Neolithic and Early Eneolithic settlements in the Delia River basin Cover Image

Așezări neolitice și eneolitice timpurii din bazinului Râului Delia
Neolithic and Early Eneolithic settlements in the Delia River basin

Author(s): Irina Rusu
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Prehistory
Published by: Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a Moldovei
Keywords: Teşcureni; Neo-Eneolithic era; Starčevo-Criş culture; Linear Pottery culture; Precucuteni; surface research;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents three unique Neo-Eneolithic settlements identified by surface research between May 2021 and February 2022. In chronological-cultural order, the first settlement belongs to the Starčevo-Criş cul ture (Teşcureni VI). The second settlement is attributed to the Linear Pottery culture (Teşcureni VII). Among the finds discovered here, there are an obsidian blade and a shoe ax. The third settlement belongs to the Precucuteni culture (Teşcureni VIII). More than 300 pieces of flint, a fragment of an ax, a grinder, a scraper and a large number of ceramic fragments were found in the area of the settlement. Several special objects were also discovered: an anthropomorphic foot, a clay tablet and a fragment of a vessel with a Vincian influence symbol. The Precucuteni settlement proved to be multi-layered, being partly superimposed by a possible burial specific to the Mnogovalikovaya culture of the Early Bronze Age.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-82
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Romanian
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