Early Neolithic inter-settlement pattern in the northwestern corner of the Banat
Early Neolithic inter-settlement pattern in the northwestern corner of the Banat

Summary/Abstract: The considerable increase in the number of Early Neolithic sites identified in the last decades as a result of intensive field surveys has made it possible to assess the inter-settlement pattern of the first farmers in the northwestern corner of the Banat. The settlements are located at short distances one from the other, both on the edges of the elevated loess terraces and along watercourses, in a line-like pattern. They are small, with short-term occupations, suggesting they were frequently relocated. We argue that the deliberate measures taken by the early farming communities to adapt their subsistence strategies to the local environmental conditions unfavourable to primitive cultivation implied a less sedentary way of life and that this is the main reason behind the short-term occupation of the settlements and the absence of tells.

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