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The theory of cultural transfer usually includes the field of intellectual history, literature, material culture, art, and science, but it can very well be applied to the religious sphere to examine the exchange and influence of religious ideas or religious practices. Religious transfers and the mobility of religious practices have been the subject of research in individual studies, although religious transfer is most often seen as a part of cultural transfer in the broadest sense of the word. This paper focuses on the emergence of Evangelical or neo-Protestant communities in the 19th century that developed in different parts of Central Europe. Due to their missionary efforts and the mobility of religious ideas, Nazarenes, Baptists and Methodists were the first neo-Protestant communities in South Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbia. They found new followers among different ethnic groups: Hungarians, Slovaks, Germans, Serbs, and Romanians, who had very diverse religious backgrounds: Roman Catholic, Christian Orthodox, Lutheran, and Reformed. The most significant form of religious transfer in the 19th century was the appearance of the first translation of the Bible into the Serbian language. The paper underlines the important role of the British Bible Society in distributing and printing the Bible, making it available especially among neo-Protestant believers. Teorija kulturnog transfera najčešće obuhvata oblast intelektualne istorije, književnosti, materijalne kulture, umetnosti, nauke, ali vrlo dobro može da se primeni i na versku sferu, bilo da je reč o razmeni i uticaju religijskih ideja ili verske prakse. Religijski transferi i mobilnost verskih praksi bili su predmet istraživanja u pojedinačnim studijama, iako se verski transfer najčešće posmatra kao deo kulturnog transfera u najširem smislu te reči. Ovaj rad je usredsređen na pojavu evanđeoskih ili neoprotestantskih zajednica tokom 19. veka koje su se razvijale u različitim delovima Centralne Evrope. Misionarskim zalaganjem i pokretljivošću verskih ideja, nazareni, baptisti i metodisti bili su prve neoprotestantske zajednice na prostoru Južne Ugarske i Kraljevine Srbije. Oni su dobijali nove sledbenike među različitim etničkim grupama: Mađarima, Slovacima, Nemcima, Srbima i Rumunima, koji su imali veoma različito versko poreklo: rimokatolici, pravoslavci, luterani i kalvinisti. Najznačajniji oblik verskog transfera u 19. veku bila je pojava prvog prevoda Biblije na srpski jezik. U radu se ističe značajna uloga Britanskog biblijskog društva u distribuciji i štampanju Biblije što je učinilo dostupnom, posebno među neoprotestanskim vernicima

Прлитска река је последња десна притока Белог Тимока пре његовог састава са Црним Тимоком код Зајечара у источној Србији. Своју долину ова река усеца у кречњаке градећи клисуру Влашки до. На основу ранијих истраживања било је познато присуство дубоког краса или дубоке крашке циркулације са залегањем више стотина метара испод топографске површине. Заступљен је и плитки крас на површи Кремениш, где се јавља више појава гравитационог висећег истицања, од којих је најважније врело Барбарош. Изнад врела развијена је истоимена сува пећина дужине 397 m, која је флувијално-пролувијално засипана. На основу састава алогених наслага у пећини претпоставило се да оне воде порекло из слива Прлитске реке. Из тог разлога је реализован експеримент обележавања понора у сливу Прлитске реке, са очекиваним правцима истицања на врелу Барбарош, али и на повременој изворској Ангеловој пећини, дужине 402 m у клисури Влашки до. Опит обеле жавања понора Прлитске реке реализован је убацивањем натријум-флуорес цеина у понор и очекиваним правцима појаве обележивача на врелу Барбарош и бунару у збијеној издани Прлитске реке. Други опит обележавања понора реализован је на повременој левој притоци Прлитске реке, потоку Урзикари, са очекиваним појавама обележивача на претходно поменуте две појаве и на повременом истицању из Ангелове пећине. С обзиром на то да обележивач није утврђен ни визуелно ни употребом UV лампе, закључено да је у пределу слива Прлитске реке активан прилив ка дубокој крашкој циркулацији, можда ка артеским хоризонтима оближњег неогеног басена у долини Тимока. Prlitska Reka River is the last right-bank tributary of the Beli Timok River before its confluence with the Crni Timok River close to the town of Zaječar in Eastern Serbia. The valley is cut in limestones, thus forming the Vlaški Do gorge. The limestone levelled surface of Kremeniš is situated to the west from the gorge upper rim, while the morphostructures of Vrška Čuka and Mala Čuka extend to the south. Geographically, this is a part of the Pre-Balkan, also known as Stara Planina region, while the major structural unit is the Vrška Čuka anticline. Prlitska Reka catchment with the surrounding morphostructures has been extensively studied by geologists and hydrogeologists. Their research showed the presence of deep karst water circulation extending several hundreds of meters below the topographical surface. Shallow karst is present on the Kremeniš plateau, with a number of gravitational hanging outflows, the most significant of which is the Barbaroš Spring. The Barbaroš dry cave, 397 m long, with the past fluvial