Ana Drob
Biographic Data
| ID | 114557 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Drob |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana |
| FAMILY NAME | Drob |
| SIGNATURE | DROB A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0408-4016 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Ursoaia Kiln (north-eastern Romania)
Excavated in 2025 at Ursoaia, north-eastern Romania, a Chalcolithic (fifth–fourth millennia BCE) bicameral kiln sets a new benchmark for prehistoric pyrotechnology. Its large working surface exceeds known Cucuteni–Trypillia and most Eurasian Chalcolithic examples, suggesting an intensification of ceramic production and an early shift towards craft specialisation in south-eastern Europe.
‘The true Colours’ of Chalcolithic Cucuteni–Trypillia Pottery
The Chalcolithic Cucuteni–Trypillia culture (c. 5000–3500 BCE) is renowned for its trichrome mineral-painted pottery. While pigment compositions are well documented, the specific chaînes opératoires regarding paint preparation and application sequences remain debated. This study addresses this gap through a three-year systematic experimental programme (over 50 scenarios) integrated with a comparative multi-analytical approach. Experimental sample…
Pigments and Pictorial Style Used in the Artworks of the Romanian Painter Theodor Aman
This work presents the first in-depth investigation of Theodor Aman’s paintings that focuses on three of his heritage artworks: “Hora de peste Olt” (1866), “Teleleice în Harem” (1879), and “Regimul vechi” (1881), and that relies on both elemental and spectroscopic analytical techniques. Non-destructive Raman spectroscopy was employed on all three works of art to identify the pigments used by the Romanian master. In addition, micro-samples were av…
A Microhistory of a Prehistoric Copper Artefact at the Foothills of the Eastern Carpathians
In which mention is made of an earlier investigation conducted along the Nechit stream valley, in the commune of Borlești, Neamț County, a contemporary field survey, and the necessity of providing a coherent narrative. The research team developed a theoretical and methodological framework, formulated a set of objectives, and adopted a cumulative approach—evaluating sources, understanding the working area, descriptive elements, typology and functi…
Interdisciplinary Analysis and the Role of Experiments in Raw Materials and Technology Identification for Prehistoric Pottery in the Bistrița River Basin (Romania)
The paper presents an interdisciplinary study based on an experimental model for investigating clay sources to identify prehistoric human behavior regarding resources. The study focuses on the Middle Bronze Age (1955/1773–1739/1614 cal. BC) settlement of Siliştea-Pe Cetățuie in eastern Romania, where archaeological materials from the Costișa and Monteoru cultures were discovered. Standard criteria for macroscopic analysis and analytical technique…
Authentication of a Bronze Bust of Napoleon I, Attributed to Renzo Colombo from 1885
This paper presents the authentication analysis of a bronze bust of Napoleon I, attributed to the Italian artist Renzo Colombo (1856–1885) based on his signature and other casting and molding inscriptions. The bust was made using the lost wax technique and artificially patinated in the Pinédo variant workshop. This study combined historiographical research (using the specialized literature) with data from auction catalogs. These were compared wit…
Hoisesti – La Curmătură 1, Neamt county. An archaeological survey in Eastern Romania
Field survey activities in the Verdele brook basin, South of Hoisești village, Neamț County, have led to the identification and integration of new sites in the national archaeological database. At first, we made a visual analysis of the Verdele brook basin (left tributary of the Bistrița River), a stage followed by the identification of the places that presented specific parameters of areas with archaeological traces. In this context, South of th…
Fragmentary Discoveries Without Context - What Can We Learn More? An Archaeometric Approach on a Fortuitous Find From North-Eastern Romania
The ʽaccidentalʼ discovery of archaeological material represents an ordinary fact in today’s archaeology. Unfortunately, most of these discoveries have no archaeological context, thwarting the possibility of integrating the objects in more complex studies. In this context, based on the type of data that the archaeometric study of metal objects provides (information regarding prehistoric metallurgy, especially the used alloys and technologies), we…
A bolt from the blue
The article presents the context and multiple investigations of an unexpected discovery, made during the 2020 excavations, from the Ruginoasa-Dealul Ruginii Chalcolithic site in north-eastern Romania. The site, known before our research (aerial photography, geomagnetic survey, test trenches) only for its visible traces of WW2, belongs to the Cucuteni culture, phase A, and consists of five rows of burned dwellings and several pits. The surprise, a…
Same or different? Interdisciplinary analyses on the Costișa and Monteoru pottery from Siliștea-Pe Cetățuie settlement
The archaeometric study of prehistoric pottery is an effective tool for investigating this abundant category of artifacts from an archaeological site. In this study, the physicochemical analyses used are optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (μFTIR). Through these techniques were studied 48 ceramic fragments belonging to th…
Understanding technological innovations through experiment. Construction and testing of Chalcolithic pottery kilns
Besides its contribution to understanding the formation process of large settlements and complex social organization in the late period of Cucuteni-Trypillia, the site of Stolniceni (Republic of Moldova) provided new data on the construction and spatial distribution within the site of pottery kilns. The extensive magnetic surveys revealed a large settlement, with more than 350 burnt dwellings, hundreds of pits, ditches, paths, and 19 kilns. Of th…
