Археологические разведки у с. Паланка: новое античное поселение на Нижнем Днестре
Archaeological Field Surveys near Palanka Village: a New Classical Settlement on the Lower Dniester

Author(s): Mark E. Tkachuk, Denis A. Topal, Evghenii Yu. Zverev
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Northern Black Sea region; Lower Dniester region; Classical period; Palanca; West-slope; 3rd century BC
Summary/Abstract: In November 2014, the expedition of the University of High Anthropological School conducted archaeological investigations on the territory of Palanca village (Republic of Moldova) and its surroundings. The North-Eastern part of the village situated on a high river terrace turned out to be the most promising one, which is where the prospecting pits were made. Among the most interesting finds from the trench 1 were the fragments of black glazed pottery and a stamped handle of Rhodian amphora. A large fragment allowed to reconstruct the complete profile and diameter of black glazed plate with projecting rim characteristic of the Hellenistic period (from 250—225 BC to Early 2nd century BC). Two-line stamp on the amphora’s handle found on structure 1 belongs to Rhodian manufacturer Mikythos II, followed by the name of the month. The stamp, and therefore structure 1, appear to be attributed to the 230s BC. In trench 2 a fragment of black glazed kantharos of West Slope style was discovered (250—225 BC). Statistics shows that the percentage of hand-made ware was not more than 15%, while the wheel-made pottery was more than 85%. This ratio allows us to confirm the hypothesis that Palanca was the first Greek settlement found on the territory of the Republic of Moldova. This could be proved by the number of table-ware pottery (2%) and amphora fragments.

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