and proluvial infills, is situated higher above the spring. Composition of allogenic material indicates that it originates from the Prlitska Reka catchment. For that reason, a tracing experiment was carried out, with the expected outflows at the Barbaroš spring, as well as at the seasonal spring cave Angelova Pećina (402 m long) in the Vlaški Do gorge. The outflow was expected also in the shallow well in the Prlitska Reka alluvium downstream from the gorge. The tracing experiment at the Prlitska Reka ponor (ponor 1, Fig. 1) was carried out on November 24th 2013 by introducing fluorescein potassium and subsequent observation at the expected points of outflow (Barbaroš Spring and the well in the alluvium). The second experiment took place at the seasonal left tributary of the Prlitska Reka – the Urzikari stream (ponor 2, Fig. 1) on May 2nd 2014, with the expected outflow at the two previously mentioned locations, with the addition of Angelova Pećina Cave. After a long and continuous observation in both experiments, the tracer did not appear at any of the reachable outflow points, nor detected by the applied methods (visual and UV lamp). It was concluded that there is the active inflow towards a deep karstic circulation or maybe artesian horizons of the Timok valley Neogene basin. Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6.

Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6

Увала је облик карстног рељефа својствен планинским кречњачким теренима у добро развијеном карсту. По правилу, представља издужену топографску депресију чија је генеза, осим за карстни процес, значајно везана за тектонски контекст анализираног простора. Типичан за планинске области Динарида, термин је ушао у научну употребу захваљујући Јовану Цвијићу, који је на примерима увала из Босне и Херцеговине применио, у то време широко прихваћену, теорију Вилијама Мориса Дејвиса о географском циклусу. Ипак, у наступајућем периоду је применљивост ове теорије на карст доведена у питање, што је увидео и сам Цвијић. Нажалост, првобитна заблуда је довела до ситуације да у светској литератури полако почне да се оспорава и сам појам карстне увале, чак и ван контекста географског циклуса, што наноси штету богатству тематске терминологије. Супротна, подједнако штетна крајност била је присутна у домаћој литератури, кроз употребу термина увала за велики број удубљења у карсту или контактном карсту, као што су сегменти сувих долина, срасле вртаче малих површина (са минималном висинском разликом у оквиру највише затво рене изохипсе), слепе долине и сл. Први део овог рада, објављен у свесци X, и други део, који се објављује овом приликом у свесци XI, представљају аргументацију у корист јаснијег дефинисања термина, засновану на теренском раду, морфометријским прорачунима и морфогенетским анализама. Уз јасније дефинисање термина повећава се могућност његовог опстанка у светским карстолошким публикацијама. This article is the second part of the paper published under the above title in the volume X (10) of the Recueil des rapports du Comité pour le karst et la spéléologie. The first part provided the overview of terminology related to karstic uvalas, usage of the term in people’s language, the role of Jovan Cvijić, as well as the detailed overview of literature in the studied thematic field. At the same time, the article introduces a problem of gradual exclusion of the term uvala from the international karstological literature, due to unclear meaning and erroneous connection to the concept of geographical cycle. This second part, within the present volume 11, provides the discussion related to particular thematic units in uvala research. The significance of the highest closed contour and topographical divide, as the basic morphometric parameters of uvalas, is stressed and explained. The author disapproves the concept of uvala formation by coalescence of dolines, providing argumentation that the dolines within uvalas are just the secondary features. The issue of inherited landforms (morphostratigraphy through longer time periods and landform changes) may have the influence in classification patterns of closed karst depressions. Apart from temporal aspect of classifications, problems may also arise from the “boundary examples”, when a karst depression has several rather complicated, transitional features which may belong to different types of landforms. Among the discussed thematic units, there are also slope processes on the sides of uvalas, as well as the significance of hydrological function in classification – uvalas are always situated above the karst watertable, i.e. in the vadose zone. Although in a number of references the classifications of uvalas include the sub-types with the influence of fluvial processes, it is important not to mix uvalas with other landforms, such as blind valleys, because it leads to terminological inconsistency and confusion. It is suggested to re-define the notion of karstic uvalas. Uvalas are large (in km scale) karst closed depressions of elongated or irregular plan form. Their bottoms are undulating or pitted with dolines, seldom flattened by colluvial sediments. Uvalas are always situated above the karst water table. Origin and development are strongly guided by tectonics. Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6.

