Badanj: Epipaleolithic Excavations in Herzegovina, 1986-1987

Photo of a rockshelter in the middle of a rocky slope with scattered shrubs

By Robert Whallon 

Memoirs 67

This monograph presents the results of excavations made from 1986 to 1987 at the Epipaleolithic site of Badanj, which lies near the town of Stolac in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina. The purpose of the excavations was to provide a detailed picture of the occupation at Badanj, to define the faunal assemblages as indicators of the changing ecology of the site, and to place the site within its regional cultural context. The excavations exposed a sequence of some ten occupation levels, seven activity or refuse levels, and three geologically deposited levels, covering a period from approximately 16,000 to 13,000 cal BP.

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Publisher: Museum of Anthropology

Year of Publication: 2025

Monograph Series / Number: Memoirs 67

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Pages: 298

Images: 255 b&w maps, charts, and photographs

Price: $80

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-951538-81-1
  • Ebook ISBN: 978-1-951538-82-8

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