Europe's First Civilization: the Vinča Culture

[@DanDavisHistory]

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[@DanDavisHistory]

Lepenski Vir was initially a Mesolithic Hunter Gatherer site. Although they did begin mixing with Neolithic farmers, Vinca is not a continuation of it.

[@BenSHammonds]

I have an interest in the Rhaetian or proto-Rhaetian peoples and early peoples of Tyrol area such as Otzi, who spoke a pre-Indo-European language, and wonder of a connection to the Terramare of the Po River and/or the Neolithic Farmers, the early farmers and any cultures they developed are my principal interest.

[@pasquinomarforio]

Another masterpiece. Thank you. I'd like a narrative on the origins of the Etruscans, and their wars with Carthage.

[@Matlockization]

I don't think your theory of the Vincha culture is the first in Europe is correct as the people of serbia seems to behave like gypsies, tramps, thieves & warmongers.

[@Zach-ku6eu]

Taking money from Russians while they are slaughtering a country! *Shame On You!*

[@Titantr0n]

There's thick then there's THICK. These Vinca gentlemen strike me as individuals of most refined taste.

[@ThursonJames]

I believe the technical term is “Men of Culture.”

[@KamielDV2]

I know pre history has us feeling al these fuzzy warm tingly emotions, however, let's not become to "down bad"

[@cb9185]

Neolithicccc

[@uberneanderthal]

seems the more primitive a society is, the more they prefer the rear to the front. losing our baculum which allowed for face-to-face mating may have been one of the most important leaps forward in our psychological/sociological evolution that said.....GYAAT

[@paul6925]

I knew this comment would be here 😂

[@andrewwelch5017]

I found two Vinca figurines last year while fieldwalking in my area. One is a Y-shaped abstract anamorphic form, considered an amulet, it probably hung by a string in a house. The second is a much more realistic female figure made of blackened clay with her hands on her hips. Both are now at the local museum. I work with archaeologists here to make 3D reconstructions of cultural sites and objects and we're planning on reconstructing a Vinca village in the near future.

[@larsrons7937]

Fascinating story. Thank you for your input.

[@chonqmonk]

Where is "your area"?

[@andrewwelch5017]

@@chonqmonk NE Serbia.

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

Very cool!

[@martacute3620]

Mulțumesc Andre!!

[@Stalker950-l3x]

A civilization older than Mesopotamia and Egypt itself. Historians and Scientist need to focus more on this one.

[@Bionickpunk]

They won't cause it would reshape Balkan history against their established revisionist history. The area is still contested, so they find no reason to research the truth.

[@Stalker950-l3x]

@@Bionickpunk It would reshape the history in total. The vinca culture is a good proof that the ancient greeks “recieved” culture & civilization not only from egypt but from europe also.

[@Allyourheroswenttohell]

​@@Stalker950-l3xDude everyone came from Africa. Tribes were passing down these stories since they left. It wouldn't change anything.

[@Stalker950-l3x]

@@Allyourheroswenttohell You can’t be more clueless lol. The oldest homo sapiens remains have been found in africa and they date back to 200.000 bc, yes. Also, history is not THAT simple bud. Much happened, especially in europe. I suggest you start researching a bit more.

[@Allyourheroswenttohell]

@@Stalker950-l3x The first Europeans were literally dark skinned. Blue eyes didn't develope in white people. It was a gradual process. Race is not real.

[@natashamiljevic701]

There are two Vinca sites near me - Medvednjak and Selevac in the Sumadija district, in Serbia. The Vinca figurines still can be found in the farming land. There is one more Vinca site little further called Viminacium. Serbia has many archeological sites of Vinca culture - the oldest European and maybe even the oldest world culture

[@MedellínInsider-n3o]

@natashamiljevic701 Lepenski Vir is much older than Vincha. It was ancient - 5 500 years ancient - when Vincha culture appeared.

[@Radu-AndreiSpiridon]

Hello Dan! Greetings from Sibiu (Romania)! Tărtăria-Gura Luncii, Alba county ( the infamous incised clay tablets, with symbols, were discovered here in 1961-the autumn campaign, by prof. Nicolae Vlassa-long story...), is indeed a complex prehistoric archaeological site (in recent studies there were identified elements of fortifications-ditches and palisade postholes-Luca 2016, „Tărtăria Rediviva”). Now, I'm studying for a master's degree at „Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu (Department of History and Heritage Studies). The main subject of my Bachelor Thesis was about lithic industry (polished/ground and knapped stone tools) from Tărtăria. In 2021 and 2022 (summer campaigns), I have taken part in archaeological excavations here and I can assure all of you that, Vinča female clay figurines, are very THICC ;)!!! I'm pleased to see, that there is interest for the complex Neo-Eneolithic cultures in this part of Europe! Your high-quality documentaries contributed a lot to my passion for prehistory, so keep up the good work.

[@cykkm]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I'm wondering why are you calling these clay tablets ‘infamous.’ Did you simply misspoke, meaning ‘famous‘, or is there a story behind them, like their being a forgery or something along these lines? But Dan would have certainly mentioned if their authenticity were questioned... Just in case, ‘infamy’ is a bad kind of fame, when someone or something is well-known but for something bad. We can say ‘Famous violin player’ but 'infamous mass murderer’. English is weirdly inconsistent at times: for instance ‘inflammable’ and ‘flammable‘ mean the same thing, a quality of being easy to ignite, and the opposite is ‘non-flammable’. :)

[@xKinjax]

​@@cykkmhe did say 14 minutes in that both the meaning of the tablets and their authenticity is disputed.

[@bossmansingleton4168]

​@@xKinjaxWas nice to read this - we need more people from the recent generations going into such fields otherwise the future is doomed 💀😩 good look with your studies!

[@latakicsi2183]

@@xKinjax the clay tablets were carbon dated in university of sorbonne so their authenticity is not disputed funny but some hungarians who live nearby still using some symbols when their writting

[@latakicsi2183]

the world's earliest known form of writing is from a hungarian speaker village ... the7000years old Tatárlaka/Tartaria tablets ... and the local transilvanian hungarian use that letters/symbols at least 600years

[@albertvonhabsburg]

Archeologist : discovered statues with odd facial feature History Channel : "Alien!"