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Same or different? Interdisciplinary analyses on the Costișa and Monteoru pottery from Siliștea-Pe Cetățuie settlement
The archaeometric study of prehistoric pottery is an effective tool for investigating this abundant category of artifacts from an archaeological site. In this study, the physicochemical analyses used are optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (μFTIR). Through these techniques were studied 48 ceramic fragments belonging to th…
Understanding technological innovations through experiment. Construction and testing of Chalcolithic pottery kilns
Besides its contribution to understanding the formation process of large settlements and complex social organization in the late period of Cucuteni-Trypillia, the site of Stolniceni (Republic of Moldova) provided new data on the construction and spatial distribution within the site of pottery kilns. The extensive magnetic surveys revealed a large settlement, with more than 350 burnt dwellings, hundreds of pits, ditches, paths, and 19 kilns. Of th…
Hoisesti – La Curmătură 1, Neamt county. An archaeological survey in Eastern Romania
Field survey activities in the Verdele brook basin, South of Hoisești village, Neamț County, have led to the identification and integration of new sites in the national archaeological database. At first, we made a visual analysis of the Verdele brook basin (left tributary of the Bistrița River), a stage followed by the identification of the places that presented specific parameters of areas with archaeological traces. In this context, South of th…
Fragmentary Discoveries Without Context - What Can We Learn More? An Archaeometric Approach on a Fortuitous Find From North-Eastern Romania
The ʽaccidentalʼ discovery of archaeological material represents an ordinary fact in today’s archaeology. Unfortunately, most of these discoveries have no archaeological context, thwarting the possibility of integrating the objects in more complex studies. In this context, based on the type of data that the archaeometric study of metal objects provides (information regarding prehistoric metallurgy, especially the used alloys and technologies), we…
A bolt from the blue
The article presents the context and multiple investigations of an unexpected discovery, made during the 2020 excavations, from the Ruginoasa-Dealul Ruginii Chalcolithic site in north-eastern Romania. The site, known before our research (aerial photography, geomagnetic survey, test trenches) only for its visible traces of WW2, belongs to the Cucuteni culture, phase A, and consists of five rows of burned dwellings and several pits. The surprise, a…
Interdisciplinary Analysis and the Role of Experiments in Raw Materials and Technology Identification for Prehistoric Pottery in the Bistrița River Basin (Romania)
The paper presents an interdisciplinary study based on an experimental model for investigating clay sources to identify prehistoric human behavior regarding resources. The study focuses on the Middle Bronze Age (1955/1773–1739/1614 cal. BC) settlement of Siliştea-Pe Cetățuie in eastern Romania, where archaeological materials from the Costișa and Monteoru cultures were discovered. Standard criteria for macroscopic analysis and analytical technique…
Authentication of a Bronze Bust of Napoleon I, Attributed to Renzo Colombo from 1885
This paper presents the authentication analysis of a bronze bust of Napoleon I, attributed to the Italian artist Renzo Colombo (1856–1885) based on his signature and other casting and molding inscriptions. The bust was made using the lost wax technique and artificially patinated in the Pinédo variant workshop. This study combined historiographical research (using the specialized literature) with data from auction catalogs. These were compared wit…
A Microhistory of a Prehistoric Copper Artefact at the Foothills of the Eastern Carpathians
In which mention is made of an earlier investigation conducted along the Nechit stream valley, in the commune of Borlești, Neamț County, a contemporary field survey, and the necessity of providing a coherent narrative. The research team developed a theoretical and methodological framework, formulated a set of objectives, and adopted a cumulative approach—evaluating sources, understanding the working area, descriptive elements, typology and functi…
The Ursoaia Kiln (north-eastern Romania)
Excavated in 2025 at Ursoaia, north-eastern Romania, a Chalcolithic (fifth–fourth millennia BCE) bicameral kiln sets a new benchmark for prehistoric pyrotechnology. Its large working surface exceeds known Cucuteni–Trypillia and most Eurasian Chalcolithic examples, suggesting an intensification of ceramic production and an early shift towards craft specialisation in south-eastern Europe.
‘The true Colours’ of Chalcolithic Cucuteni–Trypillia Pottery
The Chalcolithic Cucuteni–Trypillia culture (c. 5000–3500 BCE) is renowned for its trichrome mineral-painted pottery. While pigment compositions are well documented, the specific chaînes opératoires regarding paint preparation and application sequences remain debated. This study addresses this gap through a three-year systematic experimental programme (over 50 scenarios) integrated with a comparative multi-analytical approach. Experimental sample…
Pigments and Pictorial Style Used in the Artworks of the Romanian Painter Theodor Aman
This work presents the first in-depth investigation of Theodor Aman’s paintings that focuses on three of his heritage artworks: “Hora de peste Olt” (1866), “Teleleice în Harem” (1879), and “Regimul vechi” (1881), and that relies on both elemental and spectroscopic analytical techniques. Non-destructive Raman spectroscopy was employed on all three works of art to identify the pigments used by the Romanian master. In addition, micro-samples were av…
Archaeology (7 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Chalcolithic (5 works) · Mineralogy and Gemology Studies (4 works) · Pottery (4 works) · Prehistory (4 works) · Bronze Age (3 works)