Keywords: Armenia, Urartu, medallion, belt, fibula, bracelet, earrings
The Urartian tomb has been discovered by chance at the Sodk site, situated at the lake Sevan basin, in the Republic of Armenia. Different types of the ring, earrings, bracelets, the bronze medallion, a belt fibula and also the cowry beads had been found from the burial which is dated with VII-VI BC.
More...Keywords: Armenia, archaeozoological collection, fauna, wild and domestic animal, mammals
The paper presents the results of the study of osteological material from the excavation of archaeological sites in Armenia, stored in the collection funds of the Institute of Zoology. Characteristics of the species composition of animal bone remains from the excavations of ancient settlements and burials on the territory of modern Armenia (from the V millennium BC to the Late Bronze Age) showed the presence of wild and domestic animals (mammals). The following wild species have been identified: Bos primigenius, Canis lupus, Vulpes vulpes, Ursus arctos, Martes foina, Sus scrofa, Cervus elaphus, Ovis orientalis, Capra aegagrus, Cazella subgutturosa, Equus hemionus, Capreolus capreolus, Meles meles, Lepus europaeus, and Vormela peregusna. Domestic animals are represented by all main species, such as cattle, horse, sheep, goat, pig and dog.
More...Keywords: Armenia, wild boar, legends, myths
The results of osteological material are discussed by the study of archaeological sites of Holocene period. The mythology and ornamentation problems are touched upon in respect of wild boar
More...Keywords: Late Neolithic and Eneolithic, Banat and Transylvania, synchronisms, Bayesian approach of the 14C data.
The study analyzes the synchronism between the cultures of the late Neolithic and the early Eneolithic from Banat and Transylvania, based on the Bayesian models of the 14C data gathered from Uivar- Gomilă, Foeni-Cimitirul Ortodox, Orăştie-Dealul Pemilor, Cerişor-Cauce and Alba Iulia-Lumea Nouă. By comparing the absolute data with the stratigraphic situation of these sites, it has been concluded that the genesis of the Turdaș culture takes place during the Vinča C2 phase, with the help of some cultural elements from Banat at that time. Also, the Turdaș II phase cannot be placed earlier than Vinča C2/C3, while Turdaș III is contemporary with Vinča C3-D and ends with the arrival of the Foeni group in Transylvania. Due to its new chronological position, the Foeni group may have contributed not only to the genesis of the Petresti culture, but also that of the Ariușd-Cucuteni culture.
More...Keywords: Archaeological exhibitions, “Cucuteni civilization”, dominant ideologies
The present text refers to the main form of communication between the archaeological world and laypersons in Romania, namely the exhibitions. Taking as a case study the “Cucuteni civilization”, I will show that many exhibitions organized in communist and post-communist Romania have pinned a more or less explicit \political message to the Cucuteni material, in order to serve the dominant ideologies of their respective times.
More...Keywords: Geangoeşti, Gumelniţa culture, lithic collection, technology, typology.
The article presents the technological and typological analysis of the knapped lithic material discovered during the 1960 research campaigns in the Chalcolithic tell of Geangoeşti (Dâmbovița County). The main raw material in use was the yellowish-beige, white-spotted flint, strongly resembling the Balkan flint varieties reported south of the Danube. The site provided evidence of household construction, ceramics, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines, adornment items, and faunal remains, along with fragmented ground stone axes and chisels belongs to the Gumelnița-Kodjadermen-Karanovo VI culture. The studied lithic collection was stored in The Princely Court National Museum, in easily identifiable boxes and fairly good conditions; nevertheless, about 30% of the lithic implements available for study in the ‘70s, according to the published information, are now missing. Also, the assemblage lacks/contains too few of several groups of debitage products, which is the result of either selecting the lithic material during the excavation stages, or failing to include in the research plan specialized areas of the site.
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