Карстни плато Бабине се налази у западној Србији на око 300 km југозападно од Београда и највећим делом припада општини Пријепоље, док се делом простире и на територији Црне Горе, па је познавање хидрогеолошких особина овог међуграничног подручја утолико значајније. Карстна површ Бабинe представља флувијални реликт формиран преко дебелих наслага тријаских карбоната. Карбонатни комплекс има значајно вертикално распрострањење, а дебљина седимената варира од 150 до 750 m, у појединим деловима и до 1200 m. Услед тога, процес карстификације је изузетно развијен, па се на површи Бабине може уочити значајан број површинских и подземних карстних облика. Дебљина карбонатног комплекса варира од 150 до 750 m, могуће и до 1200 m, у подини офиолита јурске старости. На површи се среће велики број површинских и подземних карстних облика. Најбројнији карстни ерозиони облици су вртаче и суве долине са висећим ушћима изнад активних водотокова, као и слепе долине, које сведоче о некада добро развијеној речној мрежи. Среће се и више понора и мањих пећина. Карстна издан формирана је у карбонатним стенама тријаске старости. Најважнији вид прихрањивања ове издани јесте инфилтрација падавина. На деловима где су кречњаци откривени, издан се храни директном инфилтрацијом атмосферских вода и понирањем великог броја површинских токова који се формирају на офиолитима и вулканитима (андезити и дацити). Пражњење, тј. дренирање карстне издани површи Бабине врши се преко три велика врела: Сељашница и Бучје у Србији и Брезница (Бездан) у Црној Гори. Постоје подаци о ранијим опитима трасирања (из 70-их и 80-их година XX века), изведених на карстној површи и њеном ободу. Резултати обележавања подземних токова указују на постојање везе између понора Бегова Локва (на ЈЗ ободу површи у Црној Гори) и врела Брезница (Бездан) код Пљеваља, односно између понора Тмуша и врела Бучје (СЗ обод површи), док опит трасирања у непосредном сливу врела Сељашнице није рађен до ових истраживања. Истраживањима у периоду 2015–2017. године утврђено је постојање везе између понора Швабаре (насеље Јабука на карстној површи) и врела Сељашнице (источни обод карстне површи). Специфичност опита је та да је као трасер коришћена кухињска со (NaCl) за време пролећних „високих“ вода током маја 2016. године. Добијени резултати помогли су да се оцене елементи водног биланса и формирају подлоге за оконтуривање зона санитарне заштите изворишта, док ће наредни корак бити делинеација унутрашњих сливова ове међуграничне издани којој припадају врела Сељашнице, Бучје и Брезница. The Babine karst plateau is located in western Serbia, about 300 km southwest of Belgrade and mostly belong to the municipality of Prijepolje (Figure 1). The karst plateau belongs to the territory of Serbia and partly to Montenegro, so the knowledge of the hydrogeological properties of studied cross-border area, is very important for both countries, which use these waters in their potable water supply (cities Prijepolje in Serbia and Pljevlja in Montenegro). The plateau is formed over the thick deposits of Triassic carbonates. The thickness of the carbonate complex varies from 150 to 750 m, possibly up to 1200 m, in bedrock of the ophiolites of Jurassic age. Large number of surface and underground karst features can be found on the plateau. There are also registered several ponors and smaller caves. However, the most frequent karstic forms are sinkholes and dry valleys with hanging paleo confluences above active streams, as well as blind valleys that testify to a well-developed paleo river network (Figure 2). The karst aquifer was formed in the carbonate rocks of the Triassic age (Figures 5, 6). The most important way of aquifer recharging is the infiltration of rainfall and melted snow. In bare karst areas, the karst aquifer is being recharged by the direct infiltration of atmospheric waters and by the sinking of many surface streams formed on ophiolites and young volcanic rocks (andesites and dacites). There are data on earlier tracing experiments (70s and 80s of 20th century) carried out on the karst plateau and its rims. The results of the groundwater tracing tests indicate the existence of a connection between the ponor of the Begova Lokva (no. 13 on Fig. 5) on the southwestern edge