Situri din prima epocă a fierului din preajma satului Cinișeuți, raionul Rezina
Early Iron Age sites near the village of Cinișeuți, Rezina District

Summary/Abstract: Near the village of Cinișeuți, Rezina District, as a result of archaeological explorations carried out by T.S. Passek in 1947 and P.P. Bârnea and V.S. Beilekchi in 1962, several archaeological sites were discovered. They contain traces of habitation characteristic of the Eneolithic, Early Iron Age, Late Roman and Medieval periods. In the spring of 2021, sites dating back to the first period of the Iron Age came to the attention of researchers from the Moldova State University; a series of surface investigations were carried out at these sites. As a result, the existence of an open settlement (Cinișeuți I) with an area of about 380×100 m was established, where a sandstone grindstone, two spindle whorls and 45 fragments of pottery belonging to the Cozia-Saharna culture (10 th-9th centuries BC) were found. In addition, at a distance of about 600 m to the north of the settlement, a small fortification (40×35 m) was investigated by archaeological explorations, which, by analogies known in the Middle Dniester region, can also be attributed to the Cozia-Saharna culture. Thus, it can be assumed the presence in the vicinity of the village of Cinișeuți of a community of the first period of the Iron Age, which existed in the open settlement of Cinișeuți I, and the fortification of Cinișeuți “Cetate” was the residence of the “head” of this region.

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