A hoard of astragals discovered in the Copper Age settlement at Iepureşti, Giurgiu County, Romania

A hoard of astragals discovered in the Copper Age settlement at Iepureşti, Giurgiu County, Romania

This article presents the discovery of 25 abraded and perforated ovicaprid astragals in a burned house at the Gumelnita Copper Age settlement at Iepuresti in Southern Romania. They were analysed in terms of their processing, of the taphonomic processes that affected them (burning), and of their spa...

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Main Authors: Raluca Kogălniceanu, Ana Ile, Monica Mărgărit, Angela Simalcsik, Valentin Dumitraşcu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2014-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
Subjects:
abraded and perforated astragals
Copper Age
Gumelnita settlement
spatial analysis
contextual analysis
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2937
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Summary:This article presents the discovery of 25 abraded and perforated ovicaprid astragals in a burned house at the Gumelnita Copper Age settlement at Iepuresti in Southern Romania. They were analysed in terms of their processing, of the taphonomic processes that affected them (burning), and of their spatial distribution. These astragals were also analysed in the wider context of more or less similar discoveries made mainly south and east of the Carpathian Mountains, in Romania, but also south of the Danube, in Bulgaria.
ISSN:1408-967X
1854-2492

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