[@IanHunter-xc1po]

Archeologist : discovered statues with odd facial feature History Channel : "Alien!" Netflix: "Dogon!"

[@arftejano2284]

What if both are right? It’s just a statue of a particularly ugly ahh alien? 🤔

[@etoeto6754]

To su bili vanzemaljci vanzemaljciiiiiiiiiii

[@arftejano2284]

@@etoeto6754 Istina 😎

[@goranstojic5791]

Vinca is part of Belgrade - Serbia. Serbs, the oldest nation in Europe. Serbs have the oldest alphabet and the oldest calendar - 7533 years old. Serbia gave 18 Roman emperors, Emperor Constantine. Nikola Tesla, M.Pupin, M.Milankovic, M.Anstein...... Djokovic, Jokic, Doncic and many excellent athletes.

[@Latro84]

Hello from starčevo.. They litteraly found the archeological finding about 500 m from my house..

[@Latro84]

@@forestdweller5581 there is guarantee something.. The farmers in the fields around are finding things all the time, small shatters from clay vessels all over the place

[@goranstojic5791]

Vinca is part of Belgrade - Serbia. Serbs, the oldest nation in Europe. Serbs have the oldest alphabet and the oldest calendar - 7533 years old. Serbia gave 18 Roman emperors, Emperor Constantine. Nikola Tesla, M.Pupin, M.Milankovic, M.Anstein...... Djokovic, Jokic, Doncic and many excellent athletes.

[@goranstojic5791]

Starcevo - Srbija .

[@stefanfreestylez]

@@goranstojic5791while i love the hype i cant say i agree man...serbs settled in the balkans in 6th century. So while its an old nation its not quite as old as neighbouring Bulgaria...so that statement right off the bat would be false. Oldest calendar? Depends who the source is i cant really find this anywhere online other some battle in kosovo being documented as 6xxx year. Send me this please if you have proper proof. Only thing close to this claim and is recognized to some degree (by the scum that spin history always) was the one from vinkovci. Again the alphabet...where are you finding this information?

[@A_Proud_Serb]

@@Latro84 Sada nesto kopaju?Tu su pronadjeni predmeti od pre 6000 godina pre Hrista.

[@carick235]

Vinča site near Belgrade will be soon reconstructed and vastly improved, it is not in a state such important location deserve.

[@ЈулијанаБошковић]

Renoviran je i otvoren sad u 2024 se može posetiti. Pozdrav. 😊

[@ranojutro426]

Before Vinca we have older civilization Starcevo and Lepenski vir civilization.

[@carick235]

@@ЈулијанаБошковић završena je tek prva faza, sanacija klizišta, do 2025 treba ostalo.

[@dudewithfairhair]

Glad to see more and more videos on the Neolithic Balkans. The Vinca and Varna cultures are fascinating and I still play the Varna video to my students sometimes! Greetings from Bulgaria.

[@radoslavpetkov]

Никакъв привет за тия мърши сърбите,били най правите и първите!?! Ще горят в българският Ад! Казах!

[@Rishi123456789]

I completely agree with you.

[@MedellínInsider-n3o]

Dude, there is no such thing as a region called "balcan". Read some history. The name was falsely claimed to be real by an english, failed too, wannabe writer of fiction in the 19th century. Get your head out of your own posterieur and learn some actual history.

[@NefariousKoel]

20:26 The way those "idols" were arrayed on their platform, they definitely look like game pieces. 3 groups of six, 3 groups of 3, all with an equal amount of similarly shaped pieces per like-numbered group, and a single group with 8. Fascinating look and leaves a strong impression of a chess-like game.

[@phil2u48]

I immediately thought of “toy” soldiers. Growing up, I spent hours with my cousins playing “army”.

[@NefariousKoel]

@@phil2u48 - That was definitely my other thought. Only the matching numbers/groups of them made me wonder whether a game of some sort. Being hand-made, there may not have been a reason to have such matching groups if they were meant to be toys. Unless they were traded away to others in such groups, perhaps. Hmm.

[@leobuana7430]

​@@NefariousKoel won't be surprising (looking at warhammer 40k units price)

[@itsapittie]

The idea that they may have been game pieces is an intriguing one. Ancient people were no less intelligent than modern people and there's no reason they couldn't have developed a game like chess or backgammon. Because they were farmers, they needed some way to pass the time during the winter and a sophisticated game would have been just the ticket. Alas, we'll probably never know for certain what the figurines were used for.

[@sweetykitty4427]

I read a paper about the figures, thag speculates it was for strategising. Because the figures were really quickly and shoddily made in comparison to their level of technology, that they needed to lay down some strats in urgency :)

[@ridleyroid9060]

Greetings from Serbia! happy to see you cover Vinča.

[@montana3918]

why? serbians werent a thing until 9th century AD. Vinca have nothing to do with todays serbians. They could be related to greeks and albanians though that have been in the balkans for thousands of years.

[@thatoneguy9822]

​@@montana3918I think you are forgetting that serbs and other slavs actually mixed with these ancient people, in fact south slavs have the least amount of slavic dna out of the three slavic groups.

[@velicko.engineer]

@@montana3918 The guy literally just greeted from Serbia, who the heck even mentioned anything about relations with serbians? Read the comment and get your s*** together and stop spreading stupidity on the internet. Btw albanians mentioned from 11th centry and south slavs from 6-7th centruy when they migrated, how can albanians be related?

[@montana3918]

@@velicko.engineer cause he gives "proud" vibes by greeting from serbia as if serbs had anything to do with this ancient culture. They came thousands of years after the illyrians (albanians) and greeks into the balkans so yeah just clearifying that serbs came from the north and occupied balkan lands from the get go.

[@kikisida1]

@@montana3918 albanians and Illyrians aren't the same...wild tribe brought by Turks from Caucasus

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

Balkans are such a fascinating place when you consider how many cultures thrived there. Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, Slavs all left their mark. And among all those, we dig even deeper and find even more. Vinca is so cool, I wish we knew more Edit: Balkan people arguing in the comments are all living in Germany...

