Board Games Reconsidered: Mancala in the Balkans

Two mancala (one of the oldest games in the world) boards, which were found in the Lower Town of the Belgrade Fortress in 2006, present so far unique archaeological proof that this game was played in the region of the Balkan peninsula. Considering the fact that the knowledge regarding mancala is sti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Etnoantropolos̆ki problemi 2010-02, Vol.5 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Vesna Bikić, Jasna Vuković
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Two mancala (one of the oldest games in the world) boards, which were found in the Lower Town of the Belgrade Fortress in 2006, present so far unique archaeological proof that this game was played in the region of the Balkan peninsula. Considering the fact that the knowledge regarding mancala is still quite modest, in this paper, we have also examined the different aspects of this game: the question of its origin, which is linked to the beginning of the Neolithic Age on the territories of Africa and the Near East; the link with the methods of geomantic divination; the anthropological knowledge regarding playing mancala in  traditional communities; the distribution and the directions  of its diffusion, as well as the archaeological finds in the area Mediterranean.
ISSN:0353-1589
2334-8801
DOI:10.21301/v5i1.10