likely, the royal family, which, during the second half of the ninth century, recognized and supported by the Byzantine emperor himself, ruled the regions of Serbia and opposed the Bulgarian princes. Furthermore, the paper provided arguments on the basis of which a shift of the dating of the second phase of the church had been proposed, into the second half of the tenth century. Stylistic and architectural elements of both phases of the ancient church in Ras find their models in the architecture of Byzantine centers in the Adriatic, and Serbian states in its hinterland. These have no analogies in the solutions applied on the territory of Bulgaria in the period from the ninth to the eleventh century, which, following Byzantine, metropolitan
templates, highlight the three-nave basilica as a dominant type. Moreover, the discovered remains of material culture suggest that the reconstructed church, with galleries, a dome, and an ambulatory, had been an episcopal seat, probably founded during the third quarter of the
tenth century, when the re-establishment of Byzantine rule in the Balkans achieved political conditions for such an undertaking.
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Glasnik DKS, 2019
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Virtuelni muzej "Ras" ima za cilj da naučnoj i široj javnosti ... more https://muzejnp.rs/virtuelnimuzej/
Virtuelni muzej "Ras" ima za cilj da naučnoj i široj javnosti približi rezultate višedecenijskog proučavanja kulturne baštine novopazarskog kraja kao važne multietničke i multikulturalne sredine. Tokom trajanja projekta delimično je izvršeno formiranje savremene digitalne dokumentacije, koja će uz propratne tekstove biti prikazana u okviru sajta.
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Technological properties of ceramic vessels from medieval sites in the area of Ras reveal a uniqu... more Technological properties of ceramic vessels from medieval sites in the area of Ras reveal a unique production trend, including well defined technological choices with respect to raw materials, workmanship and firing procedures, whereas preliminary results of petrographic analyses are indicative of local sources of raw materials. By combining all available data, both archaeological and archaeometric, including environmental features and characteristic toponyms, this article proposes a framework for a strategy for obtaining raw materials and organizing pottery production in the greater area of Ras from the beginning of the thirteenth to the beginning of the fifteenth centuries, relying on ethnographic and ethnoanthropological investigations and established threshold models.
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Byzantine Heritage and Serbian Art I. Processes of Byzantinisation and Serbian Archaeology, edd. V. Bikić, 2016
Being part of the nobility entailed a number of visual marks which individuals used in order to e... more Being part of the nobility entailed a number of visual marks which individuals used in order to emphasise their social and political status in the community in which they functioned, but also on a much broader plane. Clothing, military equipment, weaponry, jewellery – these were just some of the items which, apart
from their practical purpose, also became marks of status. They testified to their owners’ taste, but also expressed their religious stance. Thus, identifying and studying such objects is important for gaining an insight into both the material and spiritual aspects of an aristocrat’s life. Along with written and visual sources,
valuable information is provided by various archaeological data, certain contexts and objects. In that regard, the intention here is to consider the phenomena related to the ruling class of society and the forms in which that status is manifested in archaeological records, for the sake of more reliably recognising the patterns and the overall evaluation of the indicative findings.
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У тексту су представљени досадашњи резултати археолошких и архитектонских испитивања, допуњени на... more У тексту су представљени досадашњи резултати археолошких и архитектонских испитивања, допуњени најно-вијим сазнањима о храму у Савову и о његовом живопису. На основу очуваних остатака, односно података добијених археолошким ископавањима, као и на основу података које нам пружају други извори, покушали смо да хронолошки определимо настанак и потоње фазе савовске цркве, понудимо шири увид у њен сликани програм и одредимо јој положај у оквиру већ познате групе споменика студеничког краја.
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Conference Presentations by Uglješa Vojvodić
In the eighties of the twentieth century, the Institute of Archaeology renewed The Archeological ... more In the eighties of the twentieth century, the Institute of Archaeology renewed The Archeological Sites of Southwestern Serbia project. In the period from 1981 to 1986 intensive reconnaissance of the area around Novi Pazar, Tutin and Sjenica began. Additional works were carried out by experts from The Ras Museum in Novi Pazar between 2008 to 2010, and sporadically in the next few years. These activities followed the creation of documentation on cultural monuments, in accordance with the methodology of the time. The work is compiled in the 2014 publication Archaeological chart of Novi Pazar, Tutin and Sjenica, authored by Dragica Premović-Aleksić, curator in The Ras museum.
After a short break, the research of medieval Ras was relaunched with the programmes of field surveys and excavations. In this new stage, archaeological sites are viewed in a wider spatial and functional context, within a multidisciplinary approach. With the actualization of important knowledge of Ras as the center of the Nemanjić state, the inclusion of natural sciences in the interpretation of the past has opened up a series of new research questions. Responding to the questions of natural resources use and the organization of the production of items necessary for daily life, among other things, would lead to the creation of settlement pattern models, as well as to a better understanding of the variety of functions of the župa, a medieval territorial unit, and its rural settlements. Also, by observing and understanding the remains from a better-known historical period, late medieval and post medieval, i.e. Ottoman, preconditions for the next step in the exploration of heritage from the lesser-studied Byzantine and Roman periods in the area of Ras would be created.
