The Character of Ceramic Findings from Paionia and Pelagonia from the Iron Age II

Abstract

The analysis of the Iron Age II pottery from Paionia and Pelagonia shows continuous relations between the Central Balkans and the Greek-dominated territories from the Bronze Age II to the Iron Age in both directions. Ethno-cultural unity of the region extending from south Pannonia and Lower Danube Basin to Macedonia and north Greece is very old, but particularly expressed since the 8th century BC. According to M. Garašanin and V. Georgiev, this region belongs to Daco-Misian ethno-cultural and linguistic complex which is clearly separated from both the Thracian and Illyrian. This paper is another contribution to this theory.