Luminita Bejenaru
Biographic Data
| ID | 81295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luminita Bejenaru |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luminita |
| FAMILY NAME | Bejenaru |
| SIGNATURE | BEJENARU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5409-7248 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Phytolith Evidence for Vegetation Structure and Agro-Pastoral Resources During the Late Holocene
This study presents new phytolith data that reconstruct the vegetation patterns and environmental context of medieval sites in northeastern Romania, integrated with previously published archaeozoological evidence. Sediment samples from cultural layers at Târgu Neamț–La Damian and Neamț Fortress were analysed following standard extraction protocols and classified according to the International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN 2.0). The newly …
Bioarchaeological Indicators for Human–Environmental Interactions in Late Iron Age Settlements (4th–3rd Centuries BC) from Central Dobruja (Romania)
The Lower Danube region represents a long-standing zone of interaction between indigenous communities, mobile pastoral populations, and Mediterranean colonial networks. During the Late Iron Age, such contexts have frequently been interpreted through culture-historical frameworks that emphasise socio-economic differentiation among coexisting populations. This study examines whether communities traditionally described in culturally or economically …
A possible case of bone metastasis in a human skeleton from Iași city (Romania) of the 17th-19th centuries
Dental phenotypic variability in an archaeological human population of the 16th–19th centuries from Iaşi city (Romania)
Phenotypic diversity in the human population from Iaşi city, in the 16th–19th centuries, supports gene flow and mobility. • The dental material subjected to geometric morphometric techniques is represented by the second mandibular molar. • The plasticity of mesial surface of the molar was found to define the dental phenotypic patterns in the studied population. This study aims to assess the variability of dental morphology within a human populati…
Middle Holocene Subsistence in Southwestern Transylvania
This work proposes to contribute through an interdisciplinary perspective to the evaluation of paleoeconomic and paleoenvironmental changes during Middle Holocene in Southwestern Transylvania. The study integrates archaeozoological data with phytolith analysis to reconstruct subsistence and vegetation dynamics from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age at Șoimuș-Teleghi (Hunedoara County, Romania). Animal remains are described in terms of th…
Bioarcheological Study on a Human Skeleton of Sabatinovka Culture, Discovered at Novosiolovca (Taraclia District, Republic of Moldova)
This work presents the results of anthropological examination of a skeleton belonging to Sabatinovka culture, discovered at Novosiolovca (Taraclia District, Republic of Moldova). Although the skeleton’s poor state of preservation limited the analysis, the recovered remains revealed data on age at death and sex (i.e., female of 25–30 years old), and on dentition such as an advanced dental wear and some non-metric traits (i.e., mesial accessory cus…
Dental anthropology on two skeletons of early bronze age from congaz (gagauzia autonomous territorial unit, republic of moldova)
The morphological description of the permanent dentition belonging to two skeletons of Early Bronze Age (Jivotilovka Culture) from Congaz, (Găgăuzia Autonomous Territorial Unit, Republic of Moldova) is realized in this article. The work is focused on the nonmetric traits according to the ASUDAS scoring system, and the dental wear. The occlusal wear and antemortem fractures observed in the dental material indicate the consumptions of abrasive and …
Preliminary odontometric study on a sample of human second molars of 16th -19th centuries, from the city of Iași (Romania)
Owing to their excellent postmortem preservation, teeth are particularly important in archeological and forensic contexts. Teeth have been studied in several bioarchaeological research areas including crown morphology and size. Although odontometrics received attention in the last decades, there are few studies regarding tooth crown dimensional variability in past human populations from Romania. This study refers to the metric variability assessm…
Dental Non-Metric Traits in Human Skeletons of 16th-17th Centuries Discovered at Vovidenia Church From Iași City (Romania) Human Skeletons of 16th-17th Centuries Discovered at Vovidenia Church From Ia…
Diet-related dental wear in archaeological human populations of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age from North-Eastern Romania