The Virtual Museum Ras Project is a continuation of the long-lasting fruitful cooperation between the experts of the Institute of Archaeology and the Museum in that area. The Project plan envisages the creation of digital documentation on immovable cultural monuments from the area and the material stored in the museum showcases and depots. They will be recorded with photogrammetry, which provides the opportunity to obtain as valid and quality documentation as possible. Also, the documentation will be georeferenced and, unlike the usual photodocumentation, would store precise data on the dimensions and the relationship between the documented units. In addition to being used for scientific purposes, it would be possible to present movable and immovable monumental heritage outside the original location, making it more accessible to the general public and to people with disabilities.
The creation of georeferenced documentation for this area has already begun during the 2017 rescue excavations at the Dublje iznad kuće site in the immediate vicinity of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. A medieval cemetery was unearthed, preliminarily dated between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. All archaeological contexts were recorded using photogrammetry and three-dimensional digital models were created, on the basis of which it is possible to compile the documentation and also to restore the information from archaeological excavation.
The urgency of making comprehensive documentation stems from the regular destruction of the localities in this area. Such a situation points to the necessity of application of modern digitization methods and the completion of digital documents, through which the cultural heritage data will remain preserved even in the case of complete physical destruction of the monuments.
The ultimate goal of the Project is to create a digital library which will be used for long-term storage of digital collections of movable and immovable cultural monuments under the authority of The Ras Museum. Access to digital objects will be enabled through the newly-formed section of the Virtual Museum 'Ras' within the already existing website.
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Ниш и Византија , 2019
Црква св. апостола Петра и Павла код Новог Пазара, као један од најбоље очуваних и највреднијих с... more Црква св. апостола Петра и Павла код Новог Пазара, као један од најбоље очуваних и највреднијих споменика културе на простору средњовековног Раса, деценијама привлачи знатну пажњу стручњака из различитих области. Досадашње проучавање доступних историјских извора, разматрање архитектуре и очуваног живописа цркве, као и резултати археолошка истраживања, донели су мноштво вредних података о историји овог храма. Међутим, и даље постоје опречна мишљења о времену настанка цркве, пореклу идејних решења заступљених у архитектури храма, као и различита сагледавања целине сакралног простора. Рад представља сажет критички преглед досадашњих резултата археолошких истраживања Цркве св. апостола и указује на низ најважнијих неразрешених истраживачких питања. У вези са тим разматрају се могући правци, методе и потенцијални сазанајни домети будућих проучавања, односно изосе се неке претпоставке о утицају храма на организацију живота у жупи Рас, које би било важно проверити током тих будућих истраживања.
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NOVOPAZARSKI ZBORNIK, 2018
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Новопазарски зборник, 2017
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templates, highlight the three-nave basilica as a dominant type. Moreover, the discovered remains of material culture suggest that the reconstructed church, with galleries, a dome, and an ambulatory, had been an episcopal seat, probably founded during the third quarter of the
tenth century, when the re-establishment of Byzantine rule in the Balkans achieved political conditions for such an undertaking.
Virtuelni muzej "Ras" ima za cilj da naučnoj i široj javnosti približi rezultate višedecenijskog proučavanja kulturne baštine novopazarskog kraja kao važne multietničke i multikulturalne sredine. Tokom trajanja projekta delimično je izvršeno formiranje savremene digitalne dokumentacije, koja će uz propratne tekstove biti prikazana u okviru sajta.
from their practical purpose, also became marks of status. They testified to their owners’ taste, but also expressed their religious stance. Thus, identifying and studying such objects is important for gaining an insight into both the material and spiritual aspects of an aristocrat’s life. Along with written and visual sources,
valuable information is provided by various archaeological data, certain contexts and objects. In that regard, the intention here is to consider the phenomena related to the ruling class of society and the forms in which that status is manifested in archaeological records, for the sake of more reliably recognising the patterns and the overall evaluation of the indicative findings.
Book chapter by Uglješa Vojvodić
Conference Presentations by Uglješa Vojvodić
After a short break, the research of medieval Ras was relaunched with the programmes of field surveys and excavations. In this new stage, archaeological sites are viewed in a wider spatial and functional context, within a multidisciplinary approach. With the actualization of important knowledge of Ras as the center of the Nemanjić state, the inclusion of natural sciences in the interpretation of the past has opened up a series of new research questions. Responding to the questions of natural resources use and the organization of the production of items necessary for daily life, among other things, would lead to the creation of settlement pattern models, as well as to a better understanding of the variety of functions of the župa, a medieval territorial unit, and its rural settlements. Also, by observing and understanding the remains from a better-known historical period, late medieval and post medieval, i.e. Ottoman, preconditions for the next step in the exploration of heritage from the lesser-studied Byzantine and Roman periods in the area of Ras would be created.