[@TxDuallyNation]

Illyrian here 😎

[@goranstojic5791]

Vinca is part of Belgrade - Serbia. Serbs, the oldest nation in Europe. Serbs have the oldest alphabet and the oldest calendar - 7533 years old. Serbia gave 18 Roman emperors, Emperor Constantine. Nikola Tesla, M.Pupin, M.Milankovic, M.Anstein...... Djokovic, Jokic, Doncic and many excellent athletes.

[@goranstojic5791]

Vinca is part of Belgrade - Serbia. Serbs, the oldest nation in Europe. Serbs have the oldest alphabet and the oldest calendar - 7533 years old. Serbia gave 18 Roman emperors, Emperor Constantine. Nikola Tesla, M.Pupin, M.Milankovic, M.Anstein...... Djokovic, Jokic, Doncic and many excellent athletes.

[@TxDuallyNation]

@@goranstojic5791 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂here we go, number #1 of "the chosen" people 🤣😂

[@TrollerCoaster1]

@@goranstojic5791 And nowadays you're part of the idiots of europe, along with Hungary, good job :))

[@youtubebane7036]

I've been asking historians for a video about these guys forever and ever and ever and now you finally did one thank you I tell everyone the oldest civilizations in Europe not the Middle East

[@zaklinakovace6792]

😊❤

[@ranojutro426]

We in Serbia have older civilization then Vinca. It was Starcevo and Lepenski vir civilization then Vince civilization. Vinca civilization did not come from Anatolia. It is continued civilization from Lepenski vir and Starcevo

[@MedellínInsider-n3o]

@@ranojutro426 That is correct. The civilisation began in Europe. In the area of present-day Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. And the fact also no one wants to talk about is that these cultures were dominaed by R1b and R1a y-haplogroups, and U and H mt-haplogroups. All supposedly "yamnaya culture" that "invaded" Europe in the Bronze age. The true history is yet to be told honestly.

[@aramisone7198]

​@@MedellínInsider-n3oI dont think all scientists are telling lies history should not be mixed with nationalism or politics . Besides those Antient people are not the same as modern people mixed for a long time and some genes mutate also .

[@karlkarlos3545]

The fact that many of the Vinca inscriptions are similar to those found in Linear A of Crete should be taken into account before dismissing the possibility of representing writing. It's also worth noting that other writing forms, like cuneiform, started as pictograms for trade items as well.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

Yeah, but IF they were modern artifacts misrepresented as historical, the guy who made them ALSO knew of the Liner A inscriptions.

[@АнтонПавлов-ц4з]

They are 2000 years older than the Cretan ones

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@АнтонПавлов-ц4з That's why they are so significant.

[@miloscarapic4502]

At time when Vinča existed greeks didn't existed, so please keep your lies for yourself. Greeks exist maybe 2000 years b.c. while Vinča is at least twice older.

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@miloscarapic4502 What lies are you accusing me off, mate? You can look at the similarites between both scripts if you really are interested. Linguists have discussed the similarities too. Did it ever occur to you that new writing forms are build of older writing forms?

[@CKNate1]

Thanks!

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@joelkurowski7129]

I think a video like this was really needed. I always see this culture get referenced but never anything focusing entirely on them. always glad to see one of your uploads

[@bobdobsin6216]

The Vinca culture is a group I have been fascinated with for a long time - in fact, it was learning about them which got me very interested in European pre-history, which lead to an interest in Indo-European studies. In one of my stories, I wrote a sorceress who was born in the Vinca culture, but survived to present day - she provides a good excuse to learn more about this fascinating people.

[@milicgordana7935]

Vinca, Lepenski Vir, Starcevo - Serbia - the origin of European culture. Serbs are the oldest nation of Europe, the first alphabet - the oldest calendar in the world - 7533. year. Serbia had access to 3 seas, now it has no access to the sea. From Serbia and the Serbs, somewhat of a country and a nation emerged - now they are the biggest enemies of the Serbs.

[@zhcultivator]

Yes! finally a video on the Vinca culture ;)

[@DanDavisHistory]

Yes it's been requested ever since I started the channel. Sorry it took me so long.

[@zhcultivator]

@@DanDavisHistory it's alright 👍, thank you for your hard work

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@DanDavisHistory It's worth waiting for the quality you bring to the table.

[@koris4356]

From Serbia🇷🇸

[@A_Proud_Serb]

@@DanDavisHistory If some corporations come to us, then sorry on you. The video is great, but as I said.

[@DuxAKADuke]

You're the only content creator who's sponsor I chose to visit as a way of support. That and youbue algorythm boosting is all I can afford :D

[@matija92]

In Serbia we celebrate family patron saints and one theory is that it comes from the traditions of Lepenski Vir

[@PaioniaSoldier]

All your culture is Slavic as your Language , nothing to do with Balkan

[@matija92]

@@PaioniaSoldier Wrong…south slavs have different DNA and have mixed with the local Balkan cultures

[@PaioniaSoldier]

@@matija92 It doesn't matter that you used Russia for assimilation of some Albanians and Wallachians in to Servians , you still speak Slavic and have Slavic Culture , nothing can connect you before 6-7 century to the Balkans . South Servia has some native DNA from assimilation while North Servia is Pure Slavic .

[@synth1002]

@@PaioniaSoldier Romanians talk in roman language family, but are genetic brothers to Serbs. Language means nothing. And you Dr. Albans are very agressive, your J2 haplogroup is from recent times, it originated in the middle east.

[@danilonisavic4605]

Analbanians originate from kavkaz region, came to balkan in 12 century,nothing to do with vinca or other cultures,caucasian albania in Azerbaijan is their home land,they even resemble people from that region.

[@barrywhite7741]

As always, well done. I enjoy your take as a writer combined with your extensive research, it allows for speculation and analysis that’s a bit more cutting than what a historian or archeologist can put out there. Thanks for some quality content.

[@user-ve2jj1ik4b]

too bad speculations in this video are heard as it was a fact .

[@jakubburnos7095]

Damn, never had better timing than this. Thanks for the new video! :)

[@DanDavisHistory]

Great! Thanks for watching right away.

