Археолошки институт представља јединствену, централну научно-истраживачку установу у Србији која је посвећена археологији. Основала га је Српска академија наука и уметности 1947. године, а од 1961. је самостална установа.

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The work in the field of archaeology of the Early Middle Ages includes the study of the processes that marked the end of Antiquity in the Central Balkans: the vanishing of administration and cities, the collapse of the border and economy and massive depopulation, followed by the arrival of newcomers. The period of Slavic settlement saw

In the context of exploring the later stages of the Middle Ages, our research delves into the study of settlements, fortresses, monasteries and necropolises in the territories which that belonged to the Serbian and Hungarian medieval state (south and north of the Sava and Danube). Additionally, a particular focus of our investigation is dedicated to examining

In 2002, a project called "Culture of Lepenski Vir: cultural processes and transformations from the ninth to the sixth millennia B.C." was carried out to reconstruct the process of transformation of hunter-gatherer communities into farming-pastoral communities in the Central Balkans. This research resulted in the publication of monographs and studies on a wide range of topics,