The Gumelniţa Culture in Western Muntenia
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The Gumelniţa Culture Settlements in Western Muntenia
by Radian Romus Andreescu, Pavel
Mirea, Ştefan Apopei
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The
Gumelniţa culture settlements in West Muntenia, in the area of the Vedea
and Teleorman river basins were little known until a decade ago. A few
materials from the settlements of Balaci and Licuriciu were mentioned
as early as the inter-war period, while relatively scarce archaeological
researches were conducted at Zâmbreasca, Ciolanestii din Deal and
Blejesti.
Recent researches
proved that the west area of the Gumelniţa civilization was intensely
inhabited, as evidenced by the high number of tell type settlements existing
here. In his paper on the county of Teleorman, priest I. Spiru mentions
almost 80 such settlements. During the last years an identification and
mapping program for these tells was initiated, and until now almost 40
were checked in the field. Those entailed a few preliminary observations
on the tell type settlements uncovered in this area.(details*)
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The Eneolithic Settlement of Vitaneşti, County of
Teleorman
by Radian Romus Andreescu
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The
Eneolithic settlement is situated in the village of Vitaneşti, commune
of Purani, about 7 km north-east from Alexandria. In that area the Teleorman
river valley is about 1 km wide, bordered to the south-west by a high
terrace, while the north-east terrace goes down in a slow slope towards
the meadow. Close to the latter terrace, protected by it from the north
and east there is the tell type settlement, relatively oval shaped with
diameters in the 40 x 45 m upper part and a 6.5 m height (Figs. 1, 2).(details)
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General
Considerations on the Multidisciplinary Archaeological Researches on the
Neajlov Valley
by
Cătălin Bem
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The
area we are interested in is bordered to the south by the confluence of
the Neajlov with the Dâmbovnic, and to the north, although relatively
subjective, by the general 100 m level curve. Geomorphologically the region
is exceptionally well individualized, next to the Neajlov meadow and terraces
between the two natural borders, the unitary area is outlined also by
the inter-river between the Neajlov and Dâmbovnic and the meadow
of the latter, about 4 km upstream the confluence. Thus we have the situation
of some stable Gumelniţa settlements (tells) located about
1-2 km one from the other. Whether they were contemporary or there are
successive swarming with more or less periodical returns to the same place
is harder to say for the time being.(details)
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