[@Serbian_Tactical]

I am from Serbia where this culture was created and there is still a village of vinca

[@ranojutro426]

Yes, Vinca is continuing civilization from Lepenski vir civilization and Starcevo civilization. Vinca civilization did not come from Anatolia like he said

[@rjelavic]

they (modern researchers) named the culture after the village

[@Serbian_Tactical]

@@rjelavic possible

[@ZoranStefanovic-z1g]

Arheološka nalazišta dobijaju ime po mestu na kom se nalaze . I po periodu u kojem su postojale . Starčevska kultura je starija od Vinčanske CIVILIZACIJE a Kukuteni- tripoljska mlađa , kao i Varna . Iako je to u stvari jedna te ista kultura samo su iz različitog vremena i drugih mesta . Za neku godinu opet će naći negde nešto i nazvaće ga po mestu gde ga budu našli . Inače vinča je biljka , tačnije cveće sa lepim cvetovima pa se gaji u vrtovima jer mu cvetovi opstaju sve do zime . Selo Vinča se nekad (pre 100-200 g.) zvalo Grablje , Grabulje ili tako nešto.

[@mihaelac2472]

The first farmers came from Anatolia 7000 years ago.

[@nicholaswoollhead6830]

Deeply fascinatint, thank you for putting this video together.

[@bc7138]

It's great to see another video on an ancient culture that don't usually get much attention. Great video. Their burning of their homes remind me of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. I wonder why so many prehistoric groups did that.

[@catherineladd5300]

I wonder..disease control?

[@DB-pm2vy]

Pests, rats and other animals in the thatch easier to build a new one than get them out

[@pthaloblue100]

Extreme house cleaning!

[@nullifye7816]

I imagine that it began with mold and pest control, but it becomes a strong psychological ritual, the destruction of the old and the construction of the new as an act of physical and spiritual renewal/death and rebirth of a community.

[@barkershill]

Maybe an insurance scam

[@dreamok732]

Didn't realise that the statuets represented masked individuals. Fascinating.

[@slappy8941]

That's just a theory.

[@Noqtis]

A Vinca theory!

[@wetwet2]

Proof that masks work. TAKE YOUR Vaccines!

[@LepenskiVir]

Me too! As a matter of fact I think ancient peoples looked anything but naturalistic. From the time immemorial people used a lot of make up jewells ornaments masks etc. It tells a lot about our human nature❤.

[@rosenraikov]

This Sunday, I visited the National Historic Museum in Sofia, and I saw very similar artifacts from 6000+ BC but probably from another culture because they were found along the coast of the Black Sea (near Durankulak, Dobrich province). It was fascinating. There was gold jewelry too, probably some of the oldest ever. Visiting this museum is a must if you're in the area of Sofia.

[@milicgordana7935]

Vinca, Lepenski Vir, Starcevo - Serbia - the origin of European culture. Serbs are the oldest nation of Europe, the first alphabet - the oldest calendar in the world - 7533. year. Serbia had access to 3 seas, now it has no access to the sea. From Serbia and the Serbs, somewhat of a country and a nation emerged - now they are the biggest enemies of the Serbs.

[@Руснакъ]

@@milicgordana7935Of course there’s a shallow serb here explaining how a culture which lived in the same region but more than 5000 years ago is somehow serbia and the people were serbian, you’re so brainwashed its funny, so can we Bulgarians claim the Thracians as our direct ancestors, as well as the Vinca culture, after all it was in Bulgaria as well. We have almost nothing in common with those ancient cultures, yet you fail to acknowledge this, claiming everyone who set foot on your land as your direct ancestor, pathetic.

[@radoslavpetkov]

​@@milicgordana7935Нещо си объркал рейса,глупав сервин! Най стария календар е българския и е признат от ЮНЕСКО! Най старото злато в света е българското край Варна! И знаеш ли вие море нямате ,ама сте били на 3????? Обаче България е била на 3? Тази московска зараза ви е хванала отдавна,обаче ние пак ви хванахме в лъжа! Нещо да кажеш,а педал ? Върнете ни западните територии,че нема ви се молим много! Цигани такъв!

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

Thats because Serbs use to live there too. All the neighboring countries of today are a modern day creations on ancient Serbian lands that mostly were made thanks to Vatican parasites killing Serbs and brainwashing their children. It has been done since Vatican exist. If you look at every European country or "nation" they all have Serbian roots from culture to words but they all don't know where it comes from, while Serbs do use these and used them before any of these existed.

[@gerokostadinov4355]

@@milicgordana7935 you’re talking about Bulgaria bro. Someone lied to you like makedonians claim the same. All of us are Bulgarians long before Ancient Greece

[@robertdiehl1281]

Very nice biopic of a people who seem to have thrived for a significant period of time. One can imagine people raising their families in these communities for thousands of years. Generations of grandparents parents and children come and gone.

[@Player-gx1eo]

Yeah thats crazy, and just like that they are erased from existence and history almost. They were living in a present times just like us today, with all their strugles pretty much irrelevant now. Thousands years from now same fate might happen to us, none of the current nations and nationalities and ethnicities won't exist in the future. Everything we do now will be erased in some future

[@RedMoon4Star]

The funny thing is the eastern european scientists talked about this culture since 50 years but in the west everybody said this is just fake, no culture in the east europe or the balkans.

[@soyjoyy]

Because Americans and Western Europeans don't even want to acknowledge our existence. All cultural conversations avoid the region like a plague. Even African cultures get more recognition these days. "South and Eastern Europe are just places where wars take place" is the common sentiment unfortunately.

[@kentimmins9171]

Yip...and now they tell us that ALL of us were black African

[@VeronikaHargid-ic8vh]

Over the years, archaeologists have had to rewrite the narrative. Some refused to recognize the lidar findings in Honduras. How wrong they were!

[@angelopueyygarcia43]

wow they were so advanced for their time. It's crazy to think this was seven thousand years ago

[@alastairbrewster4274]

Fantastic video ! Really enjoyed this , incredibly fascinating and brilliantly told. Thank you

[@CKNate1]

I love these ancient culture videos; you really being them to life. I love that you speculate on what things like these figures mean (could this be for planning strategy, or the roles of different war bands before a raid?) I think your talent as a writer gives you a unique advantage in helping imagine how things were for our ancestors.

