Plastica antropomorfă gumelnițeană de lut din colecțiile Muzeului Dunării de Jos
Gumelnița Antropomorphic Clay Figurines from the Lower Danube Museum Collections

Summary/Abstract: The Gumelnița culture is one of the most spectacular Eneolithic cultures inthe Balkan area. During their long evolution in Romania, the communities of Gumelni țaculture have made a series of pieces of clay that mimic the human silhouette, some ofwhich are distinguished by an exceptional artistic value.Most of the pieces presented were discovered in the Gumelnița settlement of Măriuța– La Movilă (33 items), most of which were female embodiments (26), followed by 6 head shapedobjects and an anthropozoomorphic representation. Of the 56 figurines, only 3present on the body several horizontal, parallel incisions, bordered by a vertical one,which can symbolize a clothing object.In this study we aim to capture the general features of the Gumelnița anthropomorphic plastics in the collections of the Lower Danube Museum.For practical reasons, for the most nuanced analysis, in the working methodology ,we considered the classification of the archaeological material from a typological point ofview, but also morphologically. We also considered the technical data (horizontal andvertical dimensions).

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