A few remarks concerning the clay stamp-seals from the Gumelniţa culture
A few remarks concerning the clay stamp-seals from the Gumelniţa culture

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses in this study about an interesting category of artifacts from the south east European neo-eneolithic, namely the clay stamp-seals. This objects appear in the Early Neolithic, probably at the same time with the large process of neolithisation initiated in the Near East, disappear in the Middle Neolitihc only to reappear in a large number in the Chalcolithic in different archaeological contexts. Four new items of this kind were analyzed for the first time in this paper, three from Căscioarele – „Ostrovel” and one from Atmăgeaua Tătărască, all of them considering various aspects such as chronology, symbols, context of discoveries and possible functions.

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