On "Pseudoprotovillanova" Urns in Yugoslav Danube area

In the course of the last 30 years, a number of authors have written on this subject, but a clear, detailed definition of the type was not offered, and the problems of dating and cultural appertainence remained opened to discussion. Latest excavations in eastern Slavonija have shed some new light on the type of urn characteristic for the Yugoslav part of the Danube area (eastern Slavonija, Srijem, Bačka and banat with their neighborhood), which prompted this reevaluation. In this area, the «pseudoprotovillanova urn» is the most characteristic pottery type of a culture group which appears in literature under many different names: «Belegiš II»; «Belegiš-Ilandža»; «Surčin-Belegiš»; «Vatin-Belegiš»; «Belegiš-Bobda»; «Belegiš-Cruceni»; «Pécska-Belegiš» and others. Name of the important site of Belegiš figures in most of therm, therefore we consider it justifield to call our characteristic urn simply the «Belegiš II» type.