New data on the Stoicani-Aldeni cultural aspect. The archaeological excavations from the Eneolithic site at Bălăneşti (Buzău County)
New data on the Stoicani-Aldeni cultural aspect. The archaeological excavations from the Eneolithic site at Bălăneşti (Buzău County)

Summary/Abstract: The present paper discusses and presents for the first time Hortensia Dumitrescu’s archaeological excavations from Bălăneşti (Buzău County) in 1943. The only published information on the subject appeared in the Encyclopaedia of Archaeology and Ancient History of Romania, volume I (Vl. Dumitrescu 1994) and in the monograph of the Stoicani-Aldeni cultural aspect (I.T. Dragomir 1983). The site of Bălănești is also quoted in Romanian archaeology in connection to Eneolithic funerary practices, mentioning the human skull (lying on a vessel associated with red-ochre) found at the site. The paper presents a detailed account of the old excavations, followed by the analyses of pottery, faunal remains and lithics, ending with a brief discussion on the chronology of the area within the Stoicani-Aldeni cultural aspect and its links with the neighbouring sites and cultures.

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