of the area in Montenegro) and the spring Breznica (Bezdan) near Pljevlja (no. 3 on Fig. 5), and between the ponor of Tmuša (no. 12 on Fig. 5) and the spring of Bučje (no. 2 on Fig. 5, SZ rim of the plateau) (Figures 7, 8), while the tracing test of the Seljašnica karst spring (Figure 4; no. 1 on Fig. 5) has never been done before. Groundwater of the Babine karst plateau is discharging over three large karst springs: Seljašnica and Bučje in Serbia and Breznica in Montenegro (no. 1, 2 and 3 in Table 1 and Figure 5, respectively). The discharging of the Seljašnica karst spring have been continually measured since May 2015, so the maximum value was 7,034 m3 /s, and minimum value was 0,140 m3 /s, while the average yield for the period May 2015 – April 2017 is 0,958 m3 /s (Figure 9). The recession curve analysis of the Seljašnica karst spring have been done for 2015 and 2016, by using the Maillet’s equations (1) and (2) (Figure 10 and 11). The results show complex way of discharging during the recession period, where 4 microregimes of discharging was determined in 2015 (duration of recesssion period was 93 days) and 2 microregimes of dicharging in 2016 (duration of recession period was 121 days) (Table 2). Calculated recession discharge coefficients α (order of magnitude 10-2 and 10-3) showed the two cycle of discharging in the recession period – the fast one and the slow one, depending on activation of primarly or secondarly karst channels and caverns. The volume of discharged water during the recession period was 2,31 x 106 m3 in 2015 and 5,68 x 10 m3 in 2016, calculated by using the equation (3). Besides the recession analysis, a tracer test of the Babine karst plateau has been done during the hydrogeological research. The connection between the Švabare ponor (no. 11 on Fig. 5, located in the area of the settlement Jabuka on the Babine karst plateau) and the spring Seljašnica (the eastern rim of the karst plateau) has been confirmed by tracing test done in May 2016. The experiment included use of salt (NaCl) as a tracer during “high” water period in 2016. The injection of 500 kg of NaCl into the Švabare ponor at Babine plateau was carried out on May 11 at 10 a.m. along with injection of additional 9 m3 of clean water (Figures 12 and 13). The electrical conductivity has been measured hourly on the Seljašnica karst spring, and every 2 and 4 hours on Rikavci and Savine vode karst springs (no. 4 and 5 on Fig. 5). The tracer was recorded at the karst spring Seljašnica after 53 hours (on May 13 at 3 p.m.) (Figure 14), after which the electrical conductivity has been measured on every 15 minutes. Based on the rectilinear distance between the ponor and spring (which is 6 km) and the time between the injection and emerging of the tracer, it is possible to estimated karst groundwater fictitious velocity which is 0,0314 m/s. Further research on the Babine karst plateau will be performed in order to precisely determine the boundaries of the hydrogeological catchments’ areas and effective infiltration, which will enable a more rational use of the transboundary groundwater resource. Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6

Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6

Од свих фосилних организама, остаци сисара очувани у пећинским наслагама имају највећи значај за биостратиграфију плеистоцена Србије. Наслаге које садрже остатке фосилних сисара у највећем броју пећина и поткапина датују се у последњи глацијал, док су наслаге средњоплеистоценске старости откривене једино у пећинском комплексу Баланица у Сићевачкој клисури и карстној шупљини Камењак на Венчацу. У пећини Пештурина на обронцима Суве планине археолошка ископавања, започета 2004. године, открила су наслаге из претпоследњег интерглацијала, које до сада нису биле познате у Србији. Резултати ових истраживања, према томе, пружају могућност за допуну фаунистичке секвенце средњи-касни плеистоцен на територији Србије. Although they have a relatively small distribution, particularly in relation to loess and alluvial deposits, out of all types of Quaternary formations in Serbia, cave deposits have the greatest significance for chronology and stratigraphy of the Quaternary period, given that they contain numerous and varied