< 0.001). Moreover, the multiple regression analysis involving the dentine exposure and the three variables that could influence the dental wear (i.e., age, occlusal area, and period) revealed no differences in dental wear between Chalcolithic and Bronze Age, as well as between different cultures of Bronze Age (i.e., Monteoru Culture and Noua Culture). Therefore, apart from age, occlusal area, and period, there may be other factors including diet…
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Human–Environmental Interactions at the Roman-Byzantine Ibida Fortress (Dobrogea, South-Eastern Romania)
Situated in the northern part of Dobrogea which belonged to Scythia Minor province, Ibida was the largest fortification in this region during Roman-Byzantine times, between the 4th and 6th centuries. This study investigates the usefulness of multidisciplinary analysis on the territory of Ibida fortress by integrating faunal data and phytolith records in relation to soil characteristics to understand past human–environmental interactions. One of t…
Geometric morphometrics of the second molar teeth within the human population from the late medieval city of Iași, Romania
Although variability and sexual dimorphism (SD) have been intensively studied as regards molar size, patterns of SD on molar shape are not an equally approached topic. Therefore, this study uses size and shape variables of the second permanent molar (M2) from two‐dimensional geometric morphometrics to assess intrasample variability and shape patterns in SD within a human group from the late medieval city of Iași in Romania. Our findings are parti…
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…
Turanici la Dunărea Inferioară – complexe cercetate recent în nordul Munteniei / Turanians at the Lower Danube – recently investigated contexts in the northern Wallachia
The aim of this paper is to present a series of discoveries attributed to the Turkic nomadic populations (11th– 12th centuries), resulting from archaeological research conducted in 2018 and 2019 in several burial mounds placed in the localities of Târgșoru Nou and Inotești from Prahova County, as well as Lunca from Buzău county. It includes descriptions of the investigated archaeological features, the results of the anthropological and archaeozoo…
Bioarcheological Indicators Related to Human–Environmental Interactions in a Roman–Byzantine Settlement in Southeast Romania
The Roman–Byzantine fortress of (L)Ibida (Slava Rusă, Tulcea County, Romania) has preserved archeozoological and archeobotanical remains (i.e., phytoliths) that allowed an evaluation of the human–environmental interactions in that period. Bringing together bioarcheological data, this study contributes to understand the subsistence economy during a period of sociopolitical changes in the region. The stratigraphical sequences and the preliminary ob…
Archaeological human hair in a burial context
Owing to its resistance to degradation, hair is an important bio‐sample with unique properties used to study post mortem decompositional changes. The present paper is a microscopical approach to preserved human scalp hair discovered at the 18th–19th‐century archaeological site of Iași, Romania. The hair fibre alterations were assessed using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, image analysis and hair histological scores. External alt…
Dental microwear as a diet indicator in the seventeenth-century human population from Iasi City, Romania
The dental microwear analysis (DMA) focuses on diet reconstructions, being able to provide proxy indicators of some events regarding technological shifts in food processing and social hierarchy and differences between individuals. Although DMA approaches diet characterization in ancient times, medieval samples have received limited attention, especially in Eastern Europe. The aim of this article is to explore, identify, and describe within-group …
Worked Bone and Archaeology
Middle Holocene subsistence east of the Romanian Carpathians
The paper analyzes the archaeobotanical and archaeozoological remains originating from the middle Holocene (i.e. Chalcolithic site of Poduri- Dealul Ghindaru, in Eastern Romania, Bacău County). Poduri- Dealul Ghindaru site is the only tell settlement known in the area of existence of the Cucuteni culture, with inhabitation levels from Neolithic to the Bronze Age. In order to better understand the diet components of the prehistoric inhabitation be…
Daily life objects of bone and antler in the towns of Medieval Moldavia. Case study
The present paper comprises research results regarding the usage of bone and antler artefacts by the inhabitants of Medieval Moldavia, taking as a case study an assemblage discovered in the medieval site of Old Orhei (Republic of Moldova). Numerous artefacts in different stages of manufacturing were identified, as well as artefacts with different wear levels. Our study emphasizes an important diversity in the typology of artefacts and in the anat…
Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East
Depictions of Birds in the Cucuteni–Tripolye Civilisation