The Virtual Museum Ras Project is a continuation of the long-lasting fruitful cooperation between the experts of the Institute of Archaeology and the Museum in that area. The Project plan envisages the creation of digital documentation on immovable cultural monuments from the area and the material stored in the museum showcases and depots. They will be recorded with photogrammetry, which provides the opportunity to obtain as valid and quality documentation as possible. Also, the documentation will be georeferenced and, unlike the usual photodocumentation, would store precise data on the dimensions and the relationship between the documented units. In addition to being used for scientific purposes, it would be possible to present movable and immovable monumental heritage outside the original location, making it more accessible to the general public and to people with disabilities.
The creation of georeferenced documentation for this area has already begun during the 2017 rescue excavations at the Dublje iznad kuće site in the immediate vicinity of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. A medieval cemetery was unearthed, preliminarily dated between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. All archaeological contexts were recorded using photogrammetry and three-dimensional digital models were created, on the basis of which it is possible to compile the documentation and also to restore the information from archaeological excavation.
The urgency of making comprehensive documentation stems from the regular destruction of the localities in this area. Such a situation points to the necessity of application of modern digitization methods and the completion of digital documents, through which the cultural heritage data will remain preserved even in the case of complete physical destruction of the monuments.
The ultimate goal of the Project is to create a digital library which will be used for long-term storage of digital collections of movable and immovable cultural monuments under the authority of The Ras Museum. Access to digital objects will be enabled through the newly-formed section of the Virtual Museum 'Ras' within the already existing website.
Project and Field Reports by Uglješa Vojvodić
templates, highlight the three-nave basilica as a dominant type. Moreover, the discovered remains of material culture suggest that the reconstructed church, with galleries, a dome, and an ambulatory, had been an episcopal seat, probably founded during the third quarter of the
tenth century, when the re-establishment of Byzantine rule in the Balkans achieved political conditions for such an undertaking.
Virtuelni muzej "Ras" ima za cilj da naučnoj i široj javnosti približi rezultate višedecenijskog proučavanja kulturne baštine novopazarskog kraja kao važne multietničke i multikulturalne sredine. Tokom trajanja projekta delimično je izvršeno formiranje savremene digitalne dokumentacije, koja će uz propratne tekstove biti prikazana u okviru sajta.
from their practical purpose, also became marks of status. They testified to their owners’ taste, but also expressed their religious stance. Thus, identifying and studying such objects is important for gaining an insight into both the material and spiritual aspects of an aristocrat’s life. Along with written and visual sources,
valuable information is provided by various archaeological data, certain contexts and objects. In that regard, the intention here is to consider the phenomena related to the ruling class of society and the forms in which that status is manifested in archaeological records, for the sake of more reliably recognising the patterns and the overall evaluation of the indicative findings.
After a short break, the research of medieval Ras was relaunched with the programmes of field surveys and excavations. In this new stage, archaeological sites are viewed in a wider spatial and functional context, within a multidisciplinary approach. With the actualization of important knowledge of Ras as the center of the Nemanjić state, the inclusion of natural sciences in the interpretation of the past has opened up a series of new research questions. Responding to the questions of natural resources use and the organization of the production of items necessary for daily life, among other things, would lead to the creation of settlement pattern models, as well as to a better understanding of the variety of functions of the župa, a medieval territorial unit, and its rural settlements. Also, by observing and understanding the remains from a better-known historical period, late medieval and post medieval, i.e. Ottoman, preconditions for the next step in the exploration of heritage from the lesser-studied Byzantine and Roman periods in the area of Ras would be created.
The Virtual Museum Ras Project is a continuation of the long-lasting fruitful cooperation between the experts of the Institute of Archaeology and the Museum in that area. The Project plan envisages the creation of digital documentation on immovable cultural monuments from the area and the material stored in the museum showcases and depots. They will be recorded with photogrammetry, which provides the opportunity to obtain as valid and quality documentation as possible. Also, the documentation will be georeferenced and, unlike the usual photodocumentation, would store precise data on the dimensions and the relationship between the documented units. In addition to being used for scientific purposes, it would be possible to present movable and immovable monumental heritage outside the original location, making it more accessible to the general public and to people with disabilities.
The creation of georeferenced documentation for this area has already begun during the 2017 rescue excavations at the Dublje iznad kuće site in the immediate vicinity of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. A medieval cemetery was unearthed, preliminarily dated between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. All archaeological contexts were recorded using photogrammetry and three-dimensional digital models were created, on the basis of which it is possible to compile the documentation and also to restore the information from archaeological excavation.
The urgency of making comprehensive documentation stems from the regular destruction of the localities in this area. Such a situation points to the necessity of application of modern digitization methods and the completion of digital documents, through which the cultural heritage data will remain preserved even in the case of complete physical destruction of the monuments.
The ultimate goal of the Project is to create a digital library which will be used for long-term storage of digital collections of movable and immovable cultural monuments under the authority of The Ras Museum. Access to digital objects will be enabled through the newly-formed section of the Virtual Museum 'Ras' within the already existing website.