faunal remains, especially mammals, as well as traces of human occupation. In the largest number of caves and rock shelters these deposits have been dated to the Late Pleistocene, i.e. the Last glacial (Dimitrijević, 1991, 1997, 1998; Cvetković and Dimitrijević, 2014; Mihailović, 2014, b), while the Middle Pleistocene deposits were discovered only in the cave complex Balanica in Sićevo gorge and karst cavity Kamenjak on Venčac (Bogićević et al., 2010; Rink et al., 2013; Mihailović, 2014). In the course of the excavation in the Pešturina cave, deposits have been discovered dated to the penultimate interglacial that contains a number of Paleolithic artifacts, as well as rich and well preserved mammalian fauna. Therefore, Pešturina sequence provides information for the period between the Middle Pleistocene and upper part of the Late Pleistocene, thus completing the faunal sequence of Middle and Late Pleistocene in this area. The Cave Pešturina, or Jelašnička cave (Figure 1), is located on the northern slopes of the mountain Suva Planina, southwest of Niš and northwest of the village Jelašnica, at an altitude of 330 m. It is 22 m long, and dry, and the bottom and the plateau in front of the cave is covered with Quaternary deposits (Mihailović and Milošević, 2012; Mihailović, 2014). Archaeological excavations began in 2006, and, intermittently, have continued till today. Sediments, the thickness of which exceeds 5 m, were deposited in the Late Pleistocene, including the penultimate interglacial and the last glacial. The archaeological excavations since 2006 were carried out on an area of 24 square meters. Faunal material was collected manually and selected contexts were sifted dry and wet. Faunal sample selected for the presentation of taxonomic composition (Table 1) presented in this paper was collected during excavations of nine square meters to a depth of 5m, completed with the year of 2013, and refers to the mammalian fauna, except micromammals (defined in this study as rodents weighting less than 5 kg, insectivores and bats). Mammalian fauna of the Pleistocene deposits of the cave Pešturina is characterized by great diversity, which is the result of various factors of accumulation of their remains. The main agents of accumulation are predators who dragged their pray, acquired by hunting or scavenging, into the cave. This applies primarily to hyena and wolf, as evidenced by traces of their teeth on many bones, as well as of humans, whose activity is indicated by traces of fire, traces of artifacts on bones made by animal bodies joint separation and removing flesh from bones, as well as traces of blows made on the occasion of bone-breaking to get to the bone marrow. The diversity is completed by the remains of bears, both cave and brown, which might have used the cave as a den for overwintering. Their remains, however, are few, unlike most cave sites of Pleistocene fauna in Serbia, where the remains of cave bears are predominant (Cvetković and Dimitrijević, 2014). Representatives of herbivores of different size are found, from the largest – the mammoth and rhinoceros, large herbivores from the odd-toed and eventoed ungulates – bison, horse, giant deer, red deer and hidruntinus, medium size ruminants, such as fallow deer, roe deer, alpine ibex, and chamois, as well as small ones from the orders of rabbits and rodents. Predators are also pretty diverse, and of a considerable range of sizes, from the largest – cave and brown bear and cave lion, then the large and medium-large, such as cave hyena, leopard, and wolf, to small ones, such as fox, cat, and badger. By its richness, mammalian fauna of Pešturina can be compared only with the Late Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Baranica, the cave on the bank of the Timok near Knjaževac, wherein there was a section with hyena den (Baranica II), while the other section (Baranica I) was probably the habitat or temporary shelter of bears, but also of hyenas and other predators, including men (Dimitrijević, 2011; Mihailović, 2014). The deposits of Risovača near Arandjelovac, the cave where the largest-scale excavations were carried out and the most numerous animal remains were collected, also contain diverse fauna, which includes herbivores