Notwithstanding the fact that few avian osteological remains have been found in the settlements of the Cucuteni–Tripolye cultural complex, birds seem to have played an important role in Cucuteni–Tripolye imagery. The earliest representation dates from the Precucuteni I phase, an ornithomorphic protome (a sculptural ornament in the form of a bird) on a vessel lid. Several vessels, known as askoï , depicting ducks exist from the Precucuteni II–Trip…
Preliminary data on the child’s tomb discovered in the Paleolithic site of Cosăuţi (Republic of Moldova)
The study presents an exceptional anthropological discovery made in 1987 in the upper paleolithic site from Cosăuţi by Ilie Borziac. Due to unfavorable circumstances, the child's tomb remained properly unexploited scientific until present. Are given the preliminary results obtained by interdisciplinary research team formed especially for conservation and investigation the child's tomb from Cosăuţi
Domestic Mammals in Eastern Romania during the Early Middle Ages
Birds and Archaeology
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Human–Environmental Interactions at the Roman-Byzantine Ibida Fortress (Dobrogea, South-Eastern Romania)
Situated in the northern part of Dobrogea which belonged to Scythia Minor province, Ibida was the largest fortification in this region during Roman-Byzantine times, between the 4th and 6th centuries. This study investigates the usefulness of multidisciplinary analysis on the territory of Ibida fortress by integrating faunal data and phytolith records in relation to soil characteristics to understand past human–environmental interactions. One of t…
Geometric morphometrics of the second molar teeth within the human population from the late medieval city of Iași, Romania
Although variability and sexual dimorphism (SD) have been intensively studied as regards molar size, patterns of SD on molar shape are not an equally approached topic. Therefore, this study uses size and shape variables of the second permanent molar (M2) from two‐dimensional geometric morphometrics to assess intrasample variability and shape patterns in SD within a human group from the late medieval city of Iași in Romania. Our findings are parti…
Archaeological human hair in a burial context
Owing to its resistance to degradation, hair is an important bio‐sample with unique properties used to study post mortem decompositional changes. The present paper is a microscopical approach to preserved human scalp hair discovered at the 18th–19th‐century archaeological site of Iași, Romania. The hair fibre alterations were assessed using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, image analysis and hair histological scores. External alt…
Dental microwear as a diet indicator in the seventeenth-century human population from Iasi City, Romania
The dental microwear analysis (DMA) focuses on diet reconstructions, being able to provide proxy indicators of some events regarding technological shifts in food processing and social hierarchy and differences between individuals. Although DMA approaches diet characterization in ancient times, medieval samples have received limited attention, especially in Eastern Europe. The aim of this article is to explore, identify, and describe within-group …
Birds and Archaeology
Beavers ( Castor fiber ) in the Past
Archaeological beaver ( Castor fiber ) remains from Romanian sites dating from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages are described in terms of their frequencies (based on the number of identified specimens), morphology and size. A summary of previous archaeozoological studies in the geographical and historical regionalization of the Romanian territory (i.e. Banat, Dobrudja, Moldavia, Muntenia, Oltenia and Transylvania) shows that temporal and regiona…
Holocene subfossil records of the auroch ( Bos primigenius ) in Romania
This paper reviews identification of the auroch ( Bos primigenius) during the Holocene in Romania based on data from 190 archaeological sites, corresponding to Neolithic (including Chalcolithic), Bronze Age, Iron Age, Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The assemblages were analysed according to the geographical and historical regionalisation of the Romanian territory (i.e. Moldavia, Dobrudja, Wallachia, Banat, and Transylvania). The data reveal the r…
The importance of domestic mammals during La Tène Period in Romania
Holocene subfossil records of the auroch ( Bos primigenius ) in Romania
This paper reviews identification of the auroch ( Bos primigenius) during the Holocene in Romania based on data from 190 archaeological sites, corresponding to Neolithic (including Chalcolithic), Bronze Age, Iron Age, Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The assemblages were analysed according to the geographical and historical regionalisation of the Romanian territory (i.e. Moldavia, Dobrudja, Wallachia, Banat, and Transylvania). The data reveal the r…
Beavers ( Castor fiber ) in the Past