[@TheGoldenOne]

Great stuff, my man!

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thank you!

[@BoomaRanga72]

Yet another fascinating video Keep them coming man, great job as always

[@andresaltosaar9317]

Looking forward to this! Thanks Dan!

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thanks for watching!

[@briangarrow448]

Fascinating information about a culture that I knew nothing about. Thanks for sharing this with us. Well done 👍

[@ranojutro426]

We in Serbia have older civilization which is Starcevo, Lepenski vir then Vinca civilization. Vinca civilization did not come from Anatolia like he said it is continued civilization from Starcevo and Lepenski vir

[@EdajjGnilhteen1980]

Thank you for following up on the Vinca culture!

[@8LJ8]

Thank you Dan! It was very interesting to follow. Yet, there's so much more to explore and present about this culture.

[@vladimirvucetic6933]

The Vinča culture is unique and very interesting. Thank you for the video.

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thanks for watching.

[@Kariakas]

Great! A new upload!

[@1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish.]

I receive a ton of joy from watching your videos. You do a great job.

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

Thanks for doing what you do. I just love things like this. Keep them coming!

[@TimRobertsen]

Your videos are fantastic! I can't get enough of them!

[@joeshmoe8345]

Loved it! Thanks a bunch for sharing this with us Danny Boy!

[@nikbear]

As always Dan,nothing short of an absolute gem of a production ❤ 👌 Thank you!

[@Srbionik]

Turovic Needle from 14 B.C. found near Serbian city of Leskovac is the purest iron object ever made. The most advanced tech of today cannot reach such a purity. There were dozens of such things created by Vinca and their descents including highly advanced science.

[@jancerny8109]

The notion that early metalworkers might have exercised (or been constrained by) ritual power brings to mind what I’ve been told of the etymology of the name Cain-among other possible meanings, it referred to the forge. The forge gave the power to kill one’s brother, but God forbids anyone from taking the life (by placing a visible mark?) of the one who works the forge. The sense of terrible, but necessary and protected, power may have been appreciated in different ways in more than one ancient culture.

[@milicgordana7935]

Vinca, Lepenski Vir, Starcevo - Serbia - the origin of European culture. Serbs are the oldest nation of Europe, the first alphabet - the oldest calendar in the world - 7533. year. Serbia had access to 3 seas, now it has no access to the sea. From Serbia and the Serbs, somewhat of a country and a nation emerged - now they are the biggest enemies of the Serbs.

[@konstantinbodin9936]

​@@milicgordana7935samo da te ne cuju albanci pa da pocnu da placaju drogom da ih evropa gura u udzbenike da su drevni iliri koji su se borili protiv mocnog rima, a albosi uz nato i ameriku nisu mogli da udju u sr jugoslaviju 99te. Toliko o njihovom herojstvu i snazi, da nema otpada Hrvata oni bi bili prvo mjesto u licemjerju. A najvise mi je smjesno kad tvrde da je nasa istorija (koja je samo teorija) o doseljavanju na balkan tacna, a kad im te iste izvore pomenes bitku kod tare gje je napisano da su srbi dosli u bitku i da su imali bjele kape oni kazu laz, srbi falcifikovali to su ustvari bili albanci. Sto govori da oni uopste ne znaju sta pise o doseljavanju dje fakticki je tvrdnja da smo se naselili posle sto he vizantija oslabljena kugom ostala bez stanovnistva koje je bilo samo u nekim gradovoma i fakticki od slovenije do soluna sve je bilo bez duse i tu su upadali varvari i napadali gradove nis, beograd iskoplje pa su zato ti gradovi dati kako bi se izbjegla bepotrebna trvenja na 2 strane jer na istoku su ih bili arapi. Znaci nebuloza totalna.

[@borisfrlic]

We are not sons of Cain. We are sons of Japheth.

[@lp2059]

As serbian, I am glad this is also part of my ancestry and that you are making such an informative video about it

[@ILLYRIANW0LF]

your ancestry is not in the balkans try ukraine or russia for a better connection haha

[@BojanBojovic]

​@@ILLYRIANW0LFYou both are idiots.

[@nadacalo9289]

Greetings from Serbia!!👏👏👏

[@trikepilot101]

Great stuff, as always, Dan. Those "chess men" really are fascinating. I need a timeline with all the civilizations on it to see how they all relate.

[@simonwaldock9689]

Fascinating video on a culture I knew nothing about. Interesting interpretation of the mace being a symbol of authority, from the buwava of a hetman or ataman to the mace in the House of Commons in the UK.

[@mlgquilava624]

15:33 Some of the letters look Slavic like this one Ђ and Ч on the top left side and the letter ш that is next to the Ч letter

[@ranojutro426]

Yes Serbian people still write and use those letters. It was Vinca letters now we call it cirilica

[@LeksoSai]

Ђ is not a Slavic letter it is hallmark of Serbian letters

[@LeksoSai]

@@ranojutro426ćirilica is a misnomer. It indicates Serbian inability to develop the writing system themselves and negates clear continuity with Vinča

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

@@LeksoSai "Slavic" was another word for Serbian people, it was made up just like many others to confuse future generations. Slavs = Serbs Slav = Pravoslav Pravoslavlje (Orthodox Christian-ity), Slava = Celebration, Slaviti = to celebrate, Slovo = letter, Sloviti = to know how to write and to read ... etc All Serbian roots of words dating back to ancient times and still used today.

[@GGTanguera]

Dear is also a Slavic simbol, swastika too.

[@thejontao]

I’m a total geek for early metallurgy, so when I see the clay disc with markings, my first thought is, of course, a metallurgical recipe. If humans ever developed a time machine, I’d want to use it to go back and observe this period of humanity. For me, the several thousand years of pre-pottery Neolithic and chalcolithic is the sweet spot. (5000+ years is an unfortunately big sweet spot!)

[@NikolaSkodric89]

i did some hobby metalwork inspired by history,i love looking at base principles (starting from scratch and learning from there,and evolving with knowledge of what is right and wrong and why) what video/series would you recommend for someone to have a good foundation in metallurgy?

