| Zbelovo | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
1942 postcard of Zbelovo | |
  Zbelovo Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°17′59.05″N15°31′39.19″E / 46.2997361°N 15.5275528°E Coordinates: 46°17′59.05″N15°31′39.19″E / 46.2997361°N 15.5275528°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Savinja |
| Municipality | Slovenske Konjice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 267.1 m (876.3 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 281 |
| [1] | |
Zbelovo (pronounced [ˈzbeːlɔʋɔ] ) is a village in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. [2]
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.
Slovenske Konjice is a town and a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria.
At a site near the village evidence of Neolithic and Eneolithic settlement have been found. [3]
An archaeological site is a place in which evidence of past activity is preserved, and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record. Sites may range from those with few or no remains visible above ground, to buildings and other structures still in use.
The Neolithic, the final division of the Stone Age, began about 12,000 years ago when the first development of farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts of the world. The division lasted until the transitional period of the Chalcolithic from about 6,500 years ago, marked by the development of metallurgy, leading up to the Bronze Age and Iron Age. In Northern Europe, the Neolithic lasted until about 1700 BC, while in China it extended until 1200 BC. Other parts of the world remained broadly in the Neolithic stage of development, although this term may not be used, until European contact.
The Chalcolithic, a name derived from the Greek: χαλκός khalkós, "copper" and from λίθος líthos, "stone" or Copper Age, also known as the Eneolithic or Aeneolithic is an archaeological period which researchers usually regard as part of the broader Neolithic. In the context of Eastern Europe, archaeologists often prefer the term "Eneolithic" to "Chalcolithic" or other alternatives.
