Editing Vukovar (section)

===Prehistory===
The area of Vukovar has been continuously inhabited for five thousand years, which we know based on numerous archaeological sites. The Vučedol culture, which developed in the [[Vučedol]] locality, is particularly significant for the Vukovar area. In 1938, the Vučedol dove was found at that location, which later became a symbol of the town. The Vučedol Orion, also found on Vučedol, is equally important and is considered the oldest Indo-European calendar. In the area of Vukovar, there are numerous archaeological sites from the [[Bronze Age|Bronze]], Early and Younger [[Iron Age]]s, from which we can see the way of life of the [[Illyrians]] and [[Celts]], the original inhabitants of the Vukovar area. During the last decades of BC, the Romans reached the [[Danube]] in their [[conquest]]s and built many [[forts]] on the border (the so-called [[Danubian Limes|Danube limes]]) as a protection against the [[barbarian]] [[tribe]]s.

The Romans influenced the economy of the Vukovar region because they planted the first vineyards  and drained the swamps.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A brief history of Vukovar |url=https://turizamvukovar.hr/en/vukovar/crtice-iz-povijesti-vukovara/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Turistička zajednica grada Vukovara |language=hr}}</ref> One [[Scordisci]] archaeological site in Vukovar dating back to late [[La Tène culture]] was [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavated]] in the 1970s and 1980s as a part of [[Rescue archaeology|rescue excavations]] in eastern Croatia.<ref name="La Tène">{{cite journal |last1=Dizdar |first1=Marko |date=2016 |title=Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange. |url=https://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576%200x003437f9.pdf |journal= Boii – Taurisci: Proceedings of the International Seminar, Oberleis-Klement, June 14th–15th, 2012 |pages=31–48 |publisher=[[Austrian Academy of Sciences Press]] |access-date=22 January 2019 }}</ref> Archaeological site was a part of the settlement network of Scordisci in the area of Vinkovci.<ref name="La Tène" />