Habitatul getic în zona satului Socola (raionul șoldănești, republica Moldova)
The Getic habitation in the area of Socola village (Șoldănești district, Republic of Moldova)

Summary/Abstract: Until recently, on the high terrace of the Dniester in the area of Socola village, only one site with traces of Iron Age habitation was known (point “Craina”). In the spring of 2022, a team of researchers from the Ion Niculiță Archaeological Center of the Moldova State University carried out new field surveys in the area, which resulted in the discovery of three more Late Iron Age sites. Thus, two fortifications (Socola III and Socola IV) with settlements in the immediate vicinity were discovered on the two promontories that rise above the Dniester riverbed by about 150-160 m. Two other settlements, Socola I “Craina” and Socola V, are located to the west, at a distance of about 1.40 km and 2.50 km, respectively. As a result of surface surveys, materials, especially pottery sherds, characteristic of the Getic culture were collected from the surface of the sites, which makes it possible to attribute this “agglomeration” of settlements to the 4th-3rd centuries BC. Such an arrangement of fortifications and nearby settlements dating back to that period is often found in the Middle Dniester Basin, especially in the Saharna microregion.

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