[@tonimisetic]

all this mainstream history is fake

[@andrewthompson5728]

Take a look at the following: De Re Metallica by Agricola and L'Encyclopedie by Denis Diderot. You will not be disappointed.

[@NikolaSkodric89]

@@andrewthompson5728 thanks ,^_^

[@supertrucker99]

I want to go to the library at Alexandria and get cleopatras sketches ...😢😢😢😢😢

[@Zhiivago]

Im from a town in Bosnia called Zvornik, an area which seems to have been part of this cultural space. Zvornik lays at the place where the river Drina leaves its karst gorge and enters its alluvial plane. In the gorges above Zvornik is a well known ancient mine town of Srebrenica. Nothing is by accident, there is a reason why this settlement came to existence at that particular place.

[@distortionofthought_pepsi]

I actually live in Belgrade and pretty near Vinča! Honestly just seeing how long my country has been populated is just… woah. like, the ground I walk on every day is the same one that the ottomans, the Slavs, the Austro Hungarians, the romans, and even the ancient people walked as well. I’d say Serbia is a very historical place that I don’t see many foreigners talk about(and hell, I feel like even the people here forget just how long and how consistently people have lived here) and if you ever visit Belgrade you’ll see how the architecture feels like almost a patchwork of different times and styles.

[@juliam248]

Ermagerd a new video!¡! Also, I wonder if those clay figurines could've been kids' toys? Something like modern-day toy soldiers. Maybe even made by the child.

[@DanDavisHistory]

Actually I should have included this in the video but there are figurines that were obviously made at least partly by children. There's a couple of little toy cows still with fingerprints in. They can tell that adults or older children made most of the clay figure and then a child finished off the shape by pinching the clay together. So it seems clear that some figures were children's toys. They also made tiny versions of household objects in clay - little tables, tiny pots and bowls. They look like toy kitchens!

[@georgiykireev9678]

​@@aaronfleisher4694important to note that in anthropology, a "ritual" is pretty much any social activity that is done repeatedly, no matter how serious or significant. Shaking hands is a ritual, children's toys are ritual objects. It's an important clarification, because when most people hear "ritual" they default to religion, and it really doesn't have to be related

[@frostflower5555]

That's what I thought too. There were probably an abundance of those made to entertain kids. Many had little holes in them. Maybe they were stringing them and hanging them somewhere or wearing them, not sure. Was it for babies to play with, pets? Reminds me of the popular playdough. I wish they can solve this mystery!

[@happytofu5]

@@DanDavisHistoryomg that is so precious!

[@molochi]

At 18:45, The first thing I thought of was "1000pt Warhammer Army". If cube dice were discovered in the vicinity of the figures, we'd know for sure. heh. But I'd not be surprised if they were figures for a wargame or actual tools for representing troops in war planning or as part of storytelling like puppets.

[@Davidf8L]

Thanks for your work and time ❤

[@chpet1655]

The Map showing movements of peoples at 2:45 has got to be the most fascinating I’ve ever seen. I just paused it and studied it for like 15 mins.

[@andrewcutler4599]

You mention psychedelic milk as an option for ritual consumption. Is this based on the play Libation Bearers where Aeschylus hinted that the drink at the Eleusinian Mysteries was snake venom mixed with milk? (Aeschylus stood trial for profaning the Mysteries, and some classicists think that was the detail that got him in trouble.)

[@lenabreijer1311]

Milk can be fermented into an alcoholic beverage.

[@vladimirkrstov]

Vinca and Starcevo are part of Belgrade - Serbia. Lepenski Vir is in Serbia. Serbs are the oldest nation in Europe. Serbs have the oldest script in the world. Serbs they have the oldest calendar in the world - 7533 years old. Serbia gave 18 Roman emperors, Emperor Constantine. Nikola Tesla. The Serbs gave the most to the development of the world. Now it is Serbia is an occupied country.

[@jezusbloodie]

I am enchanted by that group of presumably warrior statue. In the simple bell shape you can see how human hands have rolled and squeezed the clay. It's a bit like the hand shadows outlined with ochre, but now I can dicern pressure, movement and more precision

[@aleskosir2727]

Thanks for your great Vinča video. How interisting.

[@robscoggins]

Their figurines have an almost Etruscan look about them.

[@frostflower5555]

I don't think so, but it would be a good idea to make a reconstruction. Not sure why they haven't.

[@marybee1594]

Vinchan alphabet has al letters from Etruscan language, but even more and predates etruscan culture, it's confirmed by Profesor Radivoj Peshich published in Italy, and accepted by scientific comunity.

[@frostflower5555]

To me when I saw those Etruscan figurines they looked Egyptian.

[@marcobelli6856]

@@frostflower5555because the Egyptian were the most advanced culture at the time they traded with Egypt and learned from them. Also from Greeks of course but people always ignore Egypt. Of course looking at the statues it’s obvious they were learning more from Egypt than from Greece.

[@Player-gx1eo]

Maybe the Etruscan came from the Vinca people. And weren't etruscan quite different from the latin people and all other people that lived in what is today Italy?

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

How wonderful your map and diagram in the beginning are! You should write everything up into a book with these illustrations and the archaeological photos you use. There’s nothing like seeing a picture! Archaeologists work on and report a site-by-site level for the most part, it would be terrific to have this information described and summarized for the general reader.

[@ranojutro426]

That map is not really accurate for Serbian people. We have in Serbia first Lepenski vir civilization, Starcevo then Vinca civilization. Vinca civilization is just continuing civilization from Starcevo and Lepenski vir civilization

[@andrewthompson5728]

There needs to be an examination of the emergence of agricultural societies, and their impact on the early herding societies. It is no secret both have been at odds with each other, and a study of how they may have come to their initial agreements.

[@milicgordana7935]

Vinca, Lepenski Vir, Starcevo - Serbia - the origin of European culture. Serbs are the oldest nation of Europe, the first alphabet - the oldest calendar in the world - 7533. year. Serbia had access to 3 seas, now it has no access to the sea. From Serbia and the Serbs, somewhat of a country and a nation emerged - now they are the biggest enemies of the Serbs.