and predators ranging from the largest to the smallest, as well as traces of man (Rakovec, 1965; Gavela, 1988; Dimitrijević, 1997). However, among these and other cave sites in Serbia, the Pešturina cave can be singled out for containing deposits of longer time span, namely the penultimate interglacial and the last glacial period, and therefore the remains of animals adapted to cold environment in the upper and those adapted to warm climate in the lower layers. A characteristic representative of cold age fauna is the woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). Although the remains of the largest Pleistocene mammals, mammoths and rhinos, are common in alluvial deposits, they are relatively rare in cave sediments. This type of rhinoceros had previously been discovered only in Baranica near Knjaževac and in Janda on Fruška Gora (Dimitrijević, 2011; Dimitrijević and Cvetković, 2014). The remains of mammals from the layer 4 are, however, of particular significance, since they originate from the earlier period of the last glacial (4a) and the penultimate interglacial (4b-c), the period which has not yet been confirmed at the territory of Serbia. Of warm-loving representatives in the layer 4 in Pešturina the remains of porcupine (Hystrix vinogradovi), fallow deer (Dama dama), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and pigs (Sus scrofa) have been confirmed. The remains of a porcupine, from which a complete, well-preserved skull with lower jaw has been discovered, were the first ones found in Pleistocene deposits in Serbia; although a bone of a large mammal with characteristic traces of teeth of this big rodent had been previously found in the Smolućka Cave (in layer 5) (Dimitrijević, 1991). This type of large rodent is characteristic of the interglacial stages of Europe (Baryshnikov, 2003; van Weers, 2005). Fallow deer and roe deer are also represented in Middle Pleistocene Balanica (Roksandić et al., 2011), while the remains of deer and pig are almost absent in the last glacial cave deposits of Serbia, and only appear in deposits that are supposedly related to the early stages of the last glaciations (Dimitrijević, 1997, 1998). Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6

– Description of the female of Neobisium rajkodimitrijevici Ćurčić, 2006 from the Rajkova Pećina Cave near Majdanpek, eastern Serbia, is presented, with some details on its morphology and interrelationships with phenetically close species Neobisium carpaticum Beier, 1935. У раду је дат детаљан опис спољашње морфологије женке пећинске врсте Neobisium rajkodimitrijevici Ćurčić, 2006 из Рајкове пећине у близини Мајданпека у источној Србији. Укратко су анализирани таксономски међуодноси са сродном врстом Neobisium carpaticum Beier, 1935. Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6

Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6

У Србиjи имa једанаест туристичких пeћинa (TПС). Oд тoгa у функцији је седам, четири су вaн систeмa и три нове су у фази уређења. Брoj пoсeтилaцa туристички урeђeнe пeћинe је eкoнoмски пoкaзaтeљ, кojи гoвoри o дoбити од кoришћeња прирoднoг дoбрa у туристичкe сврхe. Сa aспeктa зaштитe, брoj пoсeтилaцa je пoкaзaтeљ угрoжeнoсти пeћинe. Гoдинe 2005. четири туристичке пећине Србије (TПС) су имале 66.867 пoсeтилaцa, 2006. године пет ТПС има сумарни најнижи број од 59.164 посетиоца, 2007. године 75.816, 2008. године 70.592, 2009. године 63.508 посетилаца. Године 2010. 7 пећина има 99.135 посетилаца, 2011. године 105.092, 2012. године 96.323, 2013. године 103.081, 2014. године 85.490 и 2015. године истих седам ТПС има рекордних 107.175 посетилаца. За читав период највећу посећеност бележи Ресавска пећина у рaспoну oд 31.413 дo 44.005 пoсeтилaцa, а најмању Равништарка, претежно испод 1000 посетилаца. Отварањем Стопића пећина стаје на друго место по посећености уместо дотадашње Рисоваче. У посматраном периоду од 11 година евидентирано је укупно 846.752 посете, уз евидентне осцилације и регистрован тренд раста посећености. The year 2005 was the first year for which data on the number of visitors to SCS were available, except for Resavska Cave (Table 1, Figure 1). 