Archaeological beaver ( Castor fiber ) remains from Romanian sites dating from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages are described in terms of their frequencies (based on the number of identified specimens), morphology and size. A summary of previous archaeozoological studies in the geographical and historical regionalization of the Romanian territory (i.e. Banat, Dobrudja, Moldavia, Muntenia, Oltenia and Transylvania) shows that temporal and regiona…
Depictions of Birds in the Cucuteni–Tripolye Civilisation
Notwithstanding the fact that few avian osteological remains have been found in the settlements of the Cucuteni–Tripolye cultural complex, birds seem to have played an important role in Cucuteni–Tripolye imagery. The earliest representation dates from the Precucuteni I phase, an ornithomorphic protome (a sculptural ornament in the form of a bird) on a vessel lid. Several vessels, known as askoï , depicting ducks exist from the Precucuteni II–Trip…
Preliminary data on the child’s tomb discovered in the Paleolithic site of Cosăuţi (Republic of Moldova)
The study presents an exceptional anthropological discovery made in 1987 in the upper paleolithic site from Cosăuţi by Ilie Borziac. Due to unfavorable circumstances, the child's tomb remained properly unexploited scientific until present. Are given the preliminary results obtained by interdisciplinary research team formed especially for conservation and investigation the child's tomb from Cosăuţi
Domestic Mammals in Eastern Romania during the Early Middle Ages
Birds and Archaeology
Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East
Daily life objects of bone and antler in the towns of Medieval Moldavia. Case study
The present paper comprises research results regarding the usage of bone and antler artefacts by the inhabitants of Medieval Moldavia, taking as a case study an assemblage discovered in the medieval site of Old Orhei (Republic of Moldova). Numerous artefacts in different stages of manufacturing were identified, as well as artefacts with different wear levels. Our study emphasizes an important diversity in the typology of artefacts and in the anat…
Worked Bone and Archaeology
Middle Holocene subsistence east of the Romanian Carpathians
The paper analyzes the archaeobotanical and archaeozoological remains originating from the middle Holocene (i.e. Chalcolithic site of Poduri- Dealul Ghindaru, in Eastern Romania, Bacău County). Poduri- Dealul Ghindaru site is the only tell settlement known in the area of existence of the Cucuteni culture, with inhabitation levels from Neolithic to the Bronze Age. In order to better understand the diet components of the prehistoric inhabitation be…
Turanici la Dunărea Inferioară – complexe cercetate recent în nordul Munteniei / Turanians at the Lower Danube – recently investigated contexts in the northern Wallachia
The aim of this paper is to present a series of discoveries attributed to the Turkic nomadic populations (11th– 12th centuries), resulting from archaeological research conducted in 2018 and 2019 in several burial mounds placed in the localities of Târgșoru Nou and Inotești from Prahova County, as well as Lunca from Buzău county. It includes descriptions of the investigated archaeological features, the results of the anthropological and archaeozoo…
Bioarcheological Indicators Related to Human–Environmental Interactions in a Roman–Byzantine Settlement in Southeast Romania
The Roman–Byzantine fortress of (L)Ibida (Slava Rusă, Tulcea County, Romania) has preserved archeozoological and archeobotanical remains (i.e., phytoliths) that allowed an evaluation of the human–environmental interactions in that period. Bringing together bioarcheological data, this study contributes to understand the subsistence economy during a period of sociopolitical changes in the region. The stratigraphical sequences and the preliminary ob…
Archaeological human hair in a burial context
Owing to its resistance to degradation, hair is an important bio‐sample with unique properties used to study post mortem decompositional changes. The present paper is a microscopical approach to preserved human scalp hair discovered at the 18th–19th‐century archaeological site of Iași, Romania. The hair fibre alterations were assessed using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, image analysis and hair histological scores. External alt…
Dental microwear as a diet indicator in the seventeenth-century human population from Iasi City, Romania
The dental microwear analysis (DMA) focuses on diet reconstructions, being able to provide proxy indicators of some events regarding technological shifts in food processing and social hierarchy and differences between individuals. Although DMA approaches diet characterization in ancient times, medieval samples have received limited attention, especially in Eastern Europe. The aim of this article is to explore, identify, and describe within-group …
Diet-related dental wear in archaeological human populations of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age from North-Eastern Romania
