A previously unknown stone mortar and some considerations on similar artefacts attributed to the Bronze Age in Eastern Romania
A previously unknown stone mortar and some considerations on similar artefacts attributed to the Bronze Age in Eastern Romania

Summary/Abstract: The authors present a stone mortar, specific to the Bronze Age, discovered on the territory of Bucharest, in a dwelling attributed to the Tei culture (Middle Bronze Age). The artefact is small sized and was worked from a sedimentary rock. Similar artifacts are known at Hârtoape (Iași County), but also in Costișa (Neamț County), from contexts attributed to the Middle Bronze Age. Most likely, these objects were used for crushing organic substances, for obtaining mixtures or in different practices related to metallurgical activities.

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