Obre

A complex of Neolithic settlements on the Bosnia River near Sarajevo, Bosnia. Obre I comprises four occupation horizons, the first with Starcevo pottery, dating c 4500-4200 BC. It has rectangular houses similar to those at Karanovo I and Anza, and arranged in rows. Obre II represents the most complete development of the Butmir culture yet discovered, with nine habitation horizons in three main periods (dated c 4250-3950 BC, c 3900 BC, and c 3800 BC). This 1300-year cut through the Bosnian Neolithic sequence provides details on the evolution of timber-framed architecture, subsistence economy, and exchange systems. The pottery is interpreted as reflecting possible transhumant pastoralism.

Two long-lived and adjacent Neolithic sites, near Kakanj, Bosnia, Yugoslavia. Obre I comprises four occupation horizons, the first with StarCevo pottery, dating c5100-4700 be, the next three with increasing quantities of Kakanj monochrome wares (dated c4500-4200 be). Obre II represents the most complete development of the Butmir culture yet discovered, with nine habitation horizons in three main periods (dated ¿4250-3950 be, c3900 be and c3800 be). This 1300-year cut through the Bosnian Neolithic sequence provides fascinating details on the evolution of timber-framed architecture (with its increased size, solidity and number of internal fittings), subsistence economy (with progressive reliance on domesticated animals, especially cattle) and exchange systems (connections with the Dalmatian coast and north Bosnia fluctuate throughout the sequence).