[@andrewthompson5728]

@@milicgordana7935 Ummm, second oldest alphabet. The Cyrillic alphabet borrowed many letters from the Greeks. The letter "F" for example.

[@borisfrlic]

Greek alphabet is a spinoff of Serb / Vinča alphabet. Greeks are a mixture of natives (Serbs), North Africans and Levantines. Ancient Greek writes like Plato make it quite clear that they are not the native. Plato himself says they have taken the native language and twisted it to such a measure that they don’t even know what the words mean / how they came to be / their etymology. He uses “Zogon” (a cart that is pulled by two oxen), as an example and says he has no idea what the etymology is. Serbs still use that word today. It’s called “Dvogon”. Dvo (two) gon (verb: “goniti”, meaning to chase; to push; move away). Egyptians that came to Europe (that mixed in and became ancient Greeks) brought their papyrus technology with them and wrote down all of our epic poetry and traditions etc....that are sung along the “Gusle” instrument.

[@serbianlgg7388]

The first 10 seconds of the video are not exactly as you say, sir, about migrations from M. East, because the new researchees of HAPLO GROUPS of the domicial people in Serbia and former Yugoslavia today, (I2a, R1b), are the same with HAPLO GROUPS of arheolohical human bones samples from the period of Vincha, Starchevo. It means that there was not any big migration from M. East to a Balkans. If we take a look also, at the HAPLO GROUPS maps of M. East, or Greece, the answer is more clear. I congratulate you, sir, for the rest of your god job on this video, it means a lot for me, for my people, and, I hope, for the real History Sciense.

[@ZokiDobrojevic]

@ Имаш "Еупедиа хаплогроуп И2а" . Осим ововременог стања и распореда хаплогрупа у Европи и шире , имаш и опис и историју (за сваку од хпл.гр. данас присутној у Европи) . Приказано стање је са становишта науке о ДНК , као и ДНК испитивање нађених скелета из разних периода , на разним местима

[@vladimirkrstov]

Vinca and Starcevo are part of Belgrade - Serbia. Lepenski Vir is in Serbia. Serbs are the oldest nation in Europe. Serbs have the oldest script in the world. Serbs they have the oldest calendar in the world - 7533 years old. Serbia gave 18 Roman emperors, Emperor Constantine. Nikola Tesla. The Serbs gave the most to the development of the world. Now it is Serbia is an occupied country.

[@Samurai10.000]

Hahahahaha didnt Slavic tribes come to Balkans for appr 1000 years? Gtfoh

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

@vladimirkrstov, That’s a lot of anachronism you’re engaging in. Not a single one of those Roman emperors were Serbs, as no such thing as a Serb or Serbia existed then. They were Roman.

[@ranojutro426]

Yes he did not say that before Vinca Serbia has Starcevo, Lepenski vir civilization.

[@concretejungledreams]

Glad to see more videos on teh topic of Vinca culture, especially in English as world doesn't really talk enough about this fantastic culture, while in Serbia and Romanai there is no enough funding to discover more. I am very much fascinated with so called "Vinca symbols" for which some believe its the first world's writing. But there is much debate about it still whether those are just decorations or writings.

[@PapaJoProduction]

In Vinca culture, everything is inspired by the number 3. Serbs still have the number 3 rooted in their culture.

[@CJ-uf6xl]

Beautiful video, such a fascinating people, let's hope we learn much more about them 👍 Many thanks.

[@АлександарЈовановић-ъ6н]

Sir vinca is in my country and it is at a bank of danube river ; nobody say they lived in hills ; it is a fishing spot kind of .

[@bogdanovicjelena9213]

Thank you for your effort and help to find out the history and age of our ancestors on the soil of Serbia. A grateful Serbian woman

[@rainbs2nd]

I started watching the video, watched the first part of the Introduction, went to bathroom and forgot to pause the video, then I came back from "Over 8000 years ago the first farm of Europe... with "Tanks, Planes and Helicopters..." and I was like "Oh, these were very advanced farmers"

[@helenehapart1161]

Rainbs same thing happened to me so that made me wonder what is all this stuff about?

[@bogdanovicjelena9213]

In the two world wars in 1914 and 1941, the Germans bombed the national library and museum of Serbia in Belgrade both times. When you see in this video what kind of our history they wanted to destroy, it is clear to you why Serbs were killed in wars and camps, and Kosovo and Metohija were taken from us and finally bombed in 1999 by NATO, and the crimes of the Albanians (who are the last the enemy's weapon of destruction of the history of the Serbian people) continue to this day. Best regards! 🇷🇸🍀

[@SubutaiGod]

Go home to sibir ural mountains. serbia is Albania. THE END.

[@alexroma2667]

A lot of experts in Serbia on vinča civilisation. They can help you with more info

[@vesnajelovac3951]

Da, arheolog Jankovic ima interesantno tumacenje Vincanske kulturi.

[@snoopyportfolio2072]

Vinca culture isn't Serbian culture

[@alexroma2667]

@@snoopyportfolio2072 its pre serbian culture, same people, same dna (from analysed skeletons),same culture(symbols etc), and guess where you find the remains? In serbia

[@snoopyportfolio2072]

@@alexroma2667 Slavs only entered Balkan in the 7th century

[@web.deslgner]

Eh he probably thinks it's propaganda, we are discredited as a nation in every field

[@pasquinomarforio]

Another masterpiece. Thank you.

[@saccharineserf7316]

some of the ceramic figurines are so reminiscent of jomon dogu from japan

[@danielnielsen1977]

6:30 the rectangle reminds me of what was found in america when building the railroad. The tracks always seem to be going past these. A lot of stone left under the ground. It is unknown what they are about.

[@Drew_McTygue]

I picked up The Living Goddesses by Marija Gimbutas. It's a great read and it offers an in depth exploration of, what she calls "old Europe". She discisses cultures like the Vinča or Cucuteni Trypillia culture. They are absolutely fascinating and I've always wondered what people from this remote period were like

[@SrdjanBasaric-w2s]

They were probably a little prettier and a lot more intelligent.

