Lepinski
Vir is a Neolithic dig site that dates
back to 5899-4950 B.C.E. It is located
in Eastern Serbia on the banks of the
Danube between the tall peaks of the Carpathian
Mountains. At the site the river is very
fierce and contains several whirlpools,
the largest of which the site is named
after. The site is in isolation, and the
site seems to have allowed it to develop
a most unique trapezoidal design. The
site, today, is constructed in triangles
with slanted walls and flat, cut off tops
that cover the site to protect it from
the weather. The site is the location
of several ancient houses, and these houses
were regular isosceles triangles each
containing rectangular hearths and large,
egg shaped boulders with circular recesses
in the middle of them. The entire settlement
was built according to the same floor
plan. All the houses faced the river with
the larger ones placed toward the center.
Lepinski
Vir is a Neolithic dig site that dates
back to 5899-4950 B.C.E. It is located
in Eastern Serbia on the banks of the
Danube between the tall peaks of the Carpathian
Mountains. At the site the river is very
fierce and contains several whirlpools,
the largest of which the site is named
after. The site is in isolation, and the
site seems to have allowed it to develop
a most unique trapezoidal design. The
site, today, is constructed in triangles
with slanted walls and flat, cut off tops
that cover the site to protect it from
the weather. The site is the location
of several ancient houses, and these houses
were regular isosceles triangles each
containing rectangular hearths and large,
egg shaped boulders with circular recesses
in the middle of them. The entire settlement
was built according to the same floor
plan. All the houses faced the river with
the larger ones placed toward the center.
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