Dwellings and their nearest surroundings in the 4th millennium BC in the Eastern Carpathian area: a case study from the Gordinești II-Stânca goală settlement
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SÎRBU, Ghenadie, KROL, Dariusz, SÎRBU, Livia. Dwellings and their nearest surroundings in the 4th millennium BC in the Eastern Carpathian area: a case study from the Gordinești II-Stânca goală settlement. In: Sesiunea ştiinţifică a departamentului Istoria românilor, universală şi arheologie, 4 iunie 2021, Chișinău. Chișinău, Republica Moldova: Centrul Editorial-Poligrafic al USM, 2021, Ediția VII, pp. 16-17. ISBN 978-9975-152-09-9.
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Sesiunea ştiinţifică a departamentului Istoria românilor, universală şi arheologie
Ediția VII, 2021
Sesiunea "Sesiunea ştiinţifică a departamentului Istoria românilor, universală şi arheologie"
Chișinău, Moldova, 4 iunie 2021

Dwellings and their nearest surroundings in the 4th millennium BC in the Eastern Carpathian area: a case study from the Gordinești II-Stânca goală settlement


Pag. 16-17

Sîrbu Ghenadie1, Krol Dariusz2, Sîrbu Livia1
 
1 Institute of Cultural Heritage,
2 University of Rzeszów
 
 
Disponibil în IBN: 9 iunie 2021


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In most cases, the complete understanding of prehistoric buildings’ forms and/or functions is rather difficult due to their incomplete state of preservation. Considering the settlement patterns of the Cucuteni-Tripolye culture, we can undoubtedly observe that the technique of building the dwellings developed during the evolution of this culture. These changes seem to be related to functional issues. In this order of ideas, it can be accepted that the syntagma form follows function. Investigation into the construction of dwellings, their spatial arrangements, and the nearest surroundings is highly relevant in studying the functioning of the archaeological phenomenon. Analysis of these units seems crucial from the perspective of the general significance of the Gordinești II-Stânca goală settlements for the perception of the historical and cultural circumstances in the Eastern Carpathian area at the end of the Eneolithic. At the outset of our research, we formulated some basic questions: a) What types of dwellings were used by the occupants of this settlement?; b) How were their interiors and the adjacent economic zones arranged?; c) What were the functions of the various parts of the household cluster units? It seemed easy to answer these questions initially, but the field campaigns showed that we are dealing with a more complicated puzzle. During the recent years of excavation undertaken at the Gordinești IIStânca goală site, we revealed the remains of at least two dwellings and their economic surroundings that may be referred to on the whole as household clusters. Our main goal is to present not only the key attributes of the dwelling but also the results of the spatial analysis of features and artifacts found inside and outside of it. Based on this type of spatial data and computer reconstruction, we can carefully assume that the excavated dwellings were rectangular and consisted of two functionally varied rooms. Its long central axis was oriented southwest-northeast. The first rooms, with dimensions of about 5.60×5.80 m, were intended for living. The second rooms were used in a quite different way. This part of the dwelling, which was 5.60×4.60 m, should be interpreted as household space, where most everyday activities were done. The functioning of this room may be confirmed by the discovered postholes and distinctive agglomeration of stones. The perimeter of this room was determined using the spatial distribution of in situ accumulation of pottery and numerous pieces related to the loom (circular and conical loom weights, spindles). It is worth stressing that most of the flint artifacts (including axes and chisels) were discovered in the context of this space. Although the results described here represent the initial stage of our research, they may significantly impact expanding the general knowledge of the Late Eneolithic settlements strategies not only in the Prut-Dniester interfluve but in the entire region of the Eastern Carpathia.