Nikola Tasić and the question of the Bosut group

Abstract

Until the mid-twentieth century, knowledge of the archaeological picture of the Serbian Danube region in the Early Iron Age was modest, therefore this area was usually incorporated into the zone of the Late Urnfield culture or the Basarabi complex. Significant new data gathered through field research in the 1960s allowed for drawing improved conclusions, motivating Nikola Tasić to differentiate a new group. The distinguished Serbian archaeologist noted particularities in the material culture of the local population, which separated them from the rest of the Basarabi complex, thus defining the Bosut group. In the following decades, Tasić’s initial blueprint of the group was repeatedly revised and supplemented by cumulated data. The aim of this paper is to present the progress of research on the topic of the Group, and how firm the initial definition holds more than half a century since the original publication