LOOM WEIGHTS FROM ŞOIMUŞ-FERMA LA AVICOLA 2, HUNEDOARA COUNTY
LOOM WEIGHTS FROM ŞOIMUŞ-FERMA LA AVICOLA 2, HUNEDOARA COUNTY

Summary/Abstract: The Şoimuş settlement was discovered following rescue excavation in the 1970es, on the ocassion of industrial developments at La Avicola (Ferma 2). The stratigraphic sequence was ca. 0.95 m thick, and the excavated archaeological material was deemed irrelevant from the point of view of the decoration. The pottery fragments were assigned to the Vinča C communities (the local Turdaş aspect), as well as to the Petreşti and Coţofeni cultures.The excavations were resumed in 2011 as a consequence of the construction of the construction of the Deva-Orăştie sector of the A1 motorway, (the 4th Pan-European Corridor). The new stratigraphic sequence appeared to be more complex and the archaeological material very diverse, perhaps due to the fact the investigated area was significantly larger.The present paper presents a typological and functional analysis of 235 clay weights discovered in the Late Neolithic settlemen from Şoimuş.

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