4 of 10 SCS were operating at that time. Resavska Cave had 43,674 and Risovača 14,661 visitors. Podpeć had over 5,000, precisely 6,540, whereas Rajkova Cave had less than 2,000, precisely a minimum number of 1,992 visitors. The total attendance at Serbian show caves in 2005 was 66,867 visitors. In the year 2006, a new SCS was on offer – Ravništarka (Table 2, Figure 2). Resavska Cave had a considerably smaller number of visitors (31,413), whereas Risovača nearly retained the previous year’s 14,037 visitors. The attendance at Podpeć increased by 1,000 visitors, which was a total of 7,830 visitors. The atten dance at Rajkova Cave exceeded 5,000 visitors, precisely 5,614. New Ravništarka in the first half of the season had 270 visitors. SCS were visited by a total of 59,164 visitors, which was 7,703 less than in the previous year. The offer remained unchanged in the year 2007 (Table 3, Figure 3). Five out of ten SCS were operating, which was half of the SCS number. The second part of Ravništarka Cave was open for visits. Resavska Cave returned to its respectable number of 40,838 visitors. Risovača recorded a rise of about 2,000 visitors compared with the number in 2005, or 2,500 in comparison with the numbers in 2006, of 16,659. Podpeć had an increase by more than 1,000 visitors, precisely a total of 9,000 visitors. Rajkova Cave recorded a significant rise of over 3000, which amounted to a total number of 8,707 visitors. The new Ravništarka had no more than 612 visits. SCS were attended by a total of 75,816 visitors, that is, 16,652 more than in the previous year, which was approximately the same as attendance in Risovača. In the year 2008, the same SCS as in the previous year operated (Table 4, Figure 4). Resavska Cave exceeded the numbers of the year 2005, which was 44,005 visitors. Risovača had its usual attendance of 14,344 visitors. The numbers at Podpeć dropped 2.3 times. Rajkova Cave had a decrease in attendance by more than 1,000 visitors, which was 7,569 visitors. Ravništarka had 809 visits. SCS were attended by a total of 70,592 visitors, that is, 5,224 less than in the previous year. As for the year 2009, Podpeć was closed for the entire season (Table 5, Figure 5). Lazareva Cave became a part of SCS offer. The newly opened Stopića Cave started operating, but there was no data on the number of visitors. When summed up, 5 of 11 SCS operated.Resavska decreased to 39,026 visitors. Risovača increased the number of visitors by 1,000, which was then 15,300. Rajkova Cave had a decrease again by 1,000, which was a total of 6,267 visitors. Ravništarka for the first time recorded 1,000 more visitors, with a total of 1,360. Lazareva Cave recorded 1,555 visits. SCS were attended by a total of 63,508 visitors, which was a decrease by over than 7,084 visitors. Podpeć returned to the SCS offer in 2010 (Table 6, Figure 6). With Lazareva Cave, which started operating in the previous year, and with the previous year’s new show cave – Stopića Cave, at that time 7 out of 11 SCS operated. The recording of visitors at Stopića Cave started. Resavska had an additional decrease by about 700 visitors, which amounted to 38,292 visitors. Stopića cave was on second place with 24,872 visitors. Risovača was on the third place with a rise of almost 800 more visitors to the total number of 7,650. Podpeć had 7,650 visitors. Rajkova retained the previous year’s attendance of 6,655 visitors. Ravništarka had less than 1,000 visitors, precisely 981. Lazareva Cave recorded 4,625 visitors, which was a threefold increase in visits. SCS were visited by a total of 99,135 visitors, 35,627 more than in the previous year, and even over 23,000 more than in the record year 2007. In 2011, the same number of SCS as in the previous year operated, that is, 7 of 11 SCS (Table 7, Figure 7). Resavska Cave had 38,268 visitors. Stopića Cave re mained in the second place with 29,310 visitors, over 4,000 more than the previous year. Risovača recorded a sudden increase by over 3,000 visitors, which was 19,423 visitors. Podpeć had 8,500 visitors, 850 more than in the previous year. Rajkova Cave had a decrease in the number of visitors compared to the previous year, by more than 1,200 visitors, which was a total of 5,427 visitors. Ravništarka retained previous year’s attendance with 987 visitors. Lazareva Cave had only 3,177 visits, which