< 0.001). Moreover, the multiple regression analysis involving the dentine exposure and the three variables that could influence the dental wear (i.e., age, occlusal area, and period) revealed no differences in dental wear between Chalcolithic and Bronze Age, as well as between different cultures of Bronze Age (i.e., Monteoru Culture and Noua Culture). Therefore, apart from age, occlusal area, and period, there may be other factors including diet…
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Human–Environmental Interactions at the Roman-Byzantine Ibida Fortress (Dobrogea, South-Eastern Romania)
Situated in the northern part of Dobrogea which belonged to Scythia Minor province, Ibida was the largest fortification in this region during Roman-Byzantine times, between the 4th and 6th centuries. This study investigates the usefulness of multidisciplinary analysis on the territory of Ibida fortress by integrating faunal data and phytolith records in relation to soil characteristics to understand past human–environmental interactions. One of t…
Geometric morphometrics of the second molar teeth within the human population from the late medieval city of Iași, Romania
Although variability and sexual dimorphism (SD) have been intensively studied as regards molar size, patterns of SD on molar shape are not an equally approached topic. Therefore, this study uses size and shape variables of the second permanent molar (M2) from two‐dimensional geometric morphometrics to assess intrasample variability and shape patterns in SD within a human group from the late medieval city of Iași in Romania. Our findings are parti…
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…
Dental Non-Metric Traits in Human Skeletons of 16th-17th Centuries Discovered at Vovidenia Church From Iași City (Romania) Human Skeletons of 16th-17th Centuries Discovered at Vovidenia Church From Ia…
Dental anthropology on two skeletons of early bronze age from congaz (gagauzia autonomous territorial unit, republic of moldova)
The morphological description of the permanent dentition belonging to two skeletons of Early Bronze Age (Jivotilovka Culture) from Congaz, (Găgăuzia Autonomous Territorial Unit, Republic of Moldova) is realized in this article. The work is focused on the nonmetric traits according to the ASUDAS scoring system, and the dental wear. The occlusal wear and antemortem fractures observed in the dental material indicate the consumptions of abrasive and …
Preliminary odontometric study on a sample of human second molars of 16th -19th centuries, from the city of Iași (Romania)
Owing to their excellent postmortem preservation, teeth are particularly important in archeological and forensic contexts. Teeth have been studied in several bioarchaeological research areas including crown morphology and size. Although odontometrics received attention in the last decades, there are few studies regarding tooth crown dimensional variability in past human populations from Romania. This study refers to the metric variability assessm…
Middle Holocene Subsistence in Southwestern Transylvania
This work proposes to contribute through an interdisciplinary perspective to the evaluation of paleoeconomic and paleoenvironmental changes during Middle Holocene in Southwestern Transylvania. The study integrates archaeozoological data with phytolith analysis to reconstruct subsistence and vegetation dynamics from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age at Șoimuș-Teleghi (Hunedoara County, Romania). Animal remains are described in terms of th…
Bioarcheological Study on a Human Skeleton of Sabatinovka Culture, Discovered at Novosiolovca (Taraclia District, Republic of Moldova)
This work presents the results of anthropological examination of a skeleton belonging to Sabatinovka culture, discovered at Novosiolovca (Taraclia District, Republic of Moldova). Although the skeleton’s poor state of preservation limited the analysis, the recovered remains revealed data on age at death and sex (i.e., female of 25–30 years old), and on dentition such as an advanced dental wear and some non-metric traits (i.e., mesial accessory cus…
Phytolith Evidence for Vegetation Structure and Agro-Pastoral Resources During the Late Holocene
This study presents new phytolith data that reconstruct the vegetation patterns and environmental context of medieval sites in northeastern Romania, integrated with previously published archaeozoological evidence. Sediment samples from cultural layers at Târgu Neamț–La Damian and Neamț Fortress were analysed following standard extraction protocols and classified according to the International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN 2.0). The newly …
Archaeology (18 works) · Geography (18 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (13 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (10 works) · History (10 works) · Biology (9 works) · Bronze Age (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Medicine (6 works)