[@kumstuke]

Pleased to see another Gimbutas enjoyer

[@АнтонПавлов-ц4з]

​@@SrdjanBasaric-w2sYes, they knew the number 3.14.

[@Drew_McTygue]

@@kumstuke she's fantastic. She was well ahead of her time.

[@Historian212]

A lot of her theories have been debunked by other scholars.

[@steenharsted]

A pleasure to watch. Great video 👏

[@StodOneR]

There is a ritual to this day in some parts of Serbia called "poklade" where they wear masks. Also the Palisades were only located around copper mines and some other more important locations , not whole town's . Also I have no idea where you found evidence for violence even less for organized violence . There is absolutely no evidence there were wars .

[@razvananghel7492]

Fascinating! Thank you for this

[@noir8255]

This is amazing! In romania we still have ancient rituals in which this similar masks are worn

[@pavkovic77]

You are romanized tribe,but in past you been someone other, very common, i can say.... No meter... I don't want to make you angry.

[@andrei-glig]

​@@pavkovic77What romanized tribe ? And what was before that, what do you mean ?

[@ranojutro426]

In Serbia we have poklade

[@kariannecrysler640]

15:29 I wouldn’t mind a video covering all the undeciphered languages we currently know about. People don’t know how many there are.

[@seogroove]

One small detail... we have proto starcevo with lepenski vir going back 9500BC (for me same civilizasion), so I dont think they came from somewhare

[@M.M.83-U]

A fascinatin topic in a clear and accesible explanation. Great video.

[@АнтонПавлов-ц4з]

If you dig deep into the archive, you will realize that from Crete to Kiev, and from Zagreb to Burgas, there lived people speaking the same language, with the same customs and gods, before the Greeks arrived.

[@voskreglavincevska7080]

Macedonians didn't arrive for shore ! There isn't bigger settlement in Balcan than Ohrid (Lihnid) Forthrees is . It was fortification against Greeks ! In our old saying "Gorki" the bitter invaders from the South .

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

What was that language?

[@voskreglavincevska7080]

@@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 The culrure was European ! If invaders from South ( now retrogradly called Greeks ) gave culture to Europe , than culture of Europeans should have been called Indo/Greek culture , not as it is called officially Indo/ European culture today , besides old languages before Indo Europisation ( Etrurian , Katalonian , Finnish , Macedonian and etcr , which are today extinct . "Greek culture" which is written as history on KZbin for children cannot compete to Mesopotamia culture which was spread to River Danube in Europe !

[@АнтонПавлов-ц4з]

@@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 The so-called Slavic, of the seven "Slavic tribes", is actually the language of the Thracian family, which includes over 200 kingdoms.The most interesting thing is, why does Google not want to translate the names of the biggest of them???? Wow. I will try to write them - Mysians,Getae,Masagetae,Peonians,Scytyans,Macedonian, Ilirians,Tevcrians,P/B/elasgian,P/B/hrigian and many more.

[@АнтонПавлов-ц4з]

@@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733The name Thracians/in later times-Slavs/ was given by foreigners, just as the Indians in the USA were given a common name.

[@Mastakilla91]

Although Vinca is not the same tier of civilisation the likes of which we will witness 2000 years later in Mesopotamia, they certainly are a distinct culture with traces of proto-civilisationary traits. They are an important corner stone in the theory of how civilisations came to be since the usual school of thought teaches us that there was nothing in europe prior to the old civilisations.

[@BlueLena]

There were several cultures before the Vinca culture, both in the same area, the greater region of the Balkans and Greece. I don't know if it was the largest at this particular point in time, but it certainly wasn't the first.

[@ranojutro426]

Yes, in Serbia Lepenski vir civilization, Starcevo civilization then Vinca civilization.

[@viktorbaraga4514]

The oldest discovered so far.

[@nemanjalackovic2288]

I have been there as a kid, part of a school trip. It was hella cool to see everything they dig up and preserved as well!

[@NenaVugdragovic]

I was fascinated by their houses in a row, creating the first known streets.

[@newtype0083]

Vinca confirmed for 1st war gamers with those groups of figurines.

[@Historian212]

First that we know about.

[@MultiKm1]

Thank you for all these wonderful videos!

[@staryjaszczur]

I have been waiting for this. Cucuteni-Tripolie next please:)

[@DanDavisHistory]

That was one of my first videos. I need to remake it, lots more to say about it.

[@HistoryBro]

Another classic! Love it.

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@denethorr3]

Thank you for not forgetting to mention the Serbian holy land of Kosovo when talking about the oldest European Vincan culture found in Serbia. ❤Great video!

[@SaintSkanderbegus]

Serbs came to balkans in 7th century. Vinca has nothing to do with serb immigrants

[@denethorr3]

@@SaintSkanderbegus shqiptards came to the Balkans as Ottoman cattle. That is why they use Serbian and Latin names for the countries they reside in.

[@PapaJoProduction]

@@SaintSkanderbegus It certainly has something to do with it.Skanderbeg was also a Serb. His father and brother were buried in the Orthodox Serbian monastery of Hilandar.

[@dragi2163]

So called Kosovo is actually Kosovo i Metohija part of Serbia, hartland of Serbs, occupied by Western power, NATO, from 1999 during 78 days of bombardment. They builded there Bondsteel military base. Westerners are creating Big Albania as their geopoliticaly vasal state...

[@ranojutro426]

​@@SaintSkanderbegus No they did not ,we have Lepenski vir civilization, Starcevo then Vinca civilization Lepenski vir civilization is older than Vinca. Stop with that nonsense Serbian people were there after flood. You are welcome to come and see Lepenski vir civilization, Starcevo then Vinca

[@simvlacrvm]

another great video. many thanks!

[@mnforager]

Another excellent video. Thank you!

[@chronicdose]

Wonder if the masked figures could represent ancestors, since they didn't bury or burn them, a figure could be needed to be created and kept for ceremonial purposes, in memoriam, or in reverance of important ancestors or members of society

[@ranojutro426]

Yes in Serbia those are our ancestry. We still celebrate Slava that is day that every Serbian family celebrate

[@BenSHammonds]

very good program, enjoyed it

[@jaynotmusic]

I am loving this channel mate. It is so far up my street it has built it has own house.