was a decrease. SCS were visited by a total of 105,092 visitors, 5,957 more than in the previous year. It was also the highest total annual attendance in the assessed period. The year 2012 was the same as the previous year, 7 of 11 SCS operated (Table 8, Figure 8). Resavska Cave recorded a slight increase by about 1,300 visitors, which was 36,923 visitors. Stopića Cave followed with 25,813 visitors. Risovača had 18,433, which was about 1,000 visitors less than in the previous year. Podpeć, compared to the previous year, recorded a significant decrease by 3,500, and had 5,000 visitors. Rajkova Cave recorded an increase by nearly 700 visitors and had 6,105 visitors. Lazareva Cave recorded a slight increase by nearly 250 visitors and had a total of 3,420. Ravništarka had a record minimum of 629 visitors. SCS were visited by a record of 96,323 visitors, 8,769 less than in the previous year. Seven out of eleven SCS operated in the year 2013. (Table 9, Figure 9). Resavska Cave retained previous year’s number of 36,900 visitors. Stopića Cave followed with 27,690, whereas Risovača for the first time exceeded 20,000 and had 23,648 visitors, which was over 5,000 more than previous year. Podpeć generally retained the previous year’s attendance of 5,106. Rajkova cave with 5,145 had a decrease by approximately 1,000 visitors, which was a decrease by about 300 visitors compared with the year 2011. Lazareva Cave had an increase by about 600 visitors in comparison with the previous year, which was a total of 4,034. Ravništarka broke its own minimum record of 558 visitors. In 2013 SCS were visited by 103,081 tourists, 6,758 more than in the previous year. In the year 2014, seven SCS operated (Table 10, Figure 10). A minimum of 31,990 visits has been achieved at Resavska Cave, which is still the most visited. Stopića Cave follows with an almost unchanged number of 27,465 visitors. At Risovača Cave there were 10,000 visitors less, which resulted in the total number of 13,825 visitors. At Podpeć Cave there was a decrease by about a fifth, which re sulted in the total of 4,047 visitors. At Rajkova Cave there was a decrease by about a quarter, which resulted in the total of 3,710 visitors. Lazareva Cave recorded 60 visitors less, which was a slight decrease in the number of visitors. Ravništarka recorded 79 visitors less, which was a new record minimum of 479 visitors. It may be noted that in 2014 all SCS recorded a decrease in the number of visitors. The highest decrease in the number of visitors was at Risovača, where there were 9,823 visitors less. A significant decrease in the number of visitors was also recorded at Resavska Cave, where there were 4,910 visitors less. The smallest decrease was recorded at Lazareva Cave, only 60 visitors less and at Ravništarka with 79 visitors less. All SCS recorded low attendance in 2014. In 2014 SCS were visited by 85,490 tourists, 17,591 more than in the pre vious year. Seven SCS operated in 2015 (Table 11, Figure 11). Resavska Cave was still the most visited with the total number of 42,480 visitors. Stopića Cave followed with 29,001 visitors. At Risovača Cave there was a high increase in the number of visitors by 7,181, which resulted in the total number of 21,006 visitors. Podpeć recorded a slight increase, which resulted in the total of 4,788 visitors. Rajkova Cave recorded an increase in about a quarter, which resulted in the total number of 4,729 visitors. Lazareva cave recorded an increase and the total of 4,662 visitors. At Ravništarka Cave there were 30 visitors more, which resulted in the total of 509 visitors. It may be noted that in 2015 all SCS recorded an increase in the number of visitors. In 2015 SCS were visited by a record number of 107,174 tourists, 21,685 more than in the previous year. In the reporting period (Total) SCS were attended by almost 850,000 tourists, precisely 846,752 (Table 12, Figure 12). Besides significant fluctuations, the absolute increase from 59,164 in 2006 to 107,175 in 2015 was evident, which was 1.8 times more, or precisely 48,011 visits more, and that surpassed a maximum attendance at Resavska Cave. Посебна издања / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 698. Одељење за математику, физику и гео-науке ; књ. 6