Pietrele in the Lower Danube region: integrating archaeological, faunal and environmental investigations
The c. 9m high tell-settlement of Pietrele-Magura Gorgana, situated close to the Danube river, is one of the westernmost sites of the Kod∫adermen-Gumelnita-Karanovo VI cultural complex that spread over the whole Westpontic region during the 5th millennium BC. Until recently tells were equated with...
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| author | Norbert Benecke Svend Hansen Dirk Nowacki Agathe Reingruber Kenneth Ritchie Jürgen Wunderlich |
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The c. 9m high tell-settlement of Pietrele-Magura Gorgana, situated close to the Danube river, is one of the westernmost sites of the Kod∫adermen-Gumelnita-Karanovo VI cultural complex that spread over the whole Westpontic region during the 5th millennium BC. Until recently tells were equated with the site when, in fact, they represent only the outstanding part of a far more complex settlement system as we now know from Pietrele thanks to geomagnetic prospections and subsequent excavations. People living on the tell, together with the inhabitants from the flat area around it, formed a vast community that must have had a strong impact on its habitat and, vice-versa, was strongly affected by the immediate surroundings. During the settlement period a lake covered huge parts of the floodplain. It provided not only a considerable part of the diet, but ensured, through the direct access to the main river, continuous and extensive over-regional exchange.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8c410d8be8847dea331bb799516e8792023-01-18T09:20:37ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922013-12-014010.4312/dp.40.14Pietrele in the Lower Danube region: integrating archaeological, faunal and environmental investigationsNorbert Benecke0Svend Hansen1Dirk Nowacki2Agathe Reingruber3Kenneth Ritchie4Jürgen WunderlichScientific Department of the Head Office, German Archaeological Institute, BerlinEurasia Department, German Archaeological Institute, BerlinInstitute for Physical Geography, University J. W. Goethe, FrankfurtEurasia Department, German Archaeological Institute, BerlinCenter for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Schleswig The c. 9m high tell-settlement of Pietrele-Magura Gorgana, situated close to the Danube river, is one of the westernmost sites of the Kod∫adermen-Gumelnita-Karanovo VI cultural complex that spread over the whole Westpontic region during the 5th millennium BC. Until recently tells were equated with the site when, in fact, they represent only the outstanding part of a far more complex settlement system as we now know from Pietrele thanks to geomagnetic prospections and subsequent excavations. People living on the tell, together with the inhabitants from the flat area around it, formed a vast community that must have had a strong impact on its habitat and, vice-versa, was strongly affected by the immediate surroundings. During the settlement period a lake covered huge parts of the floodplain. It provided not only a considerable part of the diet, but ensured, through the direct access to the main river, continuous and extensive over-regional exchange. https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/988Copper AgeGumelnita-culturePietrelegeomorphologypalaeolakefauna |
| spellingShingle | Norbert Benecke Svend Hansen Dirk Nowacki Agathe Reingruber Kenneth Ritchie Jürgen Wunderlich Pietrele in the Lower Danube region: integrating archaeological, faunal and environmental investigations Documenta Praehistorica Copper Age Gumelnita-culture Pietrele geomorphology palaeolake fauna |
| title | Pietrele in the Lower Danube region: integrating archaeological, faunal and environmental investigations |
| title_full | Pietrele in the Lower Danube region: integrating archaeological, faunal and environmental investigations |
| title_fullStr | Pietrele in the Lower Danube region: integrating archaeological, faunal and environmental investigations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pietrele in the Lower Danube region: integrating archaeological, faunal and environmental investigations |
| title_short | Pietrele in the Lower Danube region: integrating archaeological, faunal and environmental investigations |
| title_sort | pietrele in the lower danube region integrating archaeological faunal and environmental investigations |
| topic | Copper Age Gumelnita-culture Pietrele geomorphology palaeolake fauna |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/988 |
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