MATERIALELE ARHEOLOGICE DESCOPERITE ÎN NIVELURILE ENEOLITICE TÂRZII DIN SITUL DE LA PIETROASA MICĂ - GRUIU DĂRII (CAMPANIILE 2019-2020)
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS DISCOVERED IN THE LATE ENEOLITHIC LAYERS FROM THE SITE PIETROASA MICĂ – GRUIU DĂRII (2019-2020 CAMPAIGNS)

Summary/Abstract: During the campaigns from 2019-2020, the research of the Eneolithic layers took place in trench 11 (S11), located in the North-West part (with the most consistent anthropic remains) of the site from Pietroasa Mică – Gruiu Dării. Ten Eneolithic archeological features were identified and investigated: C113 and C295 (remains of burnt wattle and daub structures); C295a (cluster of archaeological materials); C298 (group of stones laid out in circular pattern); C296-297 and C299-302 (pits and/or depressions). During these two campaigns, the research of some pre- and protohistoric features which sectioned some of the mentioned Eneolithic contexts was continued and completed: C293 (pit identified in square C), C275 (foundation ditch observed along the entire length of S11 and entering into the NE and SW profiles) - both attributed to the Bronze Age; C204 (square D) and C229 (square B) - pits attributed to the Iron Age.Within the Eneolithic depositions in S11, two layers can be distinguished (N.1 and N.2), differentiated by the anthropic content, but also by the color and morphological characteristics of the soil. The total thickness of the two layers is approx. 35-45 cm.Numerous archaeological materials have been discovered in the Eneolithic layers, diversified in terms of morphological, typological and functional characteristics. Predominant are the pottery sherds, most of them in a state of accentuated fragmentation. Like all the Eneolithic depositions researched, so far, at Gruiu Dării, also in the case of the features and layers researched in S11 appear “associated” pottery sherds Cucuteni B2 (painted and unpainted) and Cernavoda Ic (both those with crushed shell and/or pebbles in paste and decorated with notches and/or alveoles applied on the rim, as well as fine black, grayish or reddish-brown ceramics).Numerous and varied archaeological materials were discovered in the Eneolithic layers from S11: pottery sherds (Cucuteni B2 and alike Cernavoda Ic); whole or wholly refitting vessels; zoomorphic and anthropomorphic plastic art; loom weights; tools made of hard materials (stone, bone and antler); adornments and/or pendants; various items with uncertain functionalities. The Eneolithic layers also contained, mixed with the mentioned artifacts, faunal osteological remains, scattered or agglomerations of stones and